ASX:WPL 25 April 2026 - 15 June 2026

ASX 200 closes flat after RBA rate pause as banks and energy offset tech losses
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ASX 200 closes flat after RBA rate pause as banks and energy offset tech losses

Australian shares finished almost unchanged on Tuesday, with the S&P/ASX 200 clawing back early weakness after the Reserve Bank of Australia kept interest rates on hold. The benchmark index, which S&P Dow Jones Indices describes as Australia’s main institutional investable benchmark for the 200 largest eligible ASX-listed stocks by float-adjusted market capitalisation, closed at 8,917.7, up just 0.04%. “Float-adjusted” means the index gives weight to shares available for public trading, rather than all shares on issue. The rate decision mattered because the cash rate is the RBA’s key short-term interest rate, and changes in it flow through to mortgages, business borrowing costs, bond yields and equity valuations. The RBA held the target at 4.35% after three increases earlier this year,
June 16, 2026
Santos falls as oil slide weighs on ASX energy stocks
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Santos falls as oil slide weighs on ASX energy stocks

Santos Limited shares tumbled Monday, sliding with the ASX energy sector while the broader Australian market pushed higher. The stock ended at A$7.39, off 8.43% from its last close at A$8.07. The session saw Santos trade between A$7.35 and A$7.94, according to Investing.com, with a 52-week range of A$5.90 to A$8.24. The drop came as the S&P/ASX 200 touched a two-month high, but energy names fell 5.06% after crude oil retreated. Santos shares got hit because it's an oil and gas company, and when crude drops, so do projected sales and cash flow. Brent crude slid $4.11, or 4.71%, to $83.22 a barrel by early Monday afternoon in New York. WTI crude was down 5.11% at $80.54. Reuters reported the
June 15, 2026
Australia Stock Market This Week: ASX 200’s Worst Week Since March as Oil Shock, Fortescue Selloff Bite
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Australia Stock Market This Week: ASX 200’s Worst Week Since March as Oil Shock, Fortescue Selloff Bite

The S&P/ASX 200 ended Friday at 8,786.50, capping a 1.8% drop for the week—its steepest decline since mid-March—as the market struggled with Middle East jitters, a selloff in healthcare, and sliding miners. On the day, the benchmark edged down 6.9 points, or 0.08%. Miners shed 1.1%. Banks, though, eked out a late 0.3% gain. Timing is key here: the selloff landed just as investors juggled two themes—potential diplomacy efforts in the Middle East and the threat that stubbornly high oil prices could keep inflation burning. Higher crude bumps up fuel costs, can bite into company margins, and tends to firm up expectations for where interest rates might head next. The ASX’s RBA Rate Indicator shows how the market prices potential
April 25, 2026