Closing Bell: ASX tumbles as banking stocks slump

The ASX shed 0.43pc in trade today, its early momentum stalling as bank shares fell to profit taking and the gold index slid 1.08pc.

Gold Digger: Platinum spins new 11-year record

Platinum has surged to an 11-year high on rising investment demand and a major supply shortfall that could hit 1Moz in 2025.

Resources Top 5: Positive signs that lithium is waking from slumber

Argosy Minerals has executed a spot sales contract with a Hong Kong-based chemical company for the sale of 60 tonnes of battery-quality lithium carbonate.

Xero aims to crack US market by buying accounting platform Melio Payments

The ASX-listed accounting software titan has made its biggest acquisition under chief executive Sukhinder Singh Cassidy as part of an aggressive bid to finally crack the competitive US market.

QEM to progress environmental assessment for Julia Creek vanadium and energy project

QEM can proceed with an environmental impact statement for its Julia Creek project in Queensland after receiving the finalised terms of reference.

Prescient advances new therapies for hard-to-treat cancers