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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 in 2016: shocks, turnarounds, and golden miners

Many Australian shareholders will remember 2016 as the year miners roared back to life after a painfully long period in the doldrums, helping the ASX 200 to an impressive annual gain of 7 per cent.

Hunter Hall fields takeover offers after founder quits

Peter Hall struck a quick deal with Washington H. Soul Pattinson.

Hard on the heels of founder Peter Hall's sudden decision to quit as chief investment officer, investment firm Hunter Hall is fielding takeover offers from other fund management companies.

ASX slips in final session as gold miners shine

Gold has been pushed back onto the radar of investors, helped by the recent recovery in the gold price.

Gold miners look set to end the year on a bright note, while selling in blue-chip names pushes the sharemarket lower in early trade on the final, shortened session of 2016.

Will the Aussie tank when US rates beat ours in 2017?

For the first time in 15 years, higher rates in the US than in Australia are a "realistic" prospect in 2017.

Last time that rates were higher in the US than in Australia, the Aussie dollar plunged as low as 48 US cents. Could it fall again this low?

FTSE closes at record high

The United Kingdom's blue-chip FTSE 100 ended 0.2 per cent higher at 7120.26 points, a record closing high for a second ...

Britain's top share index posted its highest-ever close following a rally in precious metals miners on stronger gold prices.

Oil slips on rise in US inventories

US crude oil stocks unexpectedly rose last week, data from the US Energy Information Administration showed on Thursday, ...

Oil prices dipped overnight after a surprise increase in US inventories eased optimism about the outlook for the global glut.

Inflation risks expose limitations

The stress in the German repurchase-agreements market is still looming large even though Draghi allowed the use of cash ...

The European Central Bank's best effort to boost inflation may simply fall short, exposing the limitations on policymakers.

Market Indices

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201.00

Percentage up/down

44.47% rise
Declines

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165.00

Percentage up/down

36.50% fall
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86.00

Percentage up/down

19.03% steady

Last updated: Dec 30, 2016 - 2:30PM

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.

Wall Street strategists surveyed by Bloomberg forecast the S&P 500 will rise to 2 356 in 2017, a level that represents a ...

S&P; 500 bulls hurtle into ninth year

Equity cycles persist, and selling just because price-earnings ratios are high has repeatedly proven a mistake.

The Australian dollar advanced 0.6 per cent to US72.19¢, reaching a one-week high.

$A rises to highest in week

The US dollar hit a 15-day low against the yen as traders used the quiet holiday period to book some profits.

Starting on January 1, the number of currencies in the CFETS basket will be increased to 24 from 13, the China Foreign ...

China expands yuan index basket

China will change the way it calculates a key yuan index, nearly doubling the number of foreign currencies in the basket.

"The pullback shows traders are not confident about the steel market and future demand during the winter," said Wang ...

China coal prices lower in volatile trade

Chinese steel rebar prices fell more than 2pc, while coke and coking coal remained under pressure, in volatile trading.

Will the Aussie tank when US rates beat ours in 2017?

Last time that rates were higher in the US than in Australia, the Aussie dollar plunged as low as 48 US cents. Could it fall again this low?

Wholesale Interbank Rates
Currencies	Buys ($AU1)	Sells ($AU1)	$ Mvmt	% Mvmt
AUD/USD	0.723	0.7224	0.0010rise	0.14% rise
AUD/EUR	0.6853	0.6846	-0.0029fall	-0.42% fall
Updated: December 30, 2016 - 10:53PM

Volatility S&P;/ASX 200 VIX

Price: 12.76

Change in: 0.5980rise
Percentage up/down: (4.92%) rise

Today's market compared to previous close

Turnover
Sector	Turnover ($AU)	Volume	Trades
Market total	2,228,349,699	946,939,244	477,640
Industrial	1,656,421,523	322,283,644	368,066
Mining	551,256,242	624,475,457	106,944

Last updated: December 30, 2016 - 3:00PM

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
CLA	CELSIUS RESOURCE LTD	0.021rise	0.001	0.001
RDF	REDFLEX HOLDINGS	0.490rise	0.360	0.360
IIL	INNATE IMMUNO	1.155rise	0.850	0.780
SFC	SCHAFFER CORP. LTD.	5.990rise	5.500	5.450
DTS	DRAGONTAIL SYSTEMS	0.250rise	0.230	0.000
CWY	CLEANAWAY WASTE LTD	1.260rise	1.190	1.175
BSA	BSA LIMITED	0.380rise	0.360	0.340
BKY	BERKELEY ENERGIA LTD	0.910rise	0.870	0.785
ARA	ARIADNE AUSTRALIA	0.585rise	0.560	0.390
PYC	PHYLOGICA LIMITED	0.025rise	0.024	0.018
Updated: December 30, 2016 - 2:30PM

Code	Name	New Lows	Last Week	Last Month
OFW	OILFIELD WORKFORCE	0.190fall	0.250	0.250
AB1	ANIMOCA BRANDS CORP	0.058fall	0.067	0.089
HOT	HOTCOPPER HOLDINGS	0.175fall	0.200	0.200
FEL	FE LIMITED	0.022fall	0.024	0.036
SMA	SMARTTRANS HOLDINGS	0.011fall	0.012	0.012
COO	CORUM GROUP LIMITED	0.065fall	0.069	0.069
FDV	FRONTIER DIGITAL LTD	0.430fall	0.450	0.460
CFO	CFOAM LIMITED	0.450fall	0.470	0.460
DFM	DONGFANG MODERN AG	0.740fall	0.770	0.880
OVH	ONEVUE HOLDINGS LTD	0.500fall	0.515	0.570
Updated: December 30, 2016 - 2:30PM

Upcoming IPOs
Company	Security Code	Float date	Issue $
Ardea Resources Ltd	ARL	09/01/2017	0.20
Blockchain Global Ltd	BCG		0.20
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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