Shares increase slightly as technology stocks climb; Monadelphous secures about $110 million in new contracts; Ansell appoints Nathalie Ahlström as new chief executive. Follow live. Monthly CPI cools; ...

This is CNBC's live blog covering Asia-Pacific markets. Asia-Pacific markets climbed Tuesday as China cut its key lending rates by 10 basis points in a move to boost its economy, at a time when trade ...

Markets are betting on further interest rate cuts to come, after the Reserve Bank took the knife to the cash rate at its May meeting. The Australian dollar fell on Tuesday afternoon, in the wake of ...

The Reserve Bank has left interest rates on hold at 3.6 per cent, as widely expected. The decision to keep rates steady follows last week's surprise news that inflation jumped much higher in the ...