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Markets Live: Miners dig deep

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Shares overcome a weak start to finish the session higher as investors jump into miners following the weekend's National People's Congress in China, while Navitas is smashed after an earnings downgrade.

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Market Indices

Updated: March 6, 2017 - 4:38PM
Updated: March 6, 2017 - 7:10PM
Updated: March 7, 2017 - 7:02AM
Updated: March 7, 2017 - 4:00AM

Market Activity

  • Advances
    Price
    161.00
    Percentage up/down
    34.18% rise
  • Declines
    Price
    233.00
    Percentage up/down
    49.47% fall
  • Unchanged
    Price
    77.00
    Percentage up/down
    16.35% steady
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Markets Live: Miners dig deep

Shares overcome a weak start to finish the session higher as investors jump into miners following the weekend's National People's Congress in China, while Navitas is smashed after an earnings downgrade.

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Currencies

Wholesale Interbank Rates
Currencies Buys ($AU1) Sells ($AU1) $ Mvmt % Mvmt
AUD/USD 0.7584 0.758 -0.0014fall -0.18% fall
AUD/EUR 0.7168 0.716 0.0022rise 0.31% rise
Updated: March 7, 2017 - 6:48AM

Market Details

Volatility S&P;/ASX 200 VIX
Price
12.10
Change in
-0.4090fall
Percentage up/down
(-3.27%) fall
Today's market compared to previous close
Turnover
Sector Turnover ($AU) Volume Trades
Market total 3,657,356,750 2,108,468,215 913,238
Industrial 2,751,160,121 658,235,201 735,358
Mining 894,284,636 1,449,990,273 175,146
Last updated: March 6, 2017 - 5:55PM

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ASX - 52 Weeks Highs

Code Name New Highs Last Week Last Month
OVR OVERLAND RESOURCES 0.018rise 0.011 0.012
SAS SKY AND SPACE GLOBAL 0.245rise 0.195 0.175
IVT INVENTIS LIMITED 0.018rise 0.015 0.015
AC8 AUSCANN GRP HLGS LTD 0.440rise 0.385 0.410
IRD IRON ROAD LTD 0.200rise 0.180 0.180
SWJ STONEWALL RES LTD 0.020rise 0.018 0.018
MOD MOD RESOURCES LTD 0.063rise 0.057 0.053
RDS REDSTONE RESOURCES 0.022rise 0.020 0.011
GSC GLOBAL GEOSCIENCE 0.140rise 0.135 0.140
WAT WATERCO LIMITED 1.580rise 1.540 1.500
Updated: March 6, 2017 - 4:26PM

ASX - 52 Weeks Highs

Code Name New Lows Last Week Last Month
HHM HAMPTON HILL MINING 0.015fall 0.030 0.030
ZYB ZYBER HOLDINGS LTD 0.005fall 0.008 0.007
MEM MEMPHASYS LTD 0.003fall 0.004 0.003
KRC KING RIVER COPPER 0.005fall 0.006 0.006
WLF WOLF MINERALS 0.065fall 0.078 0.073
NVT NAVITAS LIMITED 4.120fall 4.890 4.330
SKN SKIN ELEMENTS LTD 0.120fall 0.140 0.150
SRO SHAREROOT LTD 0.006fall 0.007 0.007
RVA REVA MEDICAL, INC 0.865fall 1.000 0.880
XPE XPED LIMITED 0.022fall 0.025 0.026
Updated: March 6, 2017 - 6:50PM

Floats & IPOs

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

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