ASX rises in early trade after Wall Street surges; Tech stocks rally

The Sydney Morning Herald - Sep 22, 2026

The Australian sharemarket advanced in early trade after a tech-fuelled rally on Wall Street and a drop in oil prices and bond yields amid hopes for diplomatic progress in the Iran war.

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ASX rises in early trade after Wall Street surges; Tech stocks rally

More News

Advance nails 4120g/t silver stunner in Mexico

QLD demerger frees Broken Hill for SA gold focus

‘Stop the bleeding’? A Trump move to stop the diesel spike could hurt all of us

‘Need a hazmat suit’: Virgin flight attendants are sick of cleaning dirty planes

Fishbowl is changing its name, and the founders don’t mind if you hate it

Xi under fire as cracks widen in China

The secret relationship, the $40m legal fight and the corporate cop’s latest case

Platina reshuffles hand for high-stakes WA gold hunt

Broken Hill lifts SA gold resource as deeper sulphides beckon

Dalaroo cracks geological code to Greenland rare earths

Larvotto rolls out first concentrate from NSW antimony-gold mine

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