Australian shares are down across the board at the start of the new week, with tech, health care and financial sectors showing the heaviest losses.

President Donald Trump had not been informed about the arrest of Chinese telecom giant Huawei's chief financial officer when he dined with China's Xi Jinping, a top White House official said Sunday.

The number of loans (commitments) by home owners (owner-occupiers) rose by 2.2 per cent in October.

The US negotiator in charge of trade talks with China said Sunday he considers March 1 to be a "hard deadline" for reaching an agreement that would avert an intensifying trade war.

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Researchers have found "different patterns" in brain scans among children who record heavy smart device and video game use, according to initial data from a major ongoing US study.

Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, openly derided the US Securities and Exchange Commission in an interview aired Sunday, having settled fraud charges with the regulatory agency over an errant tweet.

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British industrialist Sanjeev Gupta has promised to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in the South Australian town of Whyalla, creating 2500 jobs.

The Aussie market has started the new trading week on a softer note with the ASX 200 stumbling 1.6% and 90 points to 5591.8 around lunch time.