Updated Jul 10, 2026 – 5.11am, first published at 4.29amKey Posts2 mins ago — 5.11AMUS 30-year bond auction draws highest yield since 200726 mins ago — 4.47AMMeta rebounds, consumer stocks in focus56 mins ago — 4.17AMMicron soars 9pc as it plans to spend $US250b on AI chips1 hr ago — 4.09AMBefore the Bell: ASX to open higherGo to latestPinned post – 4.09AMBefore the Bell: ASX to open higherNatasha RudraAustralian shares are set to open slightly higher. ASX 200 futures were up 11 points or 0.1 per cent to 8749Stocks rose on Wall Street and oil prices gave back some of their gains from the previous day. The S&P 500 rose 0.8 per cent, erasing its loss from the day before, even though the United States launched new airstrikes against Iran,US jobless claims fell 2,000 to 215,000 compared with median estimates of 217,000, Labor Department data showed.Investors instead focused on signs that the artificial intelligence investment boom remains intact after a sharp bout of selling in chip stocks earlier this week.“Our client conversations do not indicate any meaningful fundamental worries about the AI trade or capex story,” Goldman Sachs’s trading desk wrote in a note, adding that clients broadly viewed the recent unwind as largely technical rather than fundamental.Market highlightsASX 200 futures are pointing up 11 points or 0.1 per cent to 8749AUD +0.2% to 69.44US¢Bitcoin +0.8% to $US62,768.22On Wall St: Dow +0.3% S&P +0.7% Nasdaq +1.2%VIX down 1.0 to 15.94Gold +1.3% to $US4126.6700 an ounceBrent oil 2.3% to $US76.23 a barrelIron ore -0.3% to $US98.70 a tonne10-year yield: US 4.53% Australia 4.87%Today’s agendaThe NZ stock exchange is closed.Top stories‘Too much we don’t know’: UniSuper to snub Firmus mega-float | The $150 billion pension giant’s CIO, John Pearce, queries whether the data centre darling’s IPO will get away, citing an information vacuum.Trusts rollover relief a ‘postcode lottery’ that could cost millions | For families who restructure their affairs, Treasury’s new tax on discretionary trusts could cost millions in state-based stamp duty.PBO chief warns on government ‘optimism bias’ and budget transparency | Independent fiscal watchdog highlights the tactics governments use to make their budgets look better than they are, and says this masks the true state of affairs.Fetching latest articles