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  1. RBA warns against closing trade barriers in wake of Trump election

    RBA governor Philip Lowe urges international investors to push back against a return to trade barriers by populist politicians ahead of Friday's statement on monetary policy.

  2. Banker jailed after convincing 98yo to take out 30-year loan

    A former Westpac banker is sentenced to three years in prison after signing up elderly customers, including a 98-year-old woman in an aged-care facility, to $4 million in loans they could not repay.

  3. Warnings of financial 'catastrophe' as debt helpline buckles under weight of calls

    The National Debt Helpline says it is buckling under an unprecedented number of calls from Australians seeking financial counselling.

  4. AMP posts first full year loss since 2003, Suncorp profit edges higher

    The troubled financial services giant AMP posts its first full year loss since 2003 amid continuing concerns about its life insurance and wealth protection divisions, while Suncorp profit edges higher.

  5. Australia Post boss told to justify CEO's $5.6m salary

    Australia Post chairman John Stanhope will be called before the Senate to justify the $5.6 million salary for his chief executive Ahmed Fahour, who earns 10 times as much as the Prime Minister.

  6. SA businesses fed up by power outages while paying 'highest prices'

    A Henley Beach cafe owner is among 90,000 customers who had their power shut off last night due to insufficient generation capacity — one more in a string of recent blackouts that have Adelaide business owners angry and looking for change.

  7. AGL posts turnaround profit of $325 million

    AGL Energy reports a profit after tax of $325 million for the six months to December 31, a turnaround of $774 million from the prior period.

  8. Australia's tallest tower to be built in Melbourne

    The Victorian Government approves plans for Australia's tallest building — a six-star, 90-storey hotel and apartment complex to be built by casino operator Crown Melbourne.

Features

  1. Millennials and the future

    A lack of full-time job prospects and an increasingly tense world has left a generation of Australia's young people feeling bleak about their future, writes Carrington Clarke.

  2. What wage is reasonable?

    Australia Post's strategy of trying to hide its CEO's $5.6 million salary package has backfired and the Government should step in, writes Chris Uhlmann.

  3. Trump vs 100

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

  4. 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.

  5. 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?

  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 Thu Feb 09 2017 16:11:00 GMT+1100 (AEDT))
Index Opening Closing Change
5703.40 5717.70 0.3%
5651.40 5664.60 0.2%
2038.10 2049.80 0.6%
8948.80 8995.40 0.5%
6460.50 6459.70
20985.90 21100.10 0.5%
789.30 791.10 0.2%
10154.30 10032.70 -1.2%
5078.40 5117.90 0.8%
8893.00 8934.70 0.5%
1778.60 1798.20 1.1%
7979.10 8200.20 2.8%
2337.10 2352.20 0.6%

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