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Australian Equity Indices
| Points | Change | % Change | Value | Volume |
| S&P;/ASX 200 | 5,894.8 | - 78.5 | - 1.31% | $ 2,429,358,949.0 | 311,633,858.0 |
| ALL ORDINARIES | 5,863.6 | - 73.5 | - 1.24% | $ 2,483,555,527.0 | 395,083,358.0 |
| S&P;/ASX 100 | 4,927.3 | - 64.3 | - 1.29% | $ 2,191,324,683.0 | 224,470,122.0 |
| SMALL ORDS | 2,173.0 | - 31.4 | - 1.42% | $ 272,800,932.0 | 127,905,037.0 |
Trevor’s take on Transurban
Transurban’s toll roads are the gateway to Australia’s future high growth areas, making this monopoly well worth a throw of the dice.
Four stocks to buy and four to avoid
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Currencies
| AUD | USD | EUR | JPY | GBP | |
| AUD |  |
0.7811 | 0.7115 | 93.19 | 0.5247 |
| USD | 1.2789 |  |
0.911 | 119.31 | 0.6718 |
| EUR | 1.4038 | 1.0974 |  |
130.92 | 0.7372 |
| JPY | 0.0107 | 0.0084 | 0.0076 |  |
0.0056 |
| GBP | 1.9042 | 1.4882 | 1.3557 | 177.52 |  |
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Citi eyes ASX6300 benchmark
A global yield rally and low interest rates could see Citi skyrocket past the 6000 mark and hit 6300 by the year’s end.
Hoey trades building stocks
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Trevor’s take on Transurban
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Property
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Making money with passive investments
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New-breed hybrids conquer cash rate
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NAB’s latest hybrid issue
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Specialist Investments
Gold tipped to break key level
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Good reasons to buy Europe
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New LIC in the offing
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UBS probes bank prices
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Why Aussie investors must turn to China
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Superannuation
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