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Markets Live: Aussie dollar takes next blow

Shares are set to follow Wall St higher.

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The Aussie dollar has plunged to its lowest since June and bonds continue to sell off, while Telstra leads gains on the ASX.

Copper extends slide

Since hitting a 17-month high above $US6000 on November 11, copper has dropped nearly 10 per cent.

Copper clocked its biggest weekly fall in a month as the US dollar soared to a 14-year high.

Miners drag on European stocks

The Stoxx Europe 600 Index fell 0.6 per cent, trimming its weekly gain to 0.6 per cent.

Commodity producers fell as Mario Draghi indicated the region's economy still needs stimulus.

Iron ore resets lower after surge

Iron ore is retreating from the highest since 2014 as authorities in China raised trading charges to quell the spike in ...

Iron ore just capped the biggest weekly drop in six months.

Bond yields a bad sign for expensive ASX

ANALYSIS

Rising bond yields are placing expensive bond proxy shares under threat.

ASX slips for the week as Trump trade loses steam

Traders are betting a Trump presidency will quicken the pace of interest-rate increases.

The ASX ended Friday higher but gave up some of last week's strong gains over the five sessions as post-US election enthusiasm ran out of steam.

Two stocks tipped to win from NBN

MHOR's James Spenceley tips Amaysim as an NBN winner.

Vocus founder turned fund manager James Spenceley has revealed his two best NBN opportunities in small caps.

Snap IPO to test unicorn founder fortunes worth $42b

If Snap can pull it off, co-founders Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy would become the youngest people on the Bloomberg ...

If investors don't bite at the Snap IPO, about $42 billion of unicorn wealth held by eight co-founders of Snap, Airbnb, Spotify and Uber could crater.

Market Indices

Updated: November 18, 2016 - 4:39PM

Updated: November 18, 2016 - 7:09PM

Updated: November 19, 2016 - 8:03AM

Updated: November 19, 2016 - 4:00AM

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238.00

Percentage up/down

50.75% rise
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181.00

Percentage up/down

38.59% fall
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50.00

Percentage up/down

10.66% steady

Last updated: Nov 18, 2016 - 6:50PM

Markets Live: Aussie dollar takes next blow

Live

The Aussie dollar has plunged to its lowest since June and bonds continue to sell off, while Telstra leads gains on the ASX.

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

8@eight: Yellen sends markets moving with rate talk

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The local sharemarket is set to rise at the open, after Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen said overnight that the Fed still planned to increase rates "soon".

Janet Yellen said the US central bank was close to lifting interest rates as the economy continued to strengthen.

US stocks, dollar gain after Yellen rate comments

The S&P; 500 Index approached a record high, the US dollar gained and Treasuries fell as Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen signalled the US central bank is close to raising interest rates.

Kerr Neilson's Platinum Asset Management is weighing up whether China is a buying opportunity.

China 'absolutely smashes America'

Kerr Neilson says Trump's rallying call fails to realise that America doesn't have the world to itself as the markets' "sugar rush" wears off.

Out-of-favour shares such as Telstra rebounded to lead the sharemarket higher on Thursday.

Telstra leads ASX higher as Trump trade deflates

Shares lurched higher as the frantic "Trump trades" that shook up financial markets over the past week faded further.

The Aussie sank below US75¢ and was fetching US74.81¢ on Thursday morning.

$A falls below US75¢ as greenback extends gains

The Australian dollar tumbled about 1 per cent overnight to be trading below US75¢ as the US dollar index extended its winning streak.

Wholesale Interbank Rates
Currencies	Buys ($AU1)	Sells ($AU1)	$ Mvmt	% Mvmt
AUD/USD	0.7339	0.7334	-0.0070fall	-0.95% fall
AUD/EUR	0.6933	0.6927	-0.0040fall	-0.57% fall
Updated: November 19, 2016 - 7:48AM

Volatility S&P;/ASX 200 VIX

Price: 13.10

Change in: -0.3460fall
Percentage up/down: (-2.57%) fall

Today's market compared to previous close

Turnover
Sector	Turnover ($AU)	Volume	Trades
Market total	4,495,496,331	2,086,549,184	1,053,213
Industrial	3,554,804,281	783,783,261	831,644
Mining	926,528,097	1,302,419,516	218,228

Last updated: November 18, 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
VKA	VIKING MINES LTD	0.033rise	0.019	0.027
GMC	GULF MANGANESE CORP	0.033rise	0.022	0.028
NOX	NOXOPHARM LIMITED	0.500rise	0.370	0.350
MYE	MASTERMYNE GROUP LTD	0.420rise	0.330	0.320
MMI	METRO MINING LTD	0.155rise	0.125	0.125
OIL	OPTISCAN IMAGING	0.060rise	0.050	0.052
AIK	ARMIDALE INVEST CORP	0.180rise	0.150	0.170
EUM	EUMERALLA RESOURCES	0.050rise	0.042	0.040
LVH	LIVEHIRE LIMITED	0.280rise	0.240	0.255
NGY	NUENERGY GAS LTD	0.040rise	0.035	0.030
Updated: November 18, 2016 - 4:39PM

Code	Name	New Lows	Last Week	Last Month
ENB	ENEABBA GAS LIMITED	0.004fall	0.008	0.008
PGY	PILOT ENERGY LTD	0.001fall	0.002	0.002
LNY	LANEWAY RES LTD	0.002fall	0.003	0.002
MAR	MALACHITE RESOURCES	0.002fall	0.003	0.002
CEL	CHALLENGER ENERGY	0.015fall	0.020	0.020
8CO	8COMMON LIMITED	0.100fall	0.130	0.145
IDX	INTEGRAL DIAGNOSTICS	1.230fall	1.550	1.510
TDL	TBG DIAGNOSTICS LTD	0.155fall	0.180	0.170
SMX	SMS MANAGEMENT.	1.260fall	1.460	1.520
PDN	PALADIN ENERGY LTD	0.095fall	0.110	0.140
Updated: November 18, 2016 - 6:50PM

Upcoming IPOs
Company	Security Code	Float date	Issue $
Autosports Group Limited	ASG	16/11/2016	2.40
Apollo Tourism and Leisure Ltd	ATL	04/11/2016	1.00
Blockchain Global Limited	BCG		0.20
Bravura Solutions Limited	BVS	16/11/2016	1.45
Charter Hall Long WALE REIT	CLW	08/11/2016	4.00

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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