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Markets Live: Week of worries for ASX

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Shares drop, following a surprise rate hike in China and amid lingering global jitters over Trump's isolationist policies.

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Banks power Wall St rally

The Dow was paced 0.9 per cent higher to 20,071.46 by Goldman Sachs, up 4.6 per cent and JPMorgan, up 3.1 per cent. ...

US stocks rose as the Trump administration's plan to roll back financial regulations sparked a rally in bank shares.

Trump moves to roll back post-GFC financial rules

The executive order impacting Dodd-Frank is vague in its wording and broad in its reach; it never mentions the ...

President Donald Trump is moving to loosen rules enacted after the financial crisis that restrict the way Wall St operates.

Bank tests assume global recession

Good performance could give banks including JPMorgan more leeway to pay dividends to their shareholders and buy back stock.

Wall Street banks will have to show they could survive a major global recession as part of an annual stress test by the Fed.

Trader said to net $26m on Fed bet

The position involved an options structure in eurodollar futures called a "put butterfly", where the investor looks for ...

The market for US short-term interest rates has been abuzz with talk of a winning, hawkish bet on Federal Reserve policy.

Bears ditch UK stock hedges

The put-to-call ratio on the FTSE 100 has dropped 20 per cent from a high in September as the index rallied, becoming ...

As stock hedging goes, Brexit isn't the uppermost on investors' minds these days.

Trump currency volatility fades

Two weeks into Trump's presidency, we have reached 'peak-tweet', said the head of G-10 currency trading at a bank in London.

Falling volatility in currency markets suggests traders are getting used to the rhetoric in President Donald Trump's tweets.

Market Indices

Updated: February 3, 2017 - 4:37PM

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Updated: February 4, 2017 - 9:15AM

Updated: February 4, 2017 - 4:00AM

Advances

Price

189.00

Percentage up/down

40.38% rise
Declines

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211.00

Percentage up/down

45.09% fall
Unchanged

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68.00

Percentage up/down

14.53% steady

Last updated: Feb 3, 2017 - 6:50PM

Markets Live: Week of worries for ASX

Live

Shares drop, following a surprise rate hike in China and amid lingering global jitters over Trump's isolationist policies.

The Federal Reserve gave little little indication earlier this week on when it might tighten monetary policy, after ...

Wage data may slow Fed hikes

Mohamed El-Erian said lacklustre wage growth in the US may prompt the Fed to pause before raising interest rates again.

Escondida produced 1.15 million tonnes of the metal in 2015, about 6 per cent of the world's total. It is majority ...

BHP seeks to avert Escondida strike

BHP has asked the government to mediate with unionised workers at its Escondida copper mine in Chile, the world's largest.

Pedestrians and shoppers pass in front of a Macy's flagship store in New York.

Hudson's Bay makes bid for Macy's

Canadian department store operator Hudson's Bay has made a takeover approach for US department store chain Macy's.

Companies that employ trade workers like welders and mechanics are increasingly joining with community colleges, ...

US economy adds 227,000 jobs

Employers added a healthy 227,000 workers to their payrolls in January, the government reported.

Trump currency volatility fades

Falling volatility in currency markets suggests traders are getting used to the rhetoric in President Donald Trump's tweets.

Wholesale Interbank Rates
Currencies	Buys ($AU1)	Sells ($AU1)	$ Mvmt	% Mvmt
AUD/USD	0.7684	0.7683	0.0028rise	0.36% rise
AUD/EUR	0.7127	0.7122	0.0007rise	0.10% rise
Updated: February 4, 2017 - 8:59AM

Volatility S&P;/ASX 200 VIX

Price: 13.04

Change in: -0.4430fall
Percentage up/down: (-3.28%) fall

Today's market compared to previous close

Turnover
Sector	Turnover ($AU)	Volume	Trades
Market total	4,104,325,374	2,588,004,083	974,416
Industrial	3,027,184,666	681,043,184	776,644
Mining	1,064,651,172	1,906,657,597	193,917

Last updated: February 3, 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
AC8	AUSCANN GRP HLGS LTD	0.320rise	0.012	0.012
GME	GME RESOURCES LTD	0.086rise	0.048	0.060
AVZ	AVZ MINERALS LTD	0.035rise	0.020	0.020
SMM	SUMMIT RESOURCES	0.260rise	0.170	0.200
AAP	AUSTRALIAN AGRI LTD	0.043rise	0.029	0.035
IEC	INTRA ENERGY CORP	0.025rise	0.017	0.021
DTS	DRAGONTAIL SYSTEMS	0.350rise	0.270	0.290
CLQ	CLEAN TEQ HLDGS LTD	0.730rise	0.595	0.640
PEK	PEAK RESOURCES	0.089rise	0.075	0.075
ODY	ODYSSEY ENERGY	0.110rise	0.093	0.093
Updated: February 3, 2017 - 6:50PM

Code	Name	New Lows	Last Week	Last Month
JVG	JV GLOBAL LIMITED	0.001fall	0.002	0.002
POW	PROTEAN ENERGY LTD	0.004fall	0.007	0.006
ZIP	ZIPTEL LIMITED	0.050fall	0.081	0.079
PPY	PAPYRUS AUSTRALIA	0.005fall	0.008	0.006
CDU	CUDECO LIMITED	0.320fall	0.455	0.400
FHS	FREEHILL MINING LTD.	0.095fall	0.130	0.100
SBB	SUNBRIDGE GROUP LTD	0.014fall	0.019	0.018
GBT	GBST HOLDINGS..	2.910fall	3.800	3.760
RNL	RISION LIMITED	0.004fall	0.005	0.005
VMX	VALMEC LIMITED	0.095fall	0.115	0.115
Updated: February 3, 2017 - 6:50PM

Upcoming IPOs
Company	Security Code	Float date	Issue $
Automotive Solutions Group Ltd	4WD	16/12/2016	1.00
Ardea Resources Ltd	ARL	09/01/2017	0.20
Axsesstoday Ltd	AXL	21/12/2016	1.00
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
Dreamscape Networks Ltd	DN8	02/12/2016	0.25
Dragontail Systems Ltd	DTS	10/11/2016	0.20
E2 Metals Ltd	E2M	02/12/2016	0.20
Eildon Capital Ltd	EDC	02/02/2017	1.06
Freehill Mining Limited	FHS	12/12/2016	0.20
GetSwift Ltd	GSW		0.20
HearMe Out Limited	HMO	13/12/2016	0.20
Horizon Gold Ltd	HRN	14/12/2016	0.40
India Fund Limited	INF		1.00
Inghams Group Limited	ING	07/11/2016	4.14
Integrated Payment Technologies Limited	IP1	02/12/2016	0.20
I Synergy Group Limited	IS3	22/12/2016	0.20
Kalium Lakes Ltd	KLL	19/12/2016	0.20

Economy

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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