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Markets Live: Investors cheer Woolies

The benchmark index added 0.2 per cent in broad-based gains while the broader All Ordinaries index rose 0.3 per cent.

Shares manage to end the day higher, mostly thanks to a stand-out performance from Woolies on a busy day of profit reports, while the Aussie inches up despite some disappointing economic data.

Pot stocks rocket higher

Boris Trajkov has been charged with cultivating a commercial quantity of cannabis.

Medicinal marijuana stocks soared after the Federal Government pledged to loosen importation laws in a bid to boost supply for patients.

Bega tips higher farmgate milk prices

The Australian dairy sector was plunged into crisis last year after Murray Goulburn and Fonterra slashed farmgate prices.

Bega Cheese has flagged the possibility that dairy processors could start paying farmers more for their milk later this year.

Copper fever could heat up Australian miners

The price of copper may rise to $US8000 a tonne by the end of the decade, Citi analysts believe.

Copper prices could soar to $8,000, or $US3.60 per pound, by the end of the decade, Citi analysts believe, suggesting the target as they upgraded their forecasts for a number of producers.

Surge in Woolies leads ASX higher

A busy day of earnings season saw the market edge cautiously higher, regaining some of the ground it had lost earlier in the week.

Big appetite for bonds in record $11b sale

Lingering worries about Australia's triple-A rating didn't prevent investors from snapping up the latest record issuance.

For the third time in less than six months the federal government has sold a record amount of bonds.

8@eight: Wall St records set up ASX

Wall Street continued on its record run overnight,

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Local shares are due for a strong open after Wall Street had another record night.

Caltex pumps up retail to head off loss from Woolies fuel supply

Caltex is under pressure to explain how it will fill the earnings gap from the end of its Woolworths alliance.

Caltex in business review as BP's planned $1.8 billion buy of Woolworths petrol stations will hit sales volumes

Market Indices

Updated: February 22, 2017 - 4:37PM

Updated: February 22, 2017 - 7:08PM

Updated: February 23, 2017 - 2:06AM

Advances

Price

227.00

Percentage up/down

48.71% rise
Declines

Price

167.00

Percentage up/down

35.84% fall
Unchanged

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72.00

Percentage up/down

15.45% steady

Last updated: Feb 22, 2017 - 6:50PM

Markets Live: Investors cheer Woolies

Shares manage to end the day higher, mostly thanks to a stand-out performance from Woolies on a busy day of profit reports, while the Aussie inches up despite some disappointing economic data.

The benchmark ASX200 finished down 0.1 per cent to 5791.0, while the broader All Ordinaries ended down 0.1 per cent 5,835.4.

Healthcare stocks drag ASX lower despite iron ore strength

Investors had another flood of earnings to digest, but in the absence of a lead from Wall Street due to a public holiday the overall market tread water for most of the session.

Strategists are cautiously upbeat on earnings season thus far.

Half-year results 'so far, so good'

Miners have predictably been the stars, dividends are still hot and banks look solid.

Gold isn't behaving in practice the way it should in theory

What works for gold in practice rarely works in theory.

8@eight: Markets on the move

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NAB economist Rodrigo Catril says the Australian dollar "now has more freedom" to move still higher.

$A set to crack US80¢: Deutsche Bank

Australia's resurgent exports could push its currency to US80¢ and even beyond, Deutsche Bank's Chief Economist Adam Boyton reckons.

Wholesale Interbank Rates
Currencies	Buys ($AU1)	Sells ($AU1)	$ Mvmt	% Mvmt
AUD/USD	0.7692	0.7687	0.0013rise	0.17% rise
AUD/EUR	0.7313	0.731	0.0027rise	0.37% rise
Updated: February 23, 2017 - 1:52AM

Volatility S&P;/ASX 200 VIX

Price: 11.13

Change in: 0.0180rise
Percentage up/down: (0.16%) rise

Today's market compared to previous close

Turnover
Sector	Turnover ($AU)	Volume	Trades
Market total	6,358,002,114	2,689,735,961	1,292,831
Industrial	5,007,483,440	917,031,809	1,054,213
Mining	1,238,721,024	1,771,957,262	231,693

Last updated: February 22, 2017 - 6:47PM

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Code	Name	New Highs	Last Week	Last Month
YOJ	YOJEE LIMITED	0.070rise	0.055	0.059
STA	STRANDLINE RES LTD	0.010rise	0.008	0.010
BUL	BLUE ENERGY LIMITED	0.052rise	0.043	0.045
ARL	ARDEA RESOURCES LTD	0.380rise	0.320	0.000
XST	XSTATE RESOURCES	0.029rise	0.025	0.028
EGN	ENGENCO LIMITED	0.190rise	0.165	0.160
BNR	BULLETIN RES LTD	0.039rise	0.034	0.035
FIG	FREEDOM INSURANCE	0.755rise	0.675	0.605
PEK	PEAK RESOURCES	0.110rise	0.100	0.075
GPP	GREENPOWER ENRGY LTD	0.045rise	0.041	0.031
Updated: February 22, 2017 - 6:50PM

Code	Name	New Lows	Last Week	Last Month
ISD	ISENTIA GROUP LTD	1.665fall	2.680	2.600
CUL	CULLEN RESOURCES	0.002fall	0.003	0.002
NDO	NIDO PETROLEUM	0.045fall	0.065	0.064
MNM	MANTLE MINING CORP.	0.007fall	0.009	0.007
EVE	EVE INVESTMENTS LTD	0.005fall	0.006	0.006
TEN	TEN NETWORK HOLDINGS	0.697fall	0.820	0.885
KRC	KING RIVER COPPER	0.006fall	0.007	0.007
ACU	ACTIVISTIC LTD	0.019fall	0.022	0.022
CEL	CHALLENGER ENERGY	0.015fall	0.017	0.015
NTC	NETCOMM WIRELESS	1.520fall	1.710	1.655
Updated: February 22, 2017 - 6:50PM

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HearMe Out Limited	HMO	13/12/2016	0.20
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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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