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Markets Live: ASX see-saws

A rise in oil and iron ore prices may not be enough to lift the sharemarket today.

Shares fall then bounce only to drop again as selling in miners and banks intensifies, while bond proxies enjoy some relief and CSL shines.

Morgan Stanley bearish on iron ore

Morgan Stanley's outlook for 2017 chimes with other bullish calls on commodities including metals next year.

Base metals win out over bulks as Morgan Stanley's top picks for next year on bets of rising demand from the US and China.

Goldman reverses course on copper

Layton is now forecasting a small supply deficit of around 180,000 tonnes in 2017, compared with a previous expectation ...

Opinion

Goldman has turned from bearish to 'more' bullish as copper has defied its expectations.

Shanghai rebar near three-year high

The most-active rebar on the Shanghai Futures Exchange closed up 2 per cent at 3505 yuan a tonne. The construction steel ...

Chinese rebar futures rose 2 per cent on Tuesday to trade near a 32-month high, sustaining recent strong gains.

ASX see-saws ahead of Fed meeting

A fairly data-intensive day meant there was plenty of information for investors to sift through.

Shares swung into the red on Tuesday as investors stuck to the sidelines ahead of a key Fed Reserve meeting this week.

Active management set to shine in 2017

The rise of populism has been a major source of volatility in the market and is expected to continue into 2017.

Global fund managers expect a sharp increase in market volatility next year amid growing geopolitical uncertainty and a marked shift in fiscal policy, a survey has found.

Commodity rally sets up a mining cash splash

China's chief government forecaster has said a predicted decline in steel demand will not happen in 2017.

This year's stunning resurgence in commodity prices has Australian resource companies well placed to at least double their shareholder payouts, experts say.

BlackRock sees 'pain' for bond investors

Bidding overnight for $US24 billion of three-year debt and $US20 billion of 10-year notes marked their weakest levels in ...

BlackRock cut its view on the outlook for US Treasuries, citing concerns about growth, wages and inflation.

Market Indices

Updated: December 13, 2016 - 4:41PM

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Updated: December 14, 2016 - 4:00AM

Advances

Price

191.00

Percentage up/down

40.55% rise
Declines

Price

216.00

Percentage up/down

45.86% fall
Unchanged

Price

64.00

Percentage up/down

13.59% steady

Last updated: Dec 13, 2016 - 6:50PM

Markets Live: ASX see-saws

Shares fall then bounce only to drop again as selling in miners and banks intensifies, while bond proxies enjoy some relief and CSL shines.

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

8@eight: Risks and dull confidence give bears hope

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The local stock market is set to open closer to 5550, although it promises to be a messy start to trading with no discernible trends emerging.

Cohn, the firm's president and chief operating officer, has accepted the job as President-elect Donald Trump's chief ...

Goldman's line of succession runs deep

As Goldman's Gary Cohn prepares to decamp for a Trump job in Washington, there's no shortage of potential successors.

Brent crude futures were up $US1.76 at $US56.09 per barrel, a 3.2 per cent rise, after hitting a session peak of ...

Oil rises to highest since mid-2015

Oil advanced though prices could soon hit a ceiling until global production cuts are confirmed.

Sky created an independent committee of directors to assess the deal in a move to ease concerns on governance given that ...

Fox finalising cash bid for Sky

Twenty-First Century Fox aims to table a firm cash bid valuing Sky at £10.75 per share as early as Wednesday.

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	0.7497	0.7491	-0.0005fall	-0.07% fall
AUD/EUR	0.706	0.7054	0.0005rise	0.07% rise
Updated: December 14, 2016 - 6:41AM

Volatility S&P;/ASX 200 VIX

Price: 12.24

Change in: -0.5670fall
Percentage up/down: (-4.43%) fall

Today's market compared to previous close

Turnover
Sector	Turnover ($AU)	Volume	Trades
Market total	5,072,450,394	2,138,245,511	1,083,709
Industrial	3,856,488,854	794,018,873	859,604
Mining	1,121,632,220	1,343,874,495	219,409

Last updated: December 13, 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
CLZ	CLASSIC MIN LTD	0.008rise	0.005	0.008
LCE	LONDON CITY EQU. LTD	0.350rise	0.280	0.280
IMU	IMUGENE LIMITED	0.021rise	0.017	0.012
WTR	WORLD TITANIUM RES	0.085rise	0.070	0.050
OXX	OCTANEX N.L.	0.053rise	0.045	0.045
LOV	LOVISA HOLDINGS LTD	4.100rise	3.500	3.600
NAE	NEW AGE EXPLORATION	0.038rise	0.033	0.033
CAF	CENTREPOINT ALLIANCE	0.755rise	0.670	0.640
ERA	ENERGY RESOURCES	0.400rise	0.355	0.350
LTN	LANTERN HOTEL GRP	0.135rise	0.120	0.115
Updated: December 13, 2016 - 4:14PM

Code	Name	New Lows	Last Week	Last Month
TEX	TARGET ENERGY	0.001fall	0.002	0.001
VMG	VDM GROUP LIMITED	0.001fall	0.002	0.001
AFA	ASF GROUP LIMITED	0.130fall	0.200	0.200
SXA	STRATA-X ENERGY LTD	0.050fall	0.075	0.060
CAV	CARNAVALE RESOURCES	0.006fall	0.007	0.008
LPE	LOCALITY PLANNING	0.018fall	0.021	0.019
TSV	TRANSERV ENERGY LTD	0.007fall	0.008	0.014
AOW	AMERICAN PATRIOT OIL	0.066fall	0.075	0.077
IQE	INTUERI EDU GRP LTD	0.031fall	0.035	0.045
HMX	HAMMER METALS LTD	0.039fall	0.044	0.047
Updated: December 13, 2016 - 6:50PM

Company Announcements
Code	Time	Announcement
ZOR	13 Dec 16	End of Day
QNL	13 Dec 16	Appendix 3B
TEG	13 Dec 16	Notice of Shareholding Pre and Post Consolidation
QUE	13 Dec 16	November 2016 Monthly Cash Flow Report
OEQ	13 Dec 16	NTA Backing as at 30 November 2016
PNO	13 Dec 16	Extension of DOCA
BEL	13 Dec 16	NTA Backing as at 30 November 2016
POZ	13 Dec 16	Appendix 3B
WCN	13 Dec 16	SPP Share Issue Section 708A Notice
LNK	13 Dec 16	Change of Director's Interest Notice - John McMurtrie

Dividend Calendar
Code	Date Payable	Div Amount
MQG	14 Dec 2016	1.9000
TNE	14 Dec 2016	0.0709
AOD	14 Dec 2016	0.0035
CVC	14 Dec 2016	0.1000
GNC	14 Dec 2016	0.0350
CKF	15 Dec 2016	0.0800
IFT	15 Dec 2016	0.0543
RMD	15 Dec 2016	0.0303
DDR	15 Dec 2016	0.0385
WAT	15 Dec 2016	0.0300

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