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ASX set to slide; BHP posts $13.8b profit, CSL slumps to $3.7b loss

Sydney Morning Herald - Home · 18 August 2026 at 9:04 am

ASX set to slide; BHP posts $13.8b profit, CSL slumps to $3.7b loss

The Australian sharemarket is expected to fall at the open after US stocks edged further from their record heights overnight as elevated oil prices stoked inflation concerns and hopes faded for a deal to end the Iran war.

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