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Latest ASX share market news. Find out which Australian shares are moving the stock market today, and which shares to buy.

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Capital Raising

The Wisr (ASX:WZR) share price is plummeting 18% today. Here's why

| Aaron Teboneras

The non-bank lender is having a shocker of a day after returning from a trading halt.

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Share Market News

Why the Pushpay (ASX:PPH) share price underperformed in May

| James Mickleboro

What went wrong in May for Pushpay?

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Broker Notes

Why Redbubble (ASX:RBL) is a bargain buy now: analyst

| Tony Yoo

Stocks for the art merchandise market operator were mauled the past few weeks. One fund manager thinks this is an…

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Share Gainers

The Family Zone (ASX:FZO) share price jumps 7%. Here's why

| Kerry Sun

Family Zone has secured a significant contract win to kick start its growth story in the lucrative US market.

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Resources Shares

Why did the Perenti (ASX:PRN) share price fall 38.5% in May?

| Brooke Cooper

Downgraded revenue and the search for a missing worker saw the Perenti share price plummet last month

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Share Gainers

Why the Resolute Mining (ASX:RSG) share price zoomed 26% higher in May

| James Mickleboro

This gold miner was shining brightly in May

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Share Gainers

Why the Race Oncology (ASX:RAC) share price is charging higher today

| James Mickleboro

This precision oncology company’s shares have almost doubled in 2021...

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Share Market News

Why the Worley (ASX:WOR) share price is climbing higher

| Bernd Struben

In the 21st century, companies ignore sustainability at their own peril.

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International Stock News

Affirm stock could surge 17% to $71, according to this analyst

| Danny Vena

Is he right?

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Share Gainers

Douugh (ASX:DOU) share price jumps on OFX (ASX:OFX) deal

| James Mickleboro

Douugh may be having a bad year but things are very different today

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Share Market News

Why the SRG Global (ASX:SRG) share price will be in the spotlight today

| Aaron Teboneras

The mining services company has also just released an update this morning.

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Share Market News

The Altium (ASX:ALU) share price makes a comeback in May

| Kerry Sun

The Altium share price managed to recover the month of May from 1-year lows. Here's how it unfolded.

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Ask a Fund Manager

2 still-cheap ASX shares we've made buckets of money from: analyst

| Tony Yoo

Ask A Fund Manager: Monash Investors' Simon Shields tells us two stocks that have already returned 71% and 94%, but…

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Share Gainers

Why the Bubs (ASX:BUB) share price surged 22% higher

| James Mickleboro

This infant formula company started the month on a high...

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International Stock News

Is Australia's Tritium set to become a $2.2 billion Nasdaq behemoth?

| Mitchell Lawler

It's been 20 years in the making, but Brisbane-based Tritium expects its Nasdaq listing to be just the beginning.

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Resources Shares

Why all eyes are on the BHP (ASX:BHP) share price today

| Ken Hall

All eyes are on the iron ore giant as investors wait for more economic data.

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Share Market News

2 ASX tech shares that might be buys in June 2021

| Tristan Harrison

ASX tech shares could be the way to go in June 2021.

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Share Market News

5 things to watch on the ASX 200 on Wednesday

| James Mickleboro

Another busy day lies ahead on the ASX 200...

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Dividend Investing

2 quality ASX dividend shares

| James Mickleboro

Beating low interest rates isn't hard with these ASX shares

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Small Cap Shares

2 growing small cap ASX shares brokers rate as buys

| James Mickleboro

Brokers appear to believe these small cap ASX shares could have bright futures...

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Share Market News

ASX 200 drops, Nine rises and Centuria Industrial REIT falls

| Tristan Harrison

The ASX went backwards today after a reasonably quiet day of news.

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Share Market News

The rollercoaster ride continues for the Lynas (ASX:LYC) share price

| Kerry Sun

Up 10%, down 5% before closing the month of May at break even. What's going on with the Lynas share…

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Share Gainers

A2 Milk (ASX:A2M) share price lifts on China child policy change

| Mitchell Lawler

An increase from two to three in China's child policy pushed infant formula shares higher today.

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Share Market News

ASX investors were buying this US share over Tesla last week

| Sebastian Bowen

This week, Tesla has been replaced by another share as number 1 amongst CommSec users.

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Growth Shares

2 highly rated ASX growth shares

| James Mickleboro

These companies are growing at a very quick rate...

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Share Market News

Worley (ASX:WOR) share price continues to fall despite second contract win

| Aaron Teboneras

The Worley Ltd (ASX: WOR) share price has continued to fall despite announcing a second contract win. We take a…

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Share Fallers

Why the Kogan (ASX:KGN) share price was sold off in May

| James Mickleboro

One of COVID's biggest winners lost its shine in May

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Share Market News

Why the Nuix (ASX:NXL) share price fell 30% in May

| Brooke Cooper

The embattled software company had another poor month on the ASX

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Share Market News

Gambling tailwinds struggled to drive the PointsBet (ASX:PBH) share price in May

| Kerry Sun

Good news but little upside to the PointsBet share price. Here are the announcements and updates you might have missed.

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ETFs

2 top ETFs to buy in June 2021

| Tristan Harrison

These 2 ETFs could be high-quality diversified picks for an investor’s portfolio.

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Healthcare Shares

Why CSL (ASX:CSL) and this ASX healthcare share are rated as buys

| James Mickleboro

The healthcare sector has been a great place to invest. Could this trend continue?

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Share Fallers

Here's what happened to the Appen (ASX:APX) share price in May

| James Mickleboro

This former market darling tested investor nerves in May...

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Share Fallers

Why are Lynas Rare Earths (ASX:LYC) shares dropping today?

| Sebastian Bowen

Lynas shares are one of the worst ASX 200 performers today. But why?

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Cryptocurrencies

Yikes! Is Bitcoin about to get dethroned?

| Bernd Struben

When you're number 1, everyone wants to take your spot.

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Share Market News

Core Lithium (ASX:CXO) share price rebounds on positive update

| Aaron Teboneras

The Core Lithium Ltd (ASX: CXO) share price has rebounded in late afternoon trade following an update at its Finniss…

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Share Market News

What you need to know about the RBA's rate decision today

| Brendon Lau

The Australia dollar fell after the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) gave its strongest hint yet that record low interest…

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Share Market News

Imugene and Zip were among the most traded ASX shares last week

| James Mickleboro

Demand was strong for these ASX shares last week...

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Energy Shares

ASX energy shares could boom if OPEC has this one right

| Bernd Struben

If you thought OPEC had lost its pricing powers over global oil markets, think again.

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Share Market News

Aristocrat (ASX:ALL) share price launches to record highs in May

| Kerry Sun

Topping pre-COVID highs. Check. Breaking record highs. Check. The Aristocrat share price was unstoppable in May.

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Share Market News

Why BetMakers, Blackmores, Lynas, & Westgold shares are dropping

| James Mickleboro

Some ASX shares have started the move deep in the red...

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