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Markets Live: Miners give back gains

Shares look likely to take a step backwards today.

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Investors are taking profits in miners, as early optimism on the ASX sours amid heavy selling in bonds, while Boral plunges.

ASX takes time for Thanksgiving

Trading volumes were low ahead of the Thanksgiving Holiday in the US.

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Shares took a breather after two strong sessions, with the 5500 level proving a bridge too far amid a day of low trading volumes.

Economy may have gone backwards

Morgan Stanley argues that Australia's "real GDP" of 3.3 per cent looks overstated.

Several factors may cause the Australian economy to record its fourth quarter of negative growth in 25 years, Morgan Stanley analysts have warned.

Experts doubt the resources rebound's sustainability

Resources stocks are being driven higher by a combination of fundamentals and speculation, experts say.

Resources stocks are rallying harder than commodities and experts are divided on its sustainability.

Blue chips back in favour

Labor and the Greens say the inquiry was a sham.

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

Treasury yields lift on economic data

In overnight trade, the US 10-year yield reached 2.41 per cent, the highest level since July 2015.

Treasuries tumbled along with European government bonds as a gauge of US manufacturing demand surged.

Oil dips on OPEC cut doubts

Calendar spreads, the difference in price between one month and the next in the futures market, showed little signs that ...

Oil prices fell amid doubts that OPEC will agree to a big enough output cut to make a significant dent in the global glut.

8@eight: Turkey slows down the bulls

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

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The local share market is tipped to slide at the open.

Market Indices

Updated: November 24, 2016 - 4:35PM

Updated: November 24, 2016 - 6:34PM

Updated: November 24, 2016 - 9:15AM

Updated: November 24, 2016 - 4:00AM

Advances

Price

187.00

Percentage up/down

39.79% rise
Declines

Price

219.00

Percentage up/down

46.60% fall
Unchanged

Price

64.00

Percentage up/down

13.62% steady

Last updated: Nov 24, 2016 - 5:57PM

Markets Live: Miners give back gains

Live

Investors are taking profits in miners, as early optimism on the ASX sours amid heavy selling in bonds, while Boral plunges.

Central bank sources told Reuters the ECB is looking for ways to lend out more of its huge pile of government debt to ...

Euro zone bond yields higher

Germany's two-year bond yields rebounded on news the ECB is exploring a short-term funding market boost.

Fed chair Janet Yellen said last week in congressional testimony that Trump's election did nothing to change the Fed's ...

Fed rate hike consensus builds

Fed policymakers appeared confident that the economy was strengthening enough to warrant interest rate increases soon.

LME broker Marex Spectron estimates the fund long on copper reached 37 per cent of open interest last week, the largest ...

Money men returning to base metals

Opinion

Longer-term investors are also returning to the industrial metals sector for the first time in years.

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

Miners boost ASX, Fortescue at 5-year high

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

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	0.7382	0.7372	-0.0012fall	-0.16% fall
AUD/EUR	0.7005	0.6999	0.0008rise	0.11% rise
Updated: November 24, 2016 - 6:19PM

Volatility S&P;/ASX 200 VIX

Price: 12.13

Change in: -0.1230fall
Percentage up/down: (-1.00%) fall

Today's market compared to previous close

Turnover
Sector	Turnover ($AU)	Volume	Trades
Market total	4,846,439,126	2,427,486,296	929,586
Industrial	3,712,941,640	827,195,728	739,062
Mining	1,020,787,771	1,599,324,114	180,595

Last updated: November 24, 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
ICG	INCA MINERALS LTD	0.018rise	0.012	0.014
NTI	NEUROTECH INTL	0.550rise	0.385	0.000
GPP	GREENPOWER ENRGY LTD	0.039rise	0.030	0.024
EUM	EUMERALLA RESOURCES	0.060rise	0.050	0.040
KKT	KONEKT LIMITED	0.695rise	0.585	0.595
A3D	AURORA LABS LIMITED	2.060rise	1.750	1.300
BSR	BASSARI RESOURCES	0.040rise	0.034	0.022
ALC	ALCIDION GROUP LTD	0.135rise	0.115	0.096
CR8	CRE8TEK LIMITED	0.056rise	0.048	0.038
LVH	LIVEHIRE LIMITED	0.320rise	0.280	0.255
Updated: November 24, 2016 - 4:41PM

Code	Name	New Lows	Last Week	Last Month
IQE	INTUERI EDU GRP LTD	0.045fall	0.060	0.061
ICT	ICOLLEGE LIMITED	0.020fall	0.025	0.028
VMT	VMOTO LIMITED	0.076fall	0.094	0.110
BLD	BORAL LIMITED.	4.950fall	6.080	6.080
XTD	XTD LTD	0.120fall	0.145	0.125
WEC	WHITE ENERGY COMPANY	0.051fall	0.060	0.067
AHX	APIAM ANIMAL HEALTH	1.130fall	1.320	1.380
AXT	ARGO EXPLORATION	0.043fall	0.050	0.050
OPN	OPENDNA LTD	0.130fall	0.150	0.000
OSL	ONCOSIL MEDICAL	0.092fall	0.105	0.100
Updated: November 24, 2016 - 4:15PM

Company Announcements
Code	Time	Announcement
SAN	06:28PM	Response to ASX appendix 5B query
MRP	06:27PM	Results of Annual General Meeting
WOW	06:26PM	2016 AGM Poll Results
SPO	06:24PM	Appendix 3Y - M Sheppard
AFG	06:24PM	AFG 2016 AGM Results
SPO	06:15PM	Appendix 3B
MRM	06:14PM	Results of 2016 Annual General Meeting
LNK	06:14PM	Appendix 3B
CNI	06:06PM	ASX Notice- Accelerated Non-renounceable Entitlement Offer
BAP	06:05PM	Bapcor response to Hellaby shareholder letter

Dividend Calendar
Code	Date Payable	Div Amount
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
BKW	30 Nov 2016	0.3200

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