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Markets Live: Aussie surges amid Trump slump

Aussie rising: the local dollar is the biggest winner against the greenback this week.

Live
4 mins ago

Shares have opened lower, pulled down by the big banks as the Trump trade of the past months shows more signs of unwinding.

Icarus Trade: Are global stock markets headed for a meltdown?

Bank of America calls it the Icarus Trade: Global stock markets will surge another 10 per cent in a parabolic "melt-up" ...

COMMENT
8 mins ago

Bank of America calls it the Icarus Trade: global stock markets will surge another 10 per cent in a "melt-up" this quarter, followed by a mirror "melt-down" later in 2017. HSBC's latest global outlook is even darker.

Soros loses $US1b in Trump stock rally

Luckily, Soros exited many of his bearish bets late last year, avoiding further losses.

44 mins ago

George Soros lost nearly $US1 billion as a result of the stockmarket rally spurred by Donald Trump's surprise presidential election, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Trump trade renews active managers

The correlation as of Wednesday between high-yield US corporate debt and the S&P 500 fell to 62.5 per cent, down from ...

1 hr ago

The lockstep moves in financial assets that characterised markets in the past few years are breaking down.

8@eight: US earnings set to kick off

The ASX rally looks set to extend to a fifth day.

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The US Q4 earnings season really kicks into gear tonight, with Bank of America (22:45 aedt) and JPM (00:00 aedt) starting the proceedings.

Schaeuble urges ECB to unwind stimulus

"The European Central Bank will have the tough task of getting out of the ultra-expansionary monetary policy," Schaeuble ...

The European Central Bank should start unwinding its ultra-loose monetary policy this year, said Germany's finance minister.

Turkish central bank lifts lira

The lira reversed losses and gained as much as 2.5 per cent against the US dollar - the biggest advance since November ...

Turkey's central bank finally gained traction in its efforts to prop up the lira.

China steel squeeze lifts iron ore

China this week unleashed its boldest reform plan so far for the steel sector, saying it will eliminate all production ...

Chinese rebar steel futures rose for a fourth session amid Beijing's campaign to pare excess steel production capacity.

Market Indices

Updated: January 13, 2017 - 10:39AM

Updated: January 12, 2017 - 7:10PM

Updated: January 13, 2017 - 9:15AM

Updated: January 13, 2017 - 4:00AM

Advances

Price

139.00

Percentage up/down

34.58% rise
Declines

Price

196.00

Percentage up/down

48.76% fall
Unchanged

Price

67.00

Percentage up/down

16.67% steady

Last updated: Jan 13, 2017 - 10:39AM

Markets Live: Aussie surges amid Trump slump

Live

Shares have opened lower, pulled down by the big banks as the Trump trade of the past months shows more signs of unwinding.

The CBOE Volatility Index or Wall Street's "fear gauge", ticked up 11.6 per cent, the most since the US election.

Dow sinks as volatility returns

The S&P; 500 and the Dow were set for their worst day since October as bank stocks tumbled ahead of earnings.

Saudi Arabian Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said the kingdom has reduced output to less than 10 million barrels a day, ...

Oil extends advance on Saudi cuts

Oil climbed after Saudi Arabia said it cut its production even more than required by an OPEC deal.

The US dollar index is on track to fall 1.3 per cent this week to mark its worst week since that ended November 4.

$US tumbles to five-week lows

The Aussie has surged above US75¢, extending its advance so far this year to more than 4 per cent on the greenback's woes.

"China gives its aluminium industry an unfair advantage through underpriced loans and other illegal government ...

US files Chinese aluminium complaint

The Obama administration filed a new complaint against Chinese aluminium subsidies at the World Trade Organisation.

Turkish central bank lifts lira

Turkey's central bank finally gained traction in its efforts to prop up the lira.

Wholesale Interbank Rates
Currencies	Buys ($AU1)	Sells ($AU1)	$ Mvmt	% Mvmt
AUD/USD	0.7483	0.7482	0.0000steady	0.00% steady
AUD/EUR	0.7053	0.7049	0.0004rise	0.06% rise
Updated: January 13, 2017 - 10:10AM

Volatility S&P;/ASX 200 VIX

Price: 12.98

Change in: -0.2050fall
Percentage up/down: (-1.56%) fall

Today's market compared to previous close

Turnover
Sector	Turnover ($AU)	Volume	Trades
Market total	506,958,971	621,022,557	110,446
Industrial	338,372,977	73,798,624	81,842
Mining	166,317,580	547,087,937	28,159

Last updated: January 13, 2017 - 10:40AM

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
ZNT	ZENITAS HEALTH LTD	0.980rise	0.046	0.046
UEQ	URANIUM EQUITIES	0.018rise	0.007	0.007
AGO	ATLAS IRON LIMITED	0.050rise	0.033	0.031
AGE	ALLIGATOR ENERGY	0.022rise	0.015	0.018
ERA	ENERGY RESOURCES	0.710rise	0.515	0.530
TMM	TASMANIA MINES LTD	2.230rise	1.680	1.645
BMN	BANNERMAN RESOURCES	0.050rise	0.039	0.033
TLG	TALGA RESOURCES	0.400rise	0.325	0.320
CIA	CHAMPION IRON LTD	0.600rise	0.500	0.520
IMD	IMDEX LIMITED	0.752rise	0.630	0.595
Updated: January 13, 2017 - 10:39AM

Code	Name	New Lows	Last Week	Last Month
CGN	CRATER GOLD MIN LTD	0.036fall	0.041	0.037
CZL	CONS ZINC LTD	0.026fall	0.028	0.028
AWQ	AROWANA AUS OPP	0.865fall	0.930	0.895
Updated: January 13, 2017 - 10:35AM

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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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