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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.

ASX retreats from 2016 highs

Shares have retreated from their 2016 high, but remain on course to record a solid year.

Shares dipped in early trading as investors trim their holdings in the major banks and a host of listed trusts trade without the rights to their distributions.

Why this Aussie fund manager is betting against the $US

'In my mind, when it's obvious, then it's obviously wrong,' says AMP Capital portfolio manager Nader Naeimi.

Betting on the greenback has become a no-brainer since the Trump election. Reason enough to go against the grain, says AMP portfolio manager Nader Naeimi.

Russia tops 2017 EMEA bets

UBS Group says Russia's rouble will offer the best-carry trade opportunity in EMEA over the next 12 months, with a ...

Almost everybody loves Russia and wants to get as far away as possible from Turkey.

Corporate bond sales seen slowing

The pipeline for new-acquisition financing is smaller than 2016's, which saw such mega-deals as Anheuser-Busch InBev's ...

After six straight years of growing US investment-grade corporate-debt sales, bankers expect the frenzy to fade.

Miners' new bonanza set to continue in 2017

Thanks to the rebound in commodities such as coal, miners are hauling in the profits again.

The mining giants are set to haul in a combined $36 billion for the December half, and the windfall won't end there.

Record gap for US, German bond yields

Engraved lettering sits above the entrance to the Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA headquarters in Siena, Italy.

Worries in Europe about rescue plans for shaky Italian banks are driving a widening gap between US and German 10-year bonds.

Oil awaits US inventory data

Oil prices have gained 25 per cent since mid-November, helped by expectations for OPEC's supply cut and solid US ...

Crude oil prices edged up for a fourth consecutive session, close to their highest levels since mid-2015.

Market Indices

Updated: December 29, 2016 - 4:17PM

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Advances

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236.00

Percentage up/down

51.75% rise
Declines

Price

143.00

Percentage up/down

31.36% fall
Unchanged

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77.00

Percentage up/down

16.89% steady

Last updated: Dec 29, 2016 - 4:22PM

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.

A combine harvester drives through a field of wheat during the summer harvest on a farm in Ust-Labinsk, Russia.

Grains retreat in year-end positioning

US corn, wheat and soybean futures fell as investors squared positions toward the end of the year and the US dollar firmed.

Large deliveries of copper to LME-registered warehouses - thought to be from China - helped to fuel the sell-off.

Copper advances amid falling inventories

Copper prices rose as falling stocks and expectations of stronger demand in China persuaded buyers to return to the market.

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

Peter Hall in shock exit from Hunter Hall

Fund manager Peter Hall appears to have dusted a chunk of his significant personal fortune with his abrupt departure from the $1 billion-plus asset manager that bears his name.

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

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

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.

Why this Aussie fund manager is betting against the $US

Betting on the greenback has become a no-brainer since the Trump election. Reason enough to go against the grain, says AMP portfolio manager Nader Naeimi.

Wholesale Interbank Rates
Currencies	Buys ($AU1)	Sells ($AU1)	$ Mvmt	% Mvmt
AUD/USD	0.7209	0.7205	0.0029rise	0.40% rise
AUD/EUR	0.6894	0.6891	-0.0002fall	-0.03% fall
Updated: December 29, 2016 - 3:53PM

Volatility S&P;/ASX 200 VIX

Price: 12.16

Change in: -0.0050fall
Percentage up/down: (-0.04%) fall

Today's market compared to previous close

Turnover
Sector	Turnover ($AU)	Volume	Trades
Market total	2,491,253,241	1,115,726,126	627,306
Industrial	1,935,836,606	417,661,929	501,727
Mining	506,155,971	697,899,012	122,612

Last updated: December 29, 2016 - 4:22PM

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
DSE	DROPSUITE LTD	0.096rise	0.004	0.004
FMS	FLINDERS MINES LTD	0.040rise	0.025	0.028
IIL	INNATE IMMUNO	1.000rise	0.850	0.780
IP1	INT PAYMENT TECH LTD	0.230rise	0.200	0.000
ITD	ITL LIMITED	0.350rise	0.330	0.290
DTS	DRAGONTAIL SYSTEMS	0.240rise	0.230	0.000
MTS	METCASH LIMITED	2.310rise	2.250	2.130
TTW	TOPTUNG LTD	0.041rise	0.040	0.035
GNC	GRAINCORP LIMITED	9.620rise	9.450	8.790
CSR	CSR LIMITED	4.610rise	4.560	4.180
Updated: December 29, 2016 - 4:15PM

Code	Name	New Lows	Last Week	Last Month
AB1	ANIMOCA BRANDS CORP	0.060fall	0.067	0.089
PBT	PRANA BIOTECHNOLOGY	0.044fall	0.047	0.052
KNO	KNOSYS LIMITED	0.125fall	0.130	0.155
DRM	DORAY MINERALS LTD	0.405fall	0.420	0.480
CFO	CFOAM LIMITED	0.455fall	0.470	0.460
MA1	MONASH ABSOLUTE	0.870fall	0.890	0.900
XPD	XPD SOCCER GEAR GRP	0.093fall	0.094	0.095
OVH	ONEVUE HOLDINGS LTD	0.510fall	0.515	0.570
WGF	WMARK GLOBAL FUND	1.055fall	1.060	0.000
Updated: December 29, 2016 - 4:12PM

Upcoming IPOs
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Blackstone Minerals Ltd	BSX	20/12/2016	0.20
Cobalt Blue Holdings Ltd	COB	19/12/2016	0.20
Davenport Resources Ltd	DAV	27/10/2016	0.75

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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