Aussie shares near flat in dull end to 2025's wild ride
The S&P/ASX200 had fallen 14.9 points by midday, down 0.17 per cent, to 8,702.2 -AAP Image
Australia's share market has crawled to the finish on the last trading day of 2025, with no strong move to punctuate 12 months shaped by global trade disputes, artificial intelligence hype and geopolitical strife.
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The S&P/ASX200 drifted 2.8 points lower on Wednesday's abridged session, down 0.03 per cent, to 8,714.3, as the broader All Ordinaries lost 3.6 points, or 0.04 per cent, to 9,018.8.
It was an uninspiring finish to a relatively volatile year, the top-200 dipping almost 13 per cent from January to April when US tariff announcements rocked global growth hopes, before recovering to a 6.7 per cent gain for 2025.
The Australian dollar is buying 66.96 US cents, down slightly from 67.14 US cents on Tuesday at 5pm, but up from 61.90 US cents on the same day in 2024.
