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Markets Live: ASX loses steam

The mini-bull run on Wall St and the ASX is set to roll on this morning.

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Mining and energy are the sole bright spots on the ASX as falling Wall St futures take the wind out of an early sharemarket rally.

Sirtex bear still wary despite share price dive

Sirtex Medical chief executive Gilman Wong pocketed more than $2 million from a recent sale of shares in the company.

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The warning signs were there for all to see ahead of a trading update last week that slashed hundreds of millions of dollars off the market worth of biotech outfit Sirtex.

8@eight: OPEC are the oil masters again

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

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The sharemarket is expected to open 23 points higher, with weekend signals Saudi Arabia is trying to lift the oil price above $US60 a barrel to spur demand for the likes of BHP, Woodside and Santos.

Fed surprise this week would be 'dreadful'

What Janet Yellen's Federal Reserve does next depends on its reading of the Trump experiment.

After failing to raise rates all year, the market would be more shocked if the US Federal Reserve failed to tighten policy on Thursday.

Murdoch moves to acquire Sky in $19b deal

Rupert Murdoch has long made clear his desire to own all of Sky. His 2010 attempt was thwarted by the phone hacking scandal.

Fox reached a preliminary deal to acquire full control of Sky Plc for $19 billion, a long term objective of Rupert Murdoch.

Natixis plans to expand in Australia

Asian CIB revenues have grown at a "double-digit" rate in the past five to six years, and the bank is aiming to continue ...

French bank Natixis plans to expand across Asia in a bid to bolster its corporate and investment banking businesses.

S&P; 500 hits record high for third day

Six of the 11 major S&P 500 sectors were higher, led by a 1.03 per cent rise in health stocks and a 0.5 per cent rise in ...

The benchmark S&P; 500 registered a record high for the third straight session, while the Dow and Nasdaq also hit new highs.

US limits on bonuses appear doomed

In February, Obama reminded regulators at a White House meeting of their obligation to rein in pay practices that he ...

Chances of completing tough new rules to restrict bonuses for Wall Street executives appear to be diminishing fast.

Market Indices

Updated: December 12, 2016 - 2:07PM

Updated: December 12, 2016 - 1:53PM

Updated: December 10, 2016 - 9:15AM

Updated: December 10, 2016 - 4:00AM

Advances

Price

197.00

Percentage up/down

42.55% rise
Declines

Price

219.00

Percentage up/down

47.30% fall
Unchanged

Price

47.00

Percentage up/down

10.15% steady

Last updated: Dec 12, 2016 - 2:08PM

Markets Live: ASX loses steam

Live

Mining and energy are the sole bright spots on the ASX as falling Wall St futures take the wind out of an early sharemarket rally.

It is important to remember that markets are at fair value for only the briefest of moments, says Rithotz.

Six things to consider

Opinion

Sentiment is frothy, valuations are elevated and yet new highs are bullish. Perhaps there's room to run, says Barry Ritholtz.

"Metals have moved into a higher trading range ... but copper in particular has overshot. Things are fundamentally ...

Copper clocks weekly gain on China

Copper ended the week higher on Friday after robust data from China offered more evidence that its economy is recovering.

S11D is set to start operations by the end of the year, with the first shipment set for January 2017.

Vale gets license for S11D mine

Vale has been granted an operating license for a giant iron ore mine in the Amazonian state of Para known as S11D.

Iron ore for delivery to China's Qingdao port slipped 12 US cents to $US81.66 a tonne on Friday.

China iron ore, steel seen higher

Iron ore and steel futures in China edged lower on Friday as investors locked in gains, though sentiment remains bullish.

The euro was last down 0.32 per cent against the US dollar at $US1.0724, after rising to a three week high of $US1.0796 ...

Euro slips from three week highs

The euro held slightly below three week highs against the US dollar in pre-ECB meeting positioning.

Wholesale Interbank Rates
Currencies	Buys ($AU1)	Sells ($AU1)	$ Mvmt	% Mvmt
AUD/USD	0.7455	0.7454	0.0003rise	0.04% rise
AUD/EUR	0.7064	0.706	0.0004rise	0.06% rise
Updated: December 12, 2016 - 1:38PM

Volatility S&P;/ASX 200 VIX

Price: 11.98

Change in: -0.5500fall
Percentage up/down: (-4.39%) fall

Today's market compared to previous close

Turnover
Sector	Turnover ($AU)	Volume	Trades
Market total	2,607,070,614	1,515,370,158	638,467
Industrial	1,934,225,888	471,080,304	503,910
Mining	650,156,957	1,044,099,666	130,973

Last updated: December 12, 2016 - 2:08PM

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
IMU	IMUGENE LIMITED	0.021rise	0.017	0.012
LEG	LEGEND MINING	0.018rise	0.016	0.013
ESR	ESTRELLA RES LTD	0.065rise	0.059	0.061
GCS	GLOBAL CONSTRUCTION	0.580rise	0.535	0.535
ST1	SPIRIT TELECOM LTD	0.039rise	0.036	0.035
HML	HENRY MORGAN LIMITED	1.400rise	1.300	1.250
CR8	CRE8TEK LIMITED	0.105rise	0.098	0.060
IRD	IRON ROAD LTD	0.160rise	0.150	0.140
NGY	NUENERGY GAS LTD	0.060rise	0.057	0.048
BPT	BEACH ENERGY LIMITED	0.940rise	0.900	0.882
Updated: December 12, 2016 - 2:08PM

Code	Name	New Lows	Last Week	Last Month
QTG	Q TECHNOLOGY GRP LTD	0.002fall	0.003	0.004
LAM	LARAMIDE RES LTD	0.200fall	0.250	0.220
TSV	TRANSERV ENERGY LTD	0.007fall	0.008	0.014
REY	REY RESOURCES LTD	0.045fall	0.050	0.060
LNU	LINIUS TECH LIMITED	0.036fall	0.040	0.040
CXZ	CONNEXION MEDIA LTD	0.090fall	0.100	0.095
HMX	HAMMER METALS LTD	0.040fall	0.044	0.047
AQG	ALACER GOLD CORP.	2.010fall	2.160	2.250
PWN	PARKWAY MINLS NL	0.021fall	0.022	0.022
RNT	RENT.COM.AU LIMITED	0.087fall	0.091	0.092
Updated: December 12, 2016 - 2:07PM

Company Announcements
Code	Time	Announcement
PLG	01:45PM	Propertylink boosts funds management with $46.6m acquisition
NAB	01:44PM	Ceasing to be a substantial holder for WSA
WSA	01:44PM	Ceasing to be a substantial holder from NAB
AYR	01:39PM	Results of General Meeting
FCR	01:32PM	Placement
FSF	01:30PM	Fonterra confirms forecast Farmgate Milk Price for DIRA
AHL	01:27PM	Positive contribution strategy trading update
TOZ	01:25PM	Series 2014-2 Torrens Trust Class A Notes
LPE	01:20PM	Appendix 3B
LEG	01:19PM	Trading Halt Request

Dividend Calendar
Code	Date Payable	Div Amount
SOL	12 Dec 2016	0.3100
WHF	12 Dec 2016	0.0850
ZEL	12 Dec 2016	0.0888
IPL	13 Dec 2016	0.0460
CSR	13 Dec 2016	0.1300
NAB	13 Dec 2016	0.9900
TNE	14 Dec 2016	0.0709
MQG	14 Dec 2016	1.9000
AOD	14 Dec 2016	0.0035
CVC	14 Dec 2016	0.1000

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