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Markets Live: Banking on Santa

Futures trading suggests a pause today in the ASX's already generous Santa rally.

The sharemarket extends its year-end rally, setting a new high for 2016 as the banks continue to find buyers, offsetting losses in healthcare stocks.

Never heard of the Rae family? They just made over $300m

Gull founder Fred Rae with then New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark in 2007.

One of the richest families in the country, the low-profile Rae family of Perth, has pocketed more than $300 million by selling out to Caltex Australia.

ASX extends year-end rally to new high

This year has been the first turnaround year since 2009.

The ASX extended its year-end rally to close at a new 2016 high, as investors poured into banks and other blue-chip stocks.

'Time in the sun': Aussie fund manager whose stock jumped 360% plots US boost

BT has ambitions to get around a third of its funds from the $US36 trillion ($49 trillion) US investment sector in ...

Australia's $2.6 trillion investment industry isn't big enough to keep BT Investment Management entirely within its borders.

Billionaire investor to advise Trump on Wall Street regulation

Hedge fund tsar Carl Icahn has been touted by Donald Trump as a potential US Treasury secretary.

Billionaire Carl Icahn, who bet $US1 billion on a Trump rally hours after his election victory, will advise the President-elect on rescinding "excessive regulation".

Blockchain patent surge red flag

Recently, some of the biggest names in business, from Goldman Sachs to Bank of America and Mastercard, have quietly ...

In the headlong rush to revolutionise modern finance, blockchain enthusiasts are overlooking one potentially costly problem.

8@eight: ASX to open on a high as markets wind down

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

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The local share market should open flat as the ASX winds down for Christmas, with little trading yesterday and probably even less today.

Ultra-long debt window closing

Current trading levels on the Austrian and Italian debt suggest around a 10pc loss, while France's bond has returned ...

The opportunity for euro zone governments to borrow for half a century or more at record low rates may be ending.

Market Indices

Updated: December 22, 2016 - 4:35PM

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Updated: December 23, 2016 - 12:58AM

Advances

Price

241.00

Percentage up/down

52.51% rise
Declines

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156.00

Percentage up/down

33.99% fall
Unchanged

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62.00

Percentage up/down

13.51% steady

Last updated: Dec 22, 2016 - 6:50PM

Markets Live: Banking on Santa

The sharemarket extends its year-end rally, setting a new high for 2016 as the banks continue to find buyers, offsetting losses in healthcare stocks.

The oil market will start 2017 with a high level of inventories inherited from 2016 reflecting recent increases in ...

Oil supplies to shrink faster in 2H

Opinion

Oil traders are betting that storage tanks are expected to remain fairly full throughout the first six months of 2017.

China's state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) headquarters and construction buildings at the Central ...

Iron ore slips amid heavy smog

Chinese steel futures edged higher but gains were tepid as mills were ordered to cut output amid a blanket of heavy smog.

Where once Chinese fundamentals shaped the price, now it's both fundamentals and funds. And there are a lot of funds in ...

China is all that for metals

Opinion

From a year of political upheaval the metals markets can draw one all-important lesson. It's still all about China.

The division on the six member board forced governor Stefan Ingves to use his casting vote in favour of the more ...

Riksbank board splits on policy

Sweden's Riksbank extended its bond-buying programme but enthusiasm for its ultra-easy monetary policy is fading.

Blockchain patent surge red flag

In the headlong rush to revolutionise modern finance, blockchain enthusiasts are overlooking one potentially costly problem.

Wholesale Interbank Rates
Currencies	Buys ($AU1)	Sells ($AU1)	$ Mvmt	% Mvmt
AUD/USD	0.7216	0.7214	-0.0021fall	-0.29% fall
AUD/EUR	0.6912	0.6905	-0.0034fall	-0.49% fall
Updated: December 23, 2016 - 12:43AM

Volatility S&P;/ASX 200 VIX

Price: 10.22

Change in: -0.3170fall
Percentage up/down: (-3.01%) fall

Today's market compared to previous close

Turnover
Sector	Turnover ($AU)	Volume	Trades
Market total	4,077,842,247	1,650,437,949	886,936
Industrial	3,141,225,569	647,247,135	725,632
Mining	704,008,475	1,001,963,712	150,845

