Steep drops across mining stocks drove the Australian share market reduced. Fortescue shares toppled after the miner cautioned it may need to decrease its iron ore production as it continues to be secured challenging supply settlements with China’s state-owned resource customer.
Meanwhile, better-than-expected profits from Tesla, Meta and SpaceX gave a boost to Wall Street.

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