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Markets Live: Fortescue hits 5-year high

Wall St inched to further heights overnight.

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Mining stocks hit another gear, powering an ASX rally after iron ore futures extend strong gains and the Dow topped 19,000.

Miners boost ASX, Fortescue at 5-year high

There was broad-based buying on the Australian Securities Exchange on Wednesday.

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Miners powered the ASX higher on Wednesday as investors took a record Wall St lead to build the rally's strength through the day.

Blue chips back in favour

The outlook for the big bank stocks is improving.

The remarkable outperformance of small caps seems to have dissipated so investors are having another look at the growth potential of blue chips.

Why bets on a Trump mining boom are tempting fate

Constructive plan: Donald Trump promises "a bold, visionary plan for a cost-effective system of roads, bridges, tunnels, ...

ANALYSIS

Fears grow that prices have climbed too far, too fast in wake of US election and Chinese housing boom

8@eight: Bulls take full control of the market

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

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The local share market has regained its mojo.

Oil lower as Iran, Iraq resist output limits

Brent for January settlement declined 43 cents, or 0.9 per cent, to $US48.47 a barrel in London. The contract touched ...

Oil fell after an OPEC committee failed to agree on Iranian and Iraqi production levels.

ASX joins global rally as miners regain mojo

The ASX leapt to a four week high on Tuesday.

A night of simultaneous highs on Wall St helped the ASX to a strong gain, with mining and energy stocks doing the heavy lifting.

Five economic game changers for 2017

Central banks are reining in stimulus next year, with fiscal stimulus filling the gap.

After a game-changing year in markets, prepare for improved, but modest, growth next year, Societe Generale says.

Market Indices

Updated: November 23, 2016 - 4:35PM

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Updated: November 23, 2016 - 4:00AM

Advances

Price

273.00

Percentage up/down

58.84% rise
Declines

Price

120.00

Percentage up/down

25.86% fall
Unchanged

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71.00

Percentage up/down

15.30% steady

Last updated: Nov 23, 2016 - 5:30PM

Markets Live: Fortescue hits 5-year high

Mining stocks hit another gear, powering an ASX rally after iron ore futures extend strong gains and the Dow topped 19,000.

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has staked his political future on the constitutional reform that goes before voters ...

Currency vigilantes set their sights on Italy

Politics is the new economists, says HSBC, and currency traders are gearing up for the next battleground - the Italian constitutional referendum.

Investors have boosted bets for tighter monetary policy since Donald Trump's election win.

Wall St leaps higher

The four major US benchmark indexes reached simultaneous records for the first time since 1999.

8@eight: Trump in a lolly shop as approval keeps rolling in

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The ASX is set to lift at the open, with futures suggesting a 34-point gain on the open, after a surge in oil prices

The longest US expansion on record stretched from 1991 until 2001, a span of 120 months. That streak will be broken if ...

DB sees S&P; 500 at 2500

It's looking more likely that Donald Trump will preside over a continuing US expansion, according to Deutsche Bank.

Despite the mini-boom in commodity prices, the Aussie dollar has over the past months hardly strengthened.

Goldman turns bullish on economy and $A

In a surprisingly upbeat note, Goldman Sachs has upgraded its growth forecasts and says there is a chance the RBA will start lifting interest rates next year.

Wholesale Interbank Rates
Currencies	Buys ($AU1)	Sells ($AU1)	$ Mvmt	% Mvmt
AUD/USD	0.7445	0.7435	0.0034rise	0.46% rise
AUD/EUR	0.7002	0.6989	0.0026rise	0.37% rise
Updated: November 23, 2016 - 5:47PM

Volatility S&P;/ASX 200 VIX

Price: 12.25

Change in: -0.1470fall
Percentage up/down: (-1.19%) fall

Today's market compared to previous close

Turnover
Sector	Turnover ($AU)	Volume	Trades
Market total	4,997,166,450	2,241,116,721	1,096,834
Industrial	3,750,946,340	736,009,818	893,795
Mining	1,160,615,002	1,504,323,158	194,312

Last updated: November 23, 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
TMZ	THOMSON RES LTD	0.070rise	0.035	0.052
NOX	NOXOPHARM LIMITED	0.890rise	0.500	0.350
GPP	GREENPOWER ENRGY LTD	0.038rise	0.030	0.024
TTI	TRAFFIC TECHNOLOGIES	0.047rise	0.038	0.042
HNG	HGL LIMITED	0.550rise	0.460	0.465
EMH	EUROPEAN METALS HLDG	0.770rise	0.650	0.700
EUM	EUMERALLA RESOURCES	0.059rise	0.050	0.040
ST1	SPIRIT TELECOM LTD	0.035rise	0.030	0.030
KKT	KONEKT LIMITED	0.680rise	0.585	0.595
NTI	NEUROTECH INTL	0.445rise	0.385	0.000
Updated: November 23, 2016 - 4:14PM

Code	Name	New Lows	Last Week	Last Month
IBN	IBUYNEW GROUP LTD	0.008fall	0.010	0.012
NET	NETLINKZ LIMITED	0.021fall	0.024	0.028
AHL	AHALIFE HOLDINGS LTD	0.078fall	0.087	0.080
OHE	ORION HEALTH GRP	2.520fall	2.790	3.050
FZO	FAMILY ZONE CYBER	0.190fall	0.210	0.240
SCO	SCOTT PAC GROUP LTD	2.330fall	2.490	3.620
VRL	VILLAGE ROADSHOW LTD	4.320fall	4.540	4.940
GTY	GATEWAY LIFESTYLE	2.080fall	2.175	2.160
ASG	AUTOSPORTS GRP LTD.	2.250fall	2.350	0.000
STX	STRIKE ENERGY LTD	0.073fall	0.076	0.093
Updated: November 23, 2016 - 4:23PM

Company Announcements
Code	Time	Announcement
FTT	05:56PM	Appendix 3Y - Mr Tim Hughes (correction)
FTT	05:55PM	Appendix 3Y - Dr Chris Behrenbruch (correction)
VLA	05:54PM	Change of Director's Interest Notice x 3
FTT	05:53PM	Appendix 3Y - Dr Cherrell Hirst (correction)
IDA	05:49PM	Chairman's address and AGM presentation
FTT	05:47PM	Appendix 3Y - Dr Robert Ryan (options)
BPT	05:46PM	Changes to Senior Executive Team
FTT	05:46PM	Appendix 3B - unlisted share options following AGM
SDL	05:41PM	Change in substantial holding
JHC	05:40PM	Change of Director's Interest Notices

Dividend Calendar
Code	Date Payable	Div Amount
AVN	23 Nov 2016	0.0388
CBC	24 Nov 2016	0.0150
GLH	25 Nov 2016	0.0100
KMD	25 Nov 2016	0.0752
IPE	25 Nov 2016	0.0220
SFL	28 Nov 2016	0.0100
SLF	29 Nov 2016	0.0698
FNP	30 Nov 2016	0.0225
BIS	30 Nov 2016	0.0250
NAC	30 Nov 2016	0.0250

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