Australia’s banking sector is in rude health as far as the public is concerned and that could potentially land it in trouble in an election year.

This week’s Bulls N’ Bears Runner of the Week is… icetana, which secured a three-year Malaysian AI security deal as Patriot Lithium and Mesoblast also celebrated big wins.

Gazprom was for decades Russia’s biggest money-spinner and the most striking symbol of the Kremlin’s influence abroad.

Larvotto Resources has received US$4 million (A$6.2m) as pre-payment from Wogan Resources’ sister and financing company Xcelsior Capital under an exclusive antimony off-take agreement with Wogan.

The Australian sharemarket had another poor day on Friday, and the bourse has declined 2.8 per cent over the week.