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Markets Live: ASX slips ahead of RBA

Stacks of the new Five dollar $5 note. Photo: RBA

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Shares give up some of yesterday's strong bounce ahead of RBA's rates decision.

Goldman's scenarios for 'extreme' markets

US equities are likely to remain the outperformers in most of Goldman Sachs' scenarios for markets.

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While markets have been pushed to extremes, there is little consensus on where they will develop from here. Goldman Sachs has outlined four potential directions.

8@eight: ASX set to retreat on RBA day

A flood of earnings are out this morning, as well as jobs data.

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Local shares are set to open lower on the back of a soft lead from Europe while RBA chief Glenn Stevens will hand down his last interest rates decision this afternoon.

Oil lifts on Russian-Saudi deal

"Verbal intervention was again needed to trigger a recovery towards $US50," senior ABN Amro economist Hans van Cleef said.

Oil rose after Russia and Saudi Arabia said they agreed to cooperate on stabilising the market.

BHP sees lower prices for iron ore

Ore with 62 per cent content delivered to Qingdao has rallied 36 per cent in 2016 to $US59.39 on Friday, according to ...

BHP Billiton expects iron ore prices to begin retreating as new supply hits the market.

Yuan bears cap rallies

"Many people still believe that the (yuan's) depreciation trend hasn't come to an end," said Li Liuyang, a ...

Yuan bears are turning rallies in the Chinese currency into increasingly short-lived affairs.

Draghi nears third round of QE

"My base case is that they will extend QE by six months," said Claus Vistesen, chief euro-zone economist at Pantheon ...

If at first you don't succeed, extend, and then extend again.

Woodside buys Australian as plan to buy abroad clouded

Woodside boss Peter Coleman is taking advantage of the market downturn to buy oil and gas assets.

With a move into Senegal under a cloud, Woodside has taken a safer option with its latest expansion by acquiring acreage off Western Australia.

Market Indices

Updated: September 6, 2016 - 12:36PM

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Updated: September 6, 2016 - 2:00AM

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182.00

Percentage up/down

39.74% rise
Declines

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228.00

Percentage up/down

49.78% fall
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48.00

Percentage up/down

10.48% steady

Last updated: Sep 6, 2016 - 12:36PM

Markets Live: ASX slips ahead of RBA

Live

Shares give up some of yesterday's strong bounce ahead of RBA's rates decision.

Shares in Estia closed 11.8 per cent down to $2.78, Regis was down 16.7 per cent to $3.70 and Japara lost 14.7 per cent ...

ASX rallies despite horror day for aged care stocks

A belated spring bounce pushed the ASX higher, despite a string of analyst downgrades that saw investors flee aged care stocks.

Australia's Department of Health on Friday outlined several payments that would not be permissible under the aged care ...

Aged care stocks plunge on fee change

Shares in the three largest ASX-listed aged care operators have slumped following new guidelines by the federal government for charging certain service fees from residential aged care customers.

September could be a bumpy month, investors say.

Markets braced for a fall this month

Investors are bracing for a market pullback this month. "It's likely at some stage we're going to get a price adjustment to realistic levels."

8@eight: Happy Monday on cards for ASX

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The local sharemarket is set for a strong opening after a disappointing August jobs report lowered expectations of a September rate rise, giving Wall Street a boost.

Yuan bears cap rallies

Yuan bears are turning rallies in the Chinese currency into increasingly short-lived affairs.

Wholesale Interbank Rates
Currencies	Buys ($AU1)	Sells ($AU1)	$ Mvmt	% Mvmt
AUD/USD	0.7621	0.7619	0.0041rise	0.54% rise
AUD/EUR	0.684	0.6836	0.0038rise	0.56% rise
Updated: September 6, 2016 - 12:06PM

Volatility S&P;/ASX 200 VIX

Price: 13.42

Change in: -0.0060fall
Percentage up/down: (-0.04%) fall

Today's market compared to previous close

Turnover
Sector	Turnover ($AU)	Volume	Trades
Market total	1,515,941,380	1,181,351,763	388,760
Industrial	1,225,448,102	354,099,171	320,492
Mining	284,454,625	827,086,148	66,819

Last updated: September 6, 2016 - 12:36PM

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., on Monday, Feb. 8, 2016. U.S. stocks ...

