The Australian sharemarket edged slightly lower, with big miners weighing down the bourse after Donald Trump made fresh tariff threats overnight.

A Wall St rally and a lift in the big iron ore miners has buoyed the Australian sharemarket on Thursday.

A Wall St rally and a lift in the big iron ore miners has buoyed the Australian sharemarket on Thursday.

The Australian sharemarket is set to lose ground and follow overseas markets lower.

The Australian sharemarket dipped on Friday afternoon, as the ascendent mining sector was weighed down by falls to the banks and consumer stocks.

A modest pullback for US stocks Friday eased the market from all-time highs and left major stock indexes on Wall Street in the red for the week.

A modest pullback for US stocks Friday eased the market from all-time highs and left major stock indexes on Wall Street in the red for the week.

The Australian sharemarket is trading higher after a bounce-back on Wall Street which pushed the tech-heavy Nasdaq to an all-time high.

US stocks climbed further into record heights after a report showed the US job market looks stronger than Wall Street expected.

US shares have fallen further from recent record highs after the announcement of hefty tariffs against Japan, South Korea and other US trading...