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Markets Live: Flat ASX hides big moves

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A marginal decline for the ASX over the week masked some vicious share price moves.

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.

SGX's iron ore contract holds sway

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

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

Microsoft reaches record on cloud

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

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

Qualcomm agrees to acquire NXP

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

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

Market Indices

Updated: October 21, 2016 - 4:45PM

Updated: October 21, 2016 - 6:10PM

Updated: October 22, 2016 - 8:15AM

Updated: October 22, 2016 - 3:00AM

Advances

Price

163.00

Percentage up/down

35.21% rise
Declines

Price

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: Flat ASX hides big moves

Live

A marginal decline for the ASX over the week masked some vicious share price moves.

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.

Shares end lower as Healthscope dives

Shares closed lower on Friday, battered by a drop in Healthscope shares as it cautioned on its full-year guidance.

A sharemarket float is one option being considered with the planned sale of half of the government's stake in Endeavour ...

NSW's next big deal started by Christmas

A sharemarket float is an option being considered by the NSW government for the sale of its remaining electricity sector asset, with the formal sale process to kick off by year end.

How phasing out cash could help the economy

COMMENT

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.

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	0.761	0.7605	0.0003rise	0.04% rise
AUD/EUR	0.6993	0.6985	0.0001rise	0.01% rise
Updated: October 22, 2016 - 10:00AM

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
GPP	GREENPOWER ENRGY LTD	0.019rise	0.010	0.006
KPO	KALINA POWER LIMITED	0.150rise	0.105	0.080
KPT	KANGAROO PLANTATION	27.100rise	19.200	26.500
KYK	KYCKR LIMITED	0.250rise	0.180	0.200
NTM	NORTHERN MANGANESE	0.088rise	0.065	0.070
ODY	ODYSSEY ENERGY	0.085rise	0.063	0.070
MTA	METALS OF AFRICA LTD	0.105rise	0.081	0.055
CGS	COGSTATE LTD	1.160rise	0.900	0.975
BSE	BASE RES LIMITED	0.215rise	0.170	0.170
MGV	MUSGRAVE MINERALS	0.130rise	0.105	0.096
Updated: October 21, 2016 - 4:11PM

Code	Name	New Lows	Last Week	Last Month
NYO	NYOTA MINERALS LTD	0.001fall	0.002	0.001
TEX	TARGET ENERGY	0.001fall	0.002	0.001
ADY	ADMIRALTY RESOURCES.	0.008fall	0.010	0.010
CV1	CV CHECK LTD	0.105fall	0.130	0.110
SKC	SKYCITY ENT GRP LTD	3.520fall	4.340	4.265
1PG	1-PAGE LTD	0.177fall	0.210	0.220
PVL	POWERHOUSE VEN LTD	0.780fall	0.920	0.000
FTZ	FERTOZ LTD	0.100fall	0.115	0.120
BUY	BOUNTY OIL & GAS NL	0.007fall	0.008	0.007
RBR	RBR GROUP LTD	0.007fall	0.008	0.008
Updated: October 21, 2016 - 6:50PM

Company Announcements
Code	Time	Announcement
ZOR	21 Oct 16	End of Day
PAN	21 Oct 16	Gum Creek Gold Project IPO
BEL	21 Oct 16	CBG Fund September 2016 Quarterly Report
EER	21 Oct 16	Notice of Annual General Meeting/Proxy Form
WGL	21 Oct 16	Appendix 3B
EMX	21 Oct 16	Proxy Form for Annual General Meeting
POS	21 Oct 16	Appendix 3B
POS	21 Oct 16	Change of Director's Interest Notice for Mr Singleton
POS	21 Oct 16	Change of Director's Interest Notice for Mr Dennis
POS	21 Oct 16	Change of Director's Interest Notice for Mr Brayshaw

Dividend Calendar
Code	Date Payable	Div Amount
CII	24 Oct 2016	0.0800
GCM	24 Oct 2016	0.0098
PHI	24 Oct 2016	0.0200
CGC	26 Oct 2016	0.0600
ORL	26 Oct 2016	0.0300
MWR	26 Oct 2016	0.0130
IVV	26 Oct 2016	1.2298
IJR	26 Oct 2016	0.3938
IJH	26 Oct 2016	0.7908
IRU	26 Oct 2016	0.3838

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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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