Last updated: December 22, 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
LVH	LIVEHIRE LIMITED	0.390rise	0.330	0.340
CTP	CENTRAL PETROLEUM	0.210rise	0.180	0.200
DNK	DANAKALI LIMITED	0.480rise	0.460	0.430
ACK	AUSTOCK GROUP LTD	0.500rise	0.480	0.480
GCS	GLOBAL CONSTRUCTION	0.600rise	0.580	0.535
SND	SAUNDERS INTL LTD	0.610rise	0.590	0.570
ASW	ADVANCED SHARE LTD	0.790rise	0.770	0.790
NDQ	BETASHARESNASDAQ100	11.930rise	11.710	11.470
IHD	ISHARES S&P; DIV OPP	13.850rise	13.720	13.520
FGX	FUTURE GEN LTD	1.175rise	1.170	1.165
Updated: December 22, 2016 - 4:12PM

Code	Name	New Lows	Last Week	Last Month
RCP	REDBANK COPPER LTD	0.001fall	0.003	0.001
VEC	VECTOR RESOURCES LTD	0.001fall	0.003	0.001
BML	BOTSWANA METALS LTD	0.001fall	0.002	0.001
CAD	CAENEUS MINERALS	0.001fall	0.002	0.002
NVO	NVOI LTD	0.060fall	0.073	0.085
OEX	OILEX LTD	0.006fall	0.007	0.007
IPT	IMPACT MINERALS	0.023fall	0.025	0.027
RNE	RENU ENERGY LTD	0.012fall	0.013	0.014
CFE	CAPE LAMBERT RES LTD	0.012fall	0.013	0.014
ICU	ISENTRIC LTD.	0.060fall	0.064	0.070
Updated: December 22, 2016 - 4:18PM

Upcoming IPOs
Company	Security Code	Float date	Issue $
Automotive Solutions Group Ltd	4WD	16/12/2016	1.00
Ardea Resources Ltd	ARL	09/01/2017	0.20
Axsesstoday Ltd	AXL	21/12/2016	1.00
Blockchain Global Ltd	BCG		0.20
Blackstone Minerals Ltd	BSX	20/12/2016	0.20

AGL AGL ENERGY LIMITED.

AMC AMCOR LIMITED

AMP AMP LIMITED

ANZ AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED

APA APA GROUP

ASX ASX LIMITED

AZJ AURIZON HOLDINGS LIMITED

BHP BHP BILLITON LIMITED

BXB BRAMBLES LIMITED

CBA COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA.

CCL COCA-COLA AMATIL LIMITED

CPU COMPUTERSHARE LIMITED.

CSL CSL LIMITED

CTX CALTEX AUSTRALIA LIMITED

DXS DEXUS PROPERTY GROUP

GMG GOODMAN GROUP

GPT GPT GROUP

IAG INSURANCE AUSTRALIA GROUP LIMITED

IPL INCITEC PIVOT LIMITED

JHX JAMES HARDIE INDUSTRIES PLC

LLC LENDLEASE GROUP

MGR MIRVAC GROUP

MPL MEDIBANK PRIVATE LIMITED

MQG MACQUARIE GROUP LIMITED

NAB NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK LIMITED

NCM NEWCREST MINING LIMITED

ORG ORIGIN ENERGY LIMITED

ORI ORICA LIMITED

OSH OIL SEARCH LIMITED

QAN QANTAS AIRWAYS LIMITED

QBE QBE INSURANCE GROUP LIMITED

RHC RAMSAY HEALTH CARE LIMITED

RIO RIO TINTO LIMITED

S32 SOUTH32 LIMITED

SCG SCENTRE GROUP

SEK SEEK LIMITED

SGP STOCKLAND

SHL SONIC HEALTHCARE LIMITED

STO SANTOS LIMITED

SUN SUNCORP GROUP LIMITED

SYD SYDNEY AIRPORT

TCL TRANSURBAN GROUP

TLS TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED.

TWE TREASURY WINE ESTATES LIMITED

VCX VICINITY CENTRES

WBC WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION

WES WESFARMERS LIMITED

WFD WESTFIELD CORPORATION

WOW WOOLWORTHS LIMITED

WPL WOODSIDE PETROLEUM LIMITED

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