Positive sentiment over trade talks have helped override some disappointing results.

S&P/ASX closes higher at 6106, despite big drops in Cochlear, Blackmores, Emeco.

A class action has begun against Australia's largest slot machine maker alleging it has illegally profited from "free-to-play" online casino games in the US.

Energy giant Origin will sell its underperforming Ironbark coal seam gas project to its subsidiary Australia Pacific LNG for $231 million, a third of what it paid for it a decade ago.

Reserve Bank warns higher unemployment and slower growth if house prices fall "much further"