1 00:00:03,560 --> 00:00:06,240 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Fear and Greed Business News Afternoon Report 2 00:00:06,360 --> 00:00:09,160 Speaker 1: for Monday, the twenty third of June at twenty twenty five. 3 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:10,000 Speaker 2: I'm suan alma. 4 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:12,479 Speaker 1: Every afternoon, We've got the five stories that happened today 5 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:13,320 Speaker 1: that you need to know about. 6 00:00:13,360 --> 00:00:14,240 Speaker 2: Story number one. 7 00:00:14,360 --> 00:00:17,279 Speaker 1: The smp ASEX two hundred fell to way twenty day 8 00:00:17,400 --> 00:00:21,560 Speaker 1: low today as markets braced for Tehran's response to the 9 00:00:21,680 --> 00:00:25,239 Speaker 1: US's bombing of three nuclear facilities over the weekend. By 10 00:00:25,320 --> 00:00:29,000 Speaker 1: the close, the SMPASEX two hundred was down nearly half 11 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:32,000 Speaker 1: a percent to eighty four hundred and seventy five points. 12 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:35,720 Speaker 1: Traders went for safety, with Commonwealth Bank hitting yet another record. 13 00:00:36,040 --> 00:00:39,360 Speaker 1: Technology stocks were sold off, with Weistech Global and Technology 14 00:00:39,400 --> 00:00:42,559 Speaker 1: One both lower energy stocks were also higher on the 15 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:45,199 Speaker 1: back of a jump in Brent prices. Story number two 16 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:49,440 Speaker 1: Home Weares and furniture retailer Adares share price tumbled twenty 17 00:00:49,479 --> 00:00:52,199 Speaker 1: one percent today after it warned that full year earnings 18 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:56,080 Speaker 1: would come in below last year. The retailers said strong 19 00:00:56,320 --> 00:01:01,160 Speaker 1: promotional activity had boosted sales, but it also margins not 20 00:01:01,280 --> 00:01:04,120 Speaker 1: helping it was a weaker Aussie dollar. Straight number three 21 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:07,600 Speaker 1: Network ten has done a deal with Spotify to broadcast 22 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:12,479 Speaker 1: its new evening news and current affairs bulletin each day 23 00:01:12,959 --> 00:01:15,240 Speaker 1: within minutes of it going to air on the main 24 00:01:15,319 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 1: channel of the station. Its ten News Plus show is 25 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:20,399 Speaker 1: in our long podcast. 26 00:01:20,040 --> 00:01:22,920 Speaker 2: And video each day. He will also be broadcast live 27 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:26,440 Speaker 2: on YouTube, so it airs on TV then goes directly 28 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:29,880 Speaker 2: on Spotify to be available on demand as a video podcast. 29 00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:33,600 Speaker 2: Ten axed it's long running nightly talk show, The Project 30 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:36,480 Speaker 2: earlier this month, after sixteen years and more than forty 31 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:39,960 Speaker 2: five hundred episodes in its place, it announced ten News Plus, 32 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:42,640 Speaker 2: what it calls an in depth news, current affairs and 33 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:46,520 Speaker 2: insights program. Straight number four in corporate News Today, Australia's 34 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:49,960 Speaker 2: highest paid chief executive, Robert Thompson, has signed a five 35 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:54,120 Speaker 2: year extension to continue running Rupert Murdock's News Corporation, keeping 36 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:56,560 Speaker 2: the former newspaper editor at the helm of the company 37 00:01:56,640 --> 00:01:59,680 Speaker 2: until the next decade. And would Side Energy has agreed 38 00:01:59,800 --> 00:02:04,360 Speaker 2: to sell bigger LNG cargoes to Japan during the peak 39 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:09,000 Speaker 2: winter demand period in the Asian nation, bolstering its energy security. Finally, 40 00:02:09,040 --> 00:02:11,840 Speaker 2: story number five, the South Australian government says it will 41 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:16,320 Speaker 2: demand Santos's Abu Dharby suitor commit to keeping the company's 42 00:02:16,320 --> 00:02:19,120 Speaker 2: headquarters in Adelaide and sign off on big investments in 43 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:22,400 Speaker 2: projects in the state in return for supporting the proposed 44 00:02:22,520 --> 00:02:25,839 Speaker 2: thirty six billion dollar takeover of the AX listed oil 45 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:29,000 Speaker 2: and gas giant. The Abu Dhrby National Oil Company made 46 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:32,200 Speaker 2: the bid for Santos last week. Since then, unions and 47 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:35,040 Speaker 2: governments have flagged their concerns with the sale of critical 48 00:02:35,120 --> 00:02:38,920 Speaker 2: energy infrastructure to a heavyweight state owned investor. That's it 49 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:41,440 Speaker 2: the Afternoon Report for Monday, the twenty third of June 50 00:02:41,480 --> 00:02:43,720 Speaker 2: twenty twenty five. Make sure we hit follow on the podcast. 51 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:46,200 Speaker 1: We'll be back tomorrow morning with a duesday edition of 52 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:49,120 Speaker 1: The Few and Greek. I'm Sean Elmer. Enjoy your evening.