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Markets Live: Santa's last chance

The last day of trade before Christmas is expected to be a quiet one.

Late profit-taking in the miners has pushed shares lower in a shortened pre-Christmas session, as Tatts rejects a competing offer from a Macquarie-led consortium.

Peter Hall in shock exit from Hunter Hall

Peter Hall's resignation is a shock to his supporters.

The high profile fund manager has left his position as chief investment officer of Hunter Hall.

BP set to dominate fuel retailing with Woolworths $1.8b buy

Woolworths will sell its petrol station portfolio to BP in a $1.8 billion deal that will help the retail giant fund its ...

ACCC to probe BP's plan to emerge as the top petrol retailers in the country with the $1.8 billion purchase of Woolworths' petrol stations.

ASX closes at highest since August 2015

There is a positive sentiment in the market this morning.

Investors have pushed the ASX almost 1 per cent higher as rallying iron ore and oil prices lifted mining giants.

Thin volumes, oil rallying, ASX to open flat

After a 2 1/2-day break over Christmas the ASX looks set to open flat after very light trade in the few financial markets open.

Investors hope for Santa rally to end 2016

Shares are likely to see their traditional Santa Claus rally over the Christmas/New Year period

Investors will be hoping for the start of the traditional "Santa rally" when trading resumes on the Australian share market following the Christmas break.

Shale spectre haunts OPEC's feast as oil seen rallying into 2017

Shale oil threatens to undermine OPEC's hopes of raising oil prices.

After pulling off the biggest oil-market deal in a decade, OPEC faces a new balancing act in 2017: boosting prices without igniting shale.

Aussie extends its slide; Wall St gains

US stocks ended their last full week of trading this year on a high note.

US stocks posted modest gains in thin trading before the holidays. Gold fell for a seventh week.

Market Indices

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323.00

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70.22% rise
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85.00

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18.48% fall
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52.00

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11.30% steady

Last updated: Dec 28, 2016 - 6:50PM

Markets Live: Santa's last chance

Late profit-taking in the miners has pushed shares lower in a shortened pre-Christmas session, as Tatts rejects a competing offer from a Macquarie-led consortium.

Bullion increased on Friday as the US dollar reversed gains and some chart-following traders saw supportive momentum ...

Gold extends run of weekly losses

Gold futures capped the longest run of weekly losses in 12 years as the case for higher US interest rates strengthens.

Xi also warned China should avoid the so-called Thucydides Trap, referring to the theory that says a rising power will ...

Xi open to slower growth rate

President Xi Jinping reportedly told party officials that he's no longer wedded to China's 6.5 per cent annual growth target.

At November's sales pace it would take 5.1 months to clear the supply of houses on the market. A six-month supply is ...

US economic outlook brightening

New US single-family home sales rose more than expected in November and consumer sentiment hovered near a 13-year high.

The price of iron ore for delivery to China's Qingdao port rose $US1.99, or 2.6 per cent, to $US78.14 a tonne on Friday, ...

Iron ore spot rises, China steel futures dip

The spot price for seaborne iron ore rose in light trade on Friday ahead of the Christmas break.

At about midday on Thursday in New York (Friday AEDT), the Aussie was 0.3 per cent lower at US72.14¢. It earlier touched ...

$A briefly dips below US72¢

The Australian dollar briefly dipped below the US72¢ mark in overnight trade, as iron ore fell for a fifth day.

Wholesale Interbank Rates
Currencies	Buys ($AU1)	Sells ($AU1)	$ Mvmt	% Mvmt
AUD/USD	0.7197	0.7195	0.0015rise	0.21% rise
AUD/EUR	0.6896	0.6893	0.0024rise	0.35% rise
Updated: December 28, 2016 - 8:25PM

Volatility S&P;/ASX 200 VIX

Price: 12.17

Change in: 1.6260rise
Percentage up/down: (15.42%) rise

Today's market compared to previous close

Turnover
Sector	Turnover ($AU)	Volume	Trades
Market total	3,082,097,920	1,636,968,362	778,482
Industrial	2,317,042,772	431,392,796	611,891
Mining	713,214,810	1,205,272,698	162,317

Last updated: December 28, 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
AU1	AUSNET FIN SERV LTD	0.033rise	0.003	0.003
PVE	PO VALLEY ENERGY LTD	0.025rise	0.022	0.022
HGL	HUDSON INVESTMENT	0.034rise	0.030	0.032
IP1	INT PAYMENT TECH LTD	0.225rise	0.200	0.000
LSX	LION SELECTION GRP	0.420rise	0.385	0.350
RHI	RED HILL IRON	0.580rise	0.540	0.490
UGL	UGL LIMITED	3.900rise	3.650	3.220
IPC	IMPERIAL PACIFIC LTD	0.830rise	0.800	0.800
MTS	METCASH LIMITED	2.290rise	2.250	2.130
SND	SAUNDERS INTL LTD	0.620rise	0.610	0.570
Updated: December 28, 2016 - 6:50PM

Code	Name	New Lows	Last Week	Last Month
ADR	ADHERIUM LTD	0.235fall	0.260	0.300
MUS	MUSTANG RESOURCES	0.020fall	0.022	0.025
PSY	PANORAMA SYNERGY LTD	0.054fall	0.059	0.056
AQX	ALICE QUEEN LTD	0.025fall	0.027	0.034
RLE	REAL ENERGY CORP	0.065fall	0.070	0.076
AYH	AMYF TWO LTD	18.000fall	19.170	19.170
GBE	GLOBE METALS &MINING;	0.017fall	0.018	0.019
TOM	TOMIZONE LIMITED	0.038fall	0.040	0.040
PBT	PRANA BIOTECHNOLOGY	0.045fall	0.047	0.052
FEL	FE LIMITED	0.023fall	0.024	0.036
Updated: December 28, 2016 - 6:50PM

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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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