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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.

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Goldman sees Beijing's policy of managed depreciation versus the US dollar continuing in 2017.

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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.

Market Indices

Updated: November 18, 2016 - 1:39PM

Updated: November 18, 2016 - 4:09PM

Updated: November 19, 2016 - 6:15AM

Updated: November 19, 2016 - 1:00AM

Advances

Price

238.00

Percentage up/down

50.75% rise
Declines

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181.00

Percentage up/down

38.59% fall
Unchanged

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50.00

Percentage up/down

10.66% steady

Last updated: Nov 18, 2016 - 3:50PM

Markets Live: Aussie dollar takes next blow

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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.

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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.

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.

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	0.735	0.7345	0.0013rise	0.18% rise
AUD/EUR	0.6944	0.6935	0.0012rise	0.17% rise
Updated: November 19, 2016 - 6:00AM

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 - 2:55PM

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 - 1:39PM

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 - 3:50PM

Company Announcements
Code	Time	Announcement
ZOR	18 Nov 16	End of Day
RHI	18 Nov 16	Change of Director's Interest Notices
WGL	18 Nov 16	Response to ASX Appendix 3Y Query
PCH	18 Nov 16	Extension of AGM
ATA	18 Nov 16	Appendix 3B
ATA	18 Nov 16	Entitlement Issue Prospectus
SRK	18 Nov 16	Results of 2016 Annual General Meeting
TFC	18 Nov 16	Becoming a substantial holder
SLR	18 Nov 16	Results of Annual General Meeting
SCU	18 Nov 16	Director Resignation and Final Director's Interest Notice

Dividend Calendar
Code	Date Payable	Div Amount
CLV	20 Nov 2016	0.0050
MGP	21 Nov 2016	0.0020
TPM	21 Nov 2016	0.0750
BOQ	21 Nov 2016	0.3800
AVN	22 Nov 2016	0.0388
CBC	23 Nov 2016	0.0150
GLH	24 Nov 2016	0.0100
KMD	24 Nov 2016	0.0752
IPE	24 Nov 2016	0.0220
SFL	27 Nov 2016	0.0100

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