Movers

'Too far, too fast' for iron ore

The ramping volatility in the iron ore price can be put down to speculators, a UBS analyst says.

Iron ore prices are swinging about wildly as investors try to look beyond the noise of speculators for a clue to sector fundamentals.

Good results for heart-attack drug: CSL

Biotech CSL says a clinical trial to assess the safety of a drug it is developing to reduce the high incidence of early ...

Biotech CSL says a clinical trial to assess the safety of a drug it is developing to reduce the high incidence of early recurrent heart attacks has generated positive results.

Market Activity

  • Advances
    Price
    211.00
    Percentage up/down
    44.99% rise
  • Declines
    Price
    188.00
    Percentage up/down
    40.09% fall
  • Unchanged
    Price
    70.00
    Percentage up/down
    14.93% steady
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Speculation of a rise in US infrastructure spending under Donald Trump has sparked a rise in copper prices.

Copper's Trump rally looks overdone

The meteoric rise of copper prices since Trump's victory in the US presidential election last week is not justified by fundamentals, analysts say.

Currencies

Wholesale Interbank Rates
Currencies Buys ($AU1) Sells ($AU1) $ Mvmt % Mvmt
AUD/USD 0.7484 0.7479 -0.0077fall -1.02% fall
AUD/EUR 0.6989 0.6984 -0.0063fall -0.89% fall
Updated: November 17, 2016 - 1:33AM

Market Details

Volatility S&P;/ASX 200 VIX
Price
14.28
Change in
-0.7860fall
Percentage up/down
(-5.22%) fall
Today's market compared to previous close
Turnover
Sector Turnover ($AU) Volume Trades
Market total 5,345,784,592 2,732,639,350 1,180,246
Industrial 4,104,670,480 891,356,759 951,988
Mining 1,213,006,138 1,840,806,591 222,191
Last updated: November 16, 2016 - 5:55PM

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ASX - 52 Weeks Highs

Code Name New Highs Last Week Last Month
ESR ESTRELLA RES LTD 0.061rise 0.049 0.030
NOX NOXOPHARM LIMITED 0.440rise 0.370 0.350
NSL NSL CONSOLIDATED LTD 0.051rise 0.045 0.041
AIK ARMIDALE INVEST CORP 0.170rise 0.150 0.170
OIL OPTISCAN IMAGING 0.056rise 0.050 0.052
NTI NEUROTECH INTL 0.385rise 0.345 0.000
CZR COZIRON RESOURCES 0.012rise 0.011 0.011
TMM TASMANIA MINES LTD 1.620rise 1.500 1.420
FID FIDUCIAN GROUP LTD 3.660rise 3.450 3.300
MPO MOLOPO ENERGY LTD 0.160rise 0.155 0.145
Updated: November 16, 2016 - 6:44PM

ASX - 52 Weeks Highs

Code Name New Lows Last Week Last Month
ENB ENEABBA GAS LIMITED 0.004fall 0.008 0.008
ENZ ENZUMO LIMITED 0.090fall 0.125 0.120
AKK AUSTIN EXPLORATION 0.004fall 0.005 0.005
ARD ARGENT MINERALS 0.018fall 0.021 0.023
CND CLARIUS GRP LTD 0.096fall 0.110 0.105
GTG GENETIC TECHNOLOGIES 0.011fall 0.012 0.013
SMA SMARTTRANS HOLDINGS 0.012fall 0.013 0.020
BIQ BUILDINGIQ, INC 0.095fall 0.100 0.115
TSM THINKSMART LIMITED 0.305fall 0.310 0.310
DJW DJERRIWARRH 3.500fall 3.530 3.520
Updated: November 16, 2016 - 6:50PM