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Markets Live: Surprise trade surplus

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Shares extend strong start to the year, while Australia's trade balance posts a surplus for the first time since early 2014.

Morgan Stanley to cut some bonuses

The firm, which is set to pay annual bonuses next month, has been fine-tuning calculations for pay packages since November.

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Wall Street's biggest stock-trading firm by revenue is cutting its global bonus pool for the equities unit by as much as 4pc.

$US snaps back, Wall St flat

The US dollar recovered ground after two straight days of losses against a basket of major currencies.

Global equity prices edged lower after December's US non-farm payrolls report set the stage for further rate increases.

China coking coal rises, iron ore drops

"Coking coal is still in short supply," even as steel mills have been operating at lower rates, said Helen Lau, an ...

Chinese coking coal prices were higher on Friday, notching up their first weekly rise in more than a month. Iron ore tumbled.

US economy adds 156,000 jobs

Average hourly earnings gained by 2.9 per cent over the 12 months ended in December, the most since June 2009, following ...

The US labour market turned in a solid performance at the end of 2016, putting job gains above 2 million for a sixth year.

Is 2017 the year the scales tip?

What lies ahead for Australian companies in 2017? There's some things we can predict - but brace yourself for the ...

What lies ahead for our major sectors, and related regulatory landscape, in 2017?

Jan Cameron rules out taking Bellamy's chair

A Jan Cameron-backed group is looking to dump Bellamy's directors.

With troubled baby formula group Bellamy's to issue its long-awaited trading update next week, dissident shareholders seeking to take board control will also meet next week to map out their push to topple the board.

ASX hits new highs in strong start to 2017

Gold miners are among the week's biggest winners, extending a bull market that has seen the sector rally more than 20 ...

Shares ended the first week of 2017 as they finished last year: with strong gains, led by Telstra's rise to a four-month high.

Market Indices

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199.00

Percentage up/down

42.61% rise
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193.00

Percentage up/down

41.33% fall
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75.00

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16.06% steady

Last updated: Jan 6, 2017 - 6:50PM

Markets Live: Surprise trade surplus

Live

Shares extend strong start to the year, while Australia's trade balance posts a surplus for the first time since early 2014.

The People's Bank of China is hoping to prop up the yuan in the face of a rising US dollar.

China backs yuan, curbs outflows

Offshore yuan surges and traders wonder just how much foreign reserves Chinese authorities will use to prop up the currency.

Winha chairman Jackie Chung visiting a Shepparton pear farm.

It's a win-ha! Investors love new food play

The Bellamy's baby-powder-to-Chinese-shopper fairytale may have come to an end, but investors have embraced another food play into China.

The rise of nuclear power has slowed as utilities shifted to cheaper natural gas for new generators.

'The world's best asset in the world's worst market'

No major commodity had a worse 2016 than uranium. In fact, the element used to make nuclear fuel has had a pretty dismal decade.

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

8@eight: US dollar falls, Trump trade unwinds

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The local stock market is set for another subdued opening, after tepid selling in the US overnight.

The exchange rate will fall to 7.15 per dollar by year-end before sliding to 7.3 the following year, according to the ...

Yuan's unexpected surge hits bears

Memories of an epic squeeze on China's currency last January are rushing back to bearish traders.

Wholesale Interbank Rates
Currencies	Buys ($AU1)	Sells ($AU1)	$ Mvmt	% Mvmt
AUD/USD	0.7305	0.73	-0.0036fall	-0.49% fall
AUD/EUR	0.6925	0.6919	0.0007rise	0.10% rise
Updated: January 7, 2017 - 5:08AM

Volatility S&P;/ASX 200 VIX

Price: 12.50

Change in: -0.2320fall
Percentage up/down: (-1.82%) fall

Today's market compared to previous close

Turnover
Sector	Turnover ($AU)	Volume	Trades
Market total	3,381,568,261	2,303,649,965	819,291
Industrial	2,707,242,056	676,375,118	657,693
Mining	666,409,597	1,627,106,509	158,800

Last updated: January 6, 2017 - 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
BUB	BUBS AUST LTD	0.450rise	0.004	0.004
RGU	REGALPOINT RES LTD	0.180rise	0.013	0.013
NUH	NUHEARA LIMITED	0.135rise	0.094	0.100
HOG	HAWKLEY OIL AND GAS	0.009rise	0.007	0.007
BIG	BIG UN LTD	0.295rise	0.230	0.230
CCE	CARNEGIE CLN ENERGY	0.079rise	0.062	0.062
ESR	ESTRELLA RES LTD	0.074rise	0.061	0.065
WGX	WESTGOLD RESOURCES.	1.990rise	1.650	1.765
CLA	CELSIUS RESOURCE LTD	0.025rise	0.021	0.021
UEQ	URANIUM EQUITIES	0.007rise	0.006	0.007
Updated: January 6, 2017 - 6:50PM

Code	Name	New Lows	Last Week	Last Month
SRN	SUREFIRE RESCS NL	0.001fall	0.002	0.001
SBR	SABRE RESOURCES	0.005fall	0.009	0.008
SP1	SEARCH PARTY GROUP	0.030fall	0.039	0.036
MTL	MANALTO LTD	0.027fall	0.035	0.032
BPH	BPH ENERGY LTD	0.004fall	0.005	0.005
IVO	INVIGOR GROUP LTD	0.014fall	0.016	0.015
CV1	CV CHECK LTD	0.070fall	0.079	0.076
LIT	LITHIUM AUSTRALIA NL	0.120fall	0.135	0.130
ZIP	ZIPTEL LIMITED	0.100fall	0.110	0.100
DTX	DATETIX GROUP LTD	0.240fall	0.260	0.260
Updated: January 6, 2017 - 6:50PM

Upcoming IPOs
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Ardea Resources Ltd	ARL	09/01/2017	0.20
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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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