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Markets Live: ASX rally peters out

Traders are eyeing today's US presidential debtae.

The ASX struggled to hold on to early gains, while currencies wavered during the second US presidential debate.

ASX doesn't like Trump win, but gold bugs do

The ASX posted a small gain on Monday, but failed to break through the 5500 mark.

A strong start to the week for the ASX fizzled out as investors digested a better presidential debate performance by Donald Trump.

Success with CIMIC raid on UGL to hinge on troubled Ichthus project progress

Workers at UGL's Goninan plant in Newcastle

CIMIC's $524 million bid for control of troubled heavy engineer UGL has been blunted by sharemarket investors, who overbid the $3.15-a-share offer price as clarity on troubled Ichthys bid awaited

Economists await fiscal policy moves

"I think his comments are a bit dangerous from a political point of view more than anything else," said Paul Dales, ...

Economists await policy following Treasurer Scott Morrison's opposition to further rate cuts by the Reserve Bank of Australia.

Yuan drops as China sets it at weakest level in six years

The People's Bank of China set the yuan's daily fixing, which limits onshore moves to 2 per cent on either side, at 6.7008.

China's central bank allowed the yuan to slip past 6.7 a dollar, weakening its reference rate beyond that level for the first time in six years.

8@eight: Trump creates new element of market uncertainty

Wall Street dropped on firming prospects for a December rate hike.

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ASX set for firmer start after 'goldilocks' US jobs data

Stanley Fischer, the Fed's vice-chair, described the latest jobs reading as almost a "Goldilocks" number.

The percentage of traders pencilling a US rate hike edged higher after the release of September jobs data.

Barrick Super Pit sale draws local, foreign bidders

Gold has been pushed back onto the radar of investors, helped by the recent recovery in the gold price.

Barrick Gold's stake in the Kalgoorlie Super Pit mine has drawn interest from Kinross Gold Corp. and Zijin Mining Group Co. in a sale that could fetch as much as $US1 billion.

Market Indices

Updated: October 10, 2016 - 4:36PM

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183.00

Percentage up/down

39.10% rise
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218.00

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46.58% fall
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67.00

Percentage up/down

14.32% steady

Last updated: Oct 10, 2016 - 6:50PM

Markets Live: ASX rally peters out

The ASX struggled to hold on to early gains, while currencies wavered during the second US presidential debate.

The S&P 500 Index slipped 0.3 per cent to 2153.74 at 4pm in New York, after struggling to find direction when the jobs ...

Wall St flat, greenback dips

Stocks ended little changed as investors turn their attention to the start of the earnings season.

The bank's biggest shareholders include the Qatari royal family, BlackRock and Norges Bank, according to data compiled ...

Qatar may boost Deutsche Bank stake

Qatar's royal family is considering increasing its stake in Deutsche Bank to as much as 25 per cent.

"We no longer have independent countries with independent central banks that can drive economic growth or contract ...

Risk aversion stalls global growth

Goldman Sachs's Gary Cohn doesn't see an end to the current malaise gripping the world economy.

A trader pauses while monitoring financial data on computer screens at ETX Capital, a broker of ...

Pound hasn't settled yet, says El-Erian

Opinion

The drivers of the decline have been long in the making, and the implications have yet to play out.

ASX set for firmer start after 'goldilocks' US jobs data

The percentage of traders pencilling a US rate hike edged higher after the release of September jobs data.

Wholesale Interbank Rates
Currencies	Buys ($AU1)	Sells ($AU1)	$ Mvmt	% Mvmt
AUD/USD	0.7594	0.7589	0.0014rise	0.18% rise
AUD/EUR	0.6803	0.68	0.0038rise	0.56% rise
Updated: October 10, 2016 - 10:50PM

Volatility S&P;/ASX 200 VIX

Price: 13.91

Change in: -0.1960fall
Percentage up/down: (-1.39%) fall

Today's market compared to previous close

Turnover
Sector	Turnover ($AU)	Volume	Trades
Market total	3,810,299,550	1,992,907,408	772,219
Industrial	3,095,699,454	804,742,941	622,518
Mining	697,609,662	1,187,943,499	146,731

Last updated: October 10, 2016 - 5:55PM

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 ...

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The Sydney software company just released its first quarterly earnings report since listing on the Nasdaq late last year.

'We should all fear Oilmageddon'

Traders of crude oil and natural gas: A global recession, triggered by lower commodities prices, would leave nowhere to ...

Markets are in a well-oiled "death spiral," analysts at Citigroup say.

Code	Name	New Highs	Last Week	Last Month
LBT	LBT INNOVATIONS	0.370rise	0.190	0.200
ANQ	ANAECO LIMITED	0.007rise	0.005	0.003
MZN	MARINDI METALS LTD	0.027rise	0.023	0.020
RES	RESOURCE GENERATION	0.135rise	0.115	0.099
CZN	CORAZON LTD	0.020rise	0.018	0.014
HIL	HILLS LTD	0.605rise	0.545	0.550
BRL	BATHURST RES LTD.	0.050rise	0.046	0.037
VII	VIETNAM INDUSTRIAL	0.260rise	0.240	0.210
EMC	EMEFCY GROUP LIMITED	1.180rise	1.095	0.980
DTI	DTI GROUP LTD	0.500rise	0.465	0.485
Updated: October 10, 2016 - 6:50PM

Code	Name	New Lows	Last Week	Last Month
VEC	VECTOR RESOURCES LTD	0.001fall	0.002	0.002
ERJ	ENERJI LTD	0.007fall	0.008	0.009
AHL	AHALIFE HOLDINGS LTD	0.085fall	0.095	0.100
WBT	WEEBIT NANO LTD	0.025fall	0.027	0.028
VMY	VIMY RESOURCES LTD	0.235fall	0.245	0.250
PLG	PROPERTYLINK GRP	0.685fall	0.710	0.720
KAM	K2 ASSET MGMT HLDGS	0.345fall	0.350	0.350
1PG	1-PAGE LTD	0.215fall	0.217	0.220
CMW	CROMWELL PROP	0.920fall	0.925	0.940
INM	IRON MOUNTAIN INCORP	44.180fall	44.310	47.080
Updated: October 10, 2016 - 6:50PM

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