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ASX200’s record quarter

Vesna Poljak | An exuberant February helped the benchmark S&P;/ASX 200 index to a gain of 9 per cent for the first quarter of 2015, making it the strongest first quarter since the index was introduced.

Australian Equity Indices

Points Change % Change Value Volume
S&P;/ASX 200 5,898.6 + 37.8 + 0.64% $ 3,960,268,722.0 547,559,259.0
S&P/ASX 200
ALL ORDINARIES 5,869.7 + 36.8 + 0.63% $ 4,075,841,872.0 709,798,683.0
ALL ORDINARIES
S&P;/ASX 100 4,929.4 + 29.6 + 0.60% $ 3,537,358,937.0 373,431,977.0
S&P/ASX 100
SMALL ORDS 2,179.5 + 23.8 + 1.10% $ 504,777,120.0 264,925,197.0
S&P/ASX SMALL ORDINARIES
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Price % Chg
BKN BRADKEN $ 2.290 + 18.04%
NST NTH STAR $ 2.350 + 8.29%
LNG LNG LTD $ 3.370 + 8.01%
EVN EVOLUTION $ 0.875 + 6.71%
ARI ARRIUM $ 0.150 - 6.25%
VRL VILLAGE $ 5.810 + 5.06%
QBE QBE INSUR. $ 13.420 + 4.93%
NCM NEWCREST $ 13.780 + 4.87%
FXJ FAIRFAX $ 0.995 + 4.19%
SGH SLATER & G $ 7.850 + 3.97%

Commodities

Bid Ask Bid Chg Bid % Chg
GOLD (USD/OZ) 1210.20 1211.70 + 0.00 + 0.00%
SILVER (USD/OZ) 17.00 17.25 + 0.00 + 0.00%
PLATINUM (USD/OZ) 1155.00 1158.00 + 0.00 + 0.00%
PALLADIUM (USD/OZ) 740.40 746.60 - 0.25 - 0.03%

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Currencies

AUD USD EUR JPY GBP
AUD AUD 0.7629 0.6947 90.75 0.5112
USD 1.3099 USD 0.9107 118.94 0.6701
EUR 1.4378 1.0966 EUR 130.57 0.7355
JPY 0.0110 0.0084 0.0077 JPY 0.0056
GBP 1.9543 1.4919 1.3586 177.48 GBP

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ASX200’s record quarter

Vesna Poljak | An exuberant February helped the benchmark S&P;/ASX 200 index to a gain of 9 per cent for the first quarter of 2015, making it the strongest first quarter since the index was introduced.

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