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  1. Reserve Bank leaves interest rates on hold

    The Reserve Bank leaves official interest rates on hold at 1.5 per cent for the sixth straight month.

  2. Scrapping the TPP Trump's first shot before aiming at China

    Analysts fear the scrapping of the Trans-Pacific Partnership is just the first shot in a trade war before US President Donald Trump takes direct aim at Australia's major trading partner, China.

  3. Gina Rinehart launches wagyu brand bound for China

    Hot on the heels of their Kidman cattle empire purchase, Gina Rinehart and her Chinese business partner are forging new beef pathways into China launching a wagyu beef brand.

  4. Transurban toll revenues top $1b as road charges rise

    Motorists are paying Transurban more than a billion dollars every six months in road tolls, up 11 per cent in just a year.

  5. Supermarket suppliers to keep feeling price squeeze

    The Food and Grocery Council is warning producers and manufacturers the supermarket price squeeze will continue for some time yet.

  6. NSW dairy industry at breaking point, ACCC inquiry told

    Farmers tells an ACCC inquiry they are being paid the same amount now as they were 17 years ago, while costs have gone up considerably.

  7. Wider cooperation sought on truck safety

    Trucking organisations express frustration at missing a Transport Workers Union safety forum, and call for better cooperation on driver conditions.

  8. Rich getting richer while everybody else is getting poorer: survey

    Nearly half of all Australian households earning less than $40,000 a year said they went backwards financially last year, and only a third of households reported income gains, according to a survey.

Features

  1. Trump vs 100

    See why more than 100 companies have spoken out against Donald Trump's executive order.

  2. Australia's need to fight

    As Donald Trump's protectionist policies continue to ratchet up global nerves, the Australian Government is being urged to seek trade deals that don't rely on the US.

  3. Dodd-Frank Act explained

    Donald Trump makes financial deregulation an early priority of his presidency, but what does the Dodd-Frank Act do and what changes are likely to happen to US banking?

  4. US automation threat

    Donald Trump has been the champion of two platforms — the working class and his friend big business — but soon he will have to choose.

  5. Blow for small business

    The loss of a major retailer in small town can devastate the local businesses that rely on the foot traffic it attracts.

  6. Reporting season calendar

    Find out when Australia's major companies are releasing their earnings results this month, and how the companies that have reported performed.

ASX Quotes

Table showing ASX index quotes for today (as of Tue Feb 07 2017 16:11:30 GMT+1100 (AEDT))
Index Opening Closing Change
5665.40 5672.60 0.1%
5615.60 5621.90 0.1%
2029.90 2023.30 -0.3%
9054.80 9035.10 -0.2%
6436.90 6399.30 -0.6%
20738.50 20820.60 0.4%
774.30 773.40 -0.1%
10075.90 10168.70 0.9%
4947.70 5053.60 2.1%
8838.80 8879.80 0.5%
1788.10 1763.70 -1.4%
7951.40 8039.00 1.1%
2325.00 2331.70 0.3%

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