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Markets Live: Blockbuster week awaits

A weak lead from Wall St has set up an uncertain start on the local exchange.

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Shares poised for a flat start ahead of a busy schedule of market-moving events.

8@eight: Soggy start to a huge week for markets

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

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Key week ahead for rates and dividends

RBA boss Philip Lowe has highlighted the importance of this week's inflation figures.

The coming days carry crucial tests for the new RBA governor and bank shareholders as quarterly inflation figures are released and NAB reports it annual profits.

Key CPI data looms ahead of 'inflection point'

This week's consumer price data will give an insight into whether the global inflationary pulse has made it to our shores.

The outlook for global inflation is on the turn, but economists are more worried that CPI figures this week might force the RBA into cutting rates again.

US deal frenzy offsets earnings worries

Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange: Shares pared early losses after the deal frenzy set in.

Wall Street closed little changed after erasing an early selloff, as deal activity boosted consumer stocks and Microsoft shares rallied to a record.

AT&T; nears deal to buy Time Warner

Time Warner rejected an $US85-a-share approach in 2014 from Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox, which valued Time Warner ...

Time Warner shares surged on news the media giant may agree to a takeover by AT&T; this weekend.

Wall St checked by currency

FThe S&P 500 Index fell less than a point to 2141.16 at 4pm on Friday in New York, all but wiping out an early 0.5 per ...

US stocks closed little changed on concerns a US stronger dollar will damp corporate earnings.

Vale bets big on cost cuts

The challenge is that Vale's mines are more than 13,000km farther from China than Rio and BHP. So shipments are more ...

For the Brazillian iron ore giant, it's all about protecting ever-narrowing profit margins.

Market Indices

Updated: October 21, 2016 - 4:45PM

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Updated: October 22, 2016 - 8:15AM

Updated: October 22, 2016 - 3:00AM

Advances

Price

163.00

Percentage up/down

35.21% rise
Declines

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236.00

Percentage up/down

50.97% fall
Unchanged

Price

64.00

Percentage up/down

13.82% steady

Last updated: Oct 21, 2016 - 6:50PM

Markets Live: Blockbuster week awaits

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Shares poised for a flat start ahead of a busy schedule of market-moving events.

Goldman's analysis revealed that the SGX has more pricing power than the DCE, with daily changes in Singapore ...

SGX's iron ore contract holds sway

Iron ore contracts in Singapore have greater pricing power than those traded in China.

Chief executive officer Satya Nadella has been investing in data centres and striking partnerships to bolster sales of ...

Microsoft reaches record on cloud

Microsoft shares soared to a record high after it reported sales and earnings that topped estimates.

Qualcomm shares jumped as much as 3.1 per cent on Friday morning in New York after the report from CNBC.

Qualcomm agrees to acquire NXP

Qualcomm has agreed to buy NXP Semiconductors for $US110 a share in a deal seen announced next week.

Deutsche Bank strategists see the potential for banks and resources to break with recent trends and rally together.

How to marry heavyweights and win

Deutsche says investors who loaded up on banks and miners for the last 25 years, would have outstripped the broader market by 2 per cent.

How phasing out cash could help the economy

Getting rid of most bank notes could give central banks another weapon to lift growth and to prepare for the next recession, leading economists says.

Wholesale Interbank Rates
Currencies	Buys ($AU1)	Sells ($AU1)	$ Mvmt	% Mvmt
AUD/USD	0.7608	0.7602	-0.0001fall	-0.01% fall
AUD/EUR	0.6994	0.6985	0.0009rise	0.13% rise
Updated: October 24, 2016 - 8:45AM

Volatility S&P;/ASX 200 VIX

Price: 12.81

Change in: -0.1050fall
Percentage up/down: (-0.81%) fall

Today's market compared to previous close

Turnover
Sector	Turnover ($AU)	Volume	Trades
Market total	4,376,644,580	2,396,247,744	859,852
Industrial	3,578,394,793	926,821,165	703,806
Mining	762,934,203	1,469,165,420	152,660

Last updated: October 21, 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 ...

Code	Name	New Highs	Last Week	Last Month
ALK	ALKANE RESOURCES LTD	0.550rise	0.550	0.515
ASZ	ASG GROUP LIMITED	1.610rise	1.610	1.595
BMT	BERKUT MINERALS LTD	0.290rise	0.290	0.280
BPT	BEACH ENERGY LIMITED	0.805rise	0.805	0.680
BSE	BASE RES LIMITED	0.215rise	0.215	0.170
CBL	CBL CORPORATION LTD	3.750rise	3.750	3.650
CDV	CARDINAL RESO LTD	0.750rise	0.750	0.720
CGS	COGSTATE LTD	1.160rise	1.160	0.975
CLV	CLOVER CORPORATION	0.660rise	0.660	0.620
CLW	CHTR H LWR	0.000rise	0.000	0.000
Updated: October 21, 2016 - 6:50PM

Code	Name	New Lows	Last Week	Last Month
1PG	1-PAGE LTD	0.177fall	0.177	0.220
1ST	1ST AVAILABLE LTD	0.050fall	0.050	0.054
ADY	ADMIRALTY RESOURCES.	0.008fall	0.008	0.010
AHL	AHALIFE HOLDINGS LTD	0.080fall	0.080	0.100
ARV	ARTEMIS RESOURCES	0.001fall	0.001	0.001
ASH	ASHLEY SERVICES GRP	0.135fall	0.135	0.180
AUP	AURORA PROPERTY	5.220fall	5.220	5.356
AXE	ARCHER EXPLORATION	0.060fall	0.060	0.061
BAS	BASS STRAIT OIL CO	0.001fall	0.001	0.001
BDI	BLINA MINERALS NL	0.001fall	0.001	0.001
Updated: October 21, 2016 - 4:41PM

Upcoming IPOs
Company	Security Code	Float date	Issue $
Apollo Tourism and Leisure Ltd	ATL	04/11/2016	1.00
CFOAM Limited	CFO		0.20
Davenport Resources Limited	DAV	27/10/2016	0.20
DomaCom Limited	DCL		0.75
Faster Enterprises Ltd	FE8		0.20

Housing

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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