Code	Name	New Highs	Last Week	Last Month
NOV	NOVATTI GROUP LTD	0.235rise	0.125	0.150
BRL	BATHURST RES LTD.	0.033rise	0.025	0.026
FBR	FASTBRICK ROBOTICS	0.081rise	0.062	0.057
KDR	KIDMAN RESOURCES LTD	0.395rise	0.325	0.350
PAR	PARADIGM BIO.	0.520rise	0.450	0.440
AFY	AFTERPAY HOLDINGS	3.140rise	2.840	2.870
CMP	COMPUMEDICS LIMITED	0.700rise	0.650	0.595
IIL	INNATE IMMUNO	0.495rise	0.465	0.420
TTL	TRANSCENDENCE	0.034rise	0.032	0.030
HHL	HUNTER HALL INTER.	4.510rise	4.340	4.340
Updated: September 6, 2016 - 12:36PM

Code	Name	New Lows	Last Week	Last Month
KBL	KBL MINING LIMITED	0.001fall	0.002	0.002
KBU	KABUNI LTD	0.042fall	0.051	0.051
SMA	SMARTTRANS HOLDINGS	0.021fall	0.024	0.027
HPR	HIGH PEAK ROYALTIES	0.052fall	0.058	0.058
BBG	BILLABONG	1.125fall	1.220	1.245
CCV	CASH CONVERTERS	0.320fall	0.345	0.345
BKL	BLACKMORES LIMITED	112.530fall	119.600	123.100
TMP	TECH MPIRE LIMITED	0.280fall	0.290	0.300
XTE	XTEK LIMITED.	0.295fall	0.305	0.320
CYG	COVENTRY GROUP	0.960fall	0.990	1.040
Updated: September 6, 2016 - 12:36PM

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AGL AGL ENERGY LIMITED.

AMC AMCOR LIMITED

AMP AMP LIMITED

ANZ AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED

APA APA GROUP

ASX ASX LIMITED

AZJ AURIZON HOLDINGS LIMITED

BHP BHP BILLITON LIMITED

BXB BRAMBLES LIMITED

CBA COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA.

CCL COCA-COLA AMATIL LIMITED

CPU COMPUTERSHARE LIMITED.

CSL CSL LIMITED

CTX CALTEX AUSTRALIA LIMITED

DXS DEXUS PROPERTY GROUP

GMG GOODMAN GROUP

GPT GPT GROUP

IAG INSURANCE AUSTRALIA GROUP LIMITED

IPL INCITEC PIVOT LIMITED

JHX JAMES HARDIE INDUSTRIES PLC

LLC LENDLEASE GROUP

MGR MIRVAC GROUP

MPL MEDIBANK PRIVATE LIMITED

MQG MACQUARIE GROUP LIMITED

NAB NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED

NCM NEWCREST MINING LIMITED

ORG ORIGIN ENERGY LIMITED

ORI ORICA LIMITED

OSH OIL SEARCH LIMITED

QAN QANTAS AIRWAYS LIMITED

QBE QBE INSURANCE GROUP LIMITED

RHC RAMSAY HEALTH CARE LIMITED

RIO RIO TINTO LIMITED

S32 SOUTH32 LIMITED

SCG SCENTRE GROUP

SEK SEEK LIMITED

SGP STOCKLAND

SHL SONIC HEALTHCARE LIMITED

STO SANTOS LIMITED

SUN SUNCORP GROUP LIMITED

SYD SYDNEY AIRPORT

TCL TRANSURBAN GROUP

TLS TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED.

TWE TREASURY WINE ESTATES LIMITED

VCX VICINITY CENTRES

WBC WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION

WES WESFARMERS LIMITED

WFD WESTFIELD CORPORATION

WOW WOOLWORTHS LIMITED

WPL WOODSIDE PETROLEUM LIMITED

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