The ASX200 closed 0.5 per cent higher, with the holiday-shortened week posting the index's best gains since mid-August.

“U.S. equities are stuck in a holding pattern as trading volumes dry up following the holiday break,” Stephen Innes of SPI ...

Asian shares were mixed on Friday after China reported lower corporate profits in November, the fourth straight month of ...

Richard Parsons, one of corporate America's most prominent Black executives who held top posts at Time Warner and Citigroup, has died ...