Australian shares climb as investors gear up for miners' production reports

Business Recorder • Oct 12, 2026

Australian shares climbed to their highest level in more than a week on Monday as mining and technology stocks gained, while investors awaited a busy slate of quarterly production reports, including Rio Tinto’s update due on Wednesday. The S&P/ASX 200 index w...

Australian shares climbed to their highest level in more than a week on Monday as mining and technology stocks gained, while investors awaited a busy slate of quarterly production reports, including Rio Tinto’s update due on Wednesday. The S&P/ASX 200 index was up 0.3% at 8,739.80 points, as of 2318 GMT, after a 0.4% rise last week. The benchmark rose as much as 0.5% earlier in the session, hitting its highest level...