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Australian shares started the week lower, with tech stocks weaker after a Wall Street sell-off while banks rose ahead of the RBA decision. Westpac reported a A$6.8 billion full-year profit and expects rates to stay elevated into 2027.
KMD Brands, owner of Kathmandu and Rip Curl, confirmed takeover talks with a US retail group.
Bank earnings and rate expectations shape Australian credit conditions, but this corporate and equity news has no direct effect on feed commodity supply, demand or prices.
theage.com.auNov 1, 2026Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
