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Markets Live: Miners steady ASX ship

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Shares claw back some of yesterday's heavy losses after Wall St steadied overnight as miners shrug off another sharp fall in iron ore, although banks remain weak .

Mining helps ASX claw back ground

A 3 per cent overnight drop in iron ore prices didn't stop Australia's miners helping the index claw back some of ...

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Buying in miners and energy stocks helped the ASX claw back some of Wednesday's heavy losses.

A $4.7 trillion deal? Painter tells SEC he's richer than Bill Gates

"I always wanted to be wealthy, so I could have more free time with my family," says artist Antonio Lee.

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A few hours after the New York market closed on February 1, an obscure Chicago artist by the name of Antonio Lee told the world he had become the world's richest man. He managed to issue his fabricated report in the most authoritative of places: The US Securities and Exchange Commission's database.

This is 'as good as it gets' for miners

Are the wheels starting to come off the impressive mining rally?

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It's not time to cut and run, but strategists are becoming more cautious about the tired looking bull market in mining stocks.

'Nobody delivers Madoff-style returns'

The overwhelming majority of Australian-managed funds that were able to outperform their indices in 2012 were unable to ...

Of Australian managed funds that outperformed their benchmark index in 2014, only one in 10 were able to do so consistently for the following two years, S&P; has found.

Trump Trade or Trump Tantrum? Today will tell

Investors are dialling back hopes that US President Donald Trump will swiftly enact his agenda. "If the vote doesn't pass, or is postponed, it will cast a lot of doubt on the Trump trades," says an influential bond trader.

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Iron ore takes a battering

Ore with 62 per cent content in Qingdao fell 3 per cent to $US84.99 a tonne on Wednesday, according to Metal Bulletin. ...

After multiple rounds of warnings that this year's rally may be overdone, the steel-making raw material is in retreat.

Market Indices

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Advances

Price

243.00

Percentage up/down

50.84% rise
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170.00

Percentage up/down

35.56% fall
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65.00

Percentage up/down

13.60% steady

Last updated: Mar 23, 2017 - 6:00PM

Markets Live: Miners steady ASX ship

Live

Shares claw back some of yesterday's heavy losses after Wall St steadied overnight as miners shrug off another sharp fall in iron ore, although banks remain weak .

The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) said US inventories climbed almost 5 million barrels to 533.1 million ...

Oil lower on record US inventories

Oil prices slid to almost four-month lows, with Brent briefly falling below $US50 a barrel.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump gestures during the Friends of Ireland Luncheon at the U.S Capitol in Washington, D.C., ...

Help wanted: A Trump betting expert with 'fake tan experience'

There is a growing market for betting on an already unpredictable Trump presidency. Now, Paddy Power is hiring a "head of Trump betting" to oversee bets related to the US president and his administration.

Justice Bernard Murphy welcomed the 25th anniversary of Australia's class action regime.

We should worry about corporate wrongs, not class actions: judge

Concerns that there are too many class actions against companies are ill founded, according to Federal Court judge Bernard Murphy.

Perpetual senior lawyer Jessie Moodley said part of the concern was that there was often a lack of transparency around ...

Class action fees too expensive, says Perpetual senior lawyer

Perpetual senior lawyer Jessie Moodley told the Corporate Conduct and Class Action symposium in Melbourne fees charged by class action lawyers and funders are "excessive".

Marine Le Pen, France's presidential candidate and leader of the French National Front. The odds UBS gives to Le Pen is ...

UBS bullish on euro

UBS expects the euro to rebound if nationalist Marine Le Pen fails in her bid to become the next French president.

Wholesale Interbank Rates
Currencies	Buys ($AU1)	Sells ($AU1)	$ Mvmt	% Mvmt
AUD/USD	0.7664	0.766	-0.0016fall	-0.21% fall
AUD/EUR	0.7098	0.7091	-0.0016fall	-0.23% fall
Updated: March 23, 2017 - 6:00PM

Volatility S&P;/ASX 200 VIX

Price: 12.26

Change in: -0.1290fall
Percentage up/down: (-1.04%) fall

Today's market compared to previous close

Turnover
Sector	Turnover ($AU)	Volume	Trades
Market total	4,801,046,127	1,992,161,308	853,077
Industrial	3,968,233,732	857,931,453	699,042
Mining	812,905,064	1,133,915,415	150,257

Last updated: March 23, 2017 - 5:30PM

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
BD1	BARD1 LIFE SCIENCES	0.064rise	0.032	0.035
SUH	SOUTHERN HEM MIN	0.055rise	0.034	0.041
CCZ	CASTILLO COPPER LTD	0.025rise	0.018	0.020
EGN	ENGENCO LIMITED	0.250rise	0.200	0.190
D13	DEPARTMENT 13 INTL	0.185rise	0.150	0.140
KGL	KGL RESOURCES LTD	0.425rise	0.355	0.315
MCP	MCPHERSON'S LTD	1.420rise	1.240	1.350
MOD	MOD RESOURCES LTD	0.090rise	0.083	0.053
JIN	JUMBO INTERACTIVE	1.995rise	1.840	1.880
A2M	THE A2 MILK COMPANY	2.650rise	2.460	2.570
Updated: March 23, 2017 - 4:23PM

Code	Name	New Lows	Last Week	Last Month
WSG	WOLFSTRIKE RENTALS	0.004fall	0.009	0.008
WSI	WESTSTAR INDUSTRIAL	0.006fall	0.010	0.012
AHL	AHALIFE HOLDINGS LTD	0.035fall	0.049	0.050
QIN	QUINTIS LTD	1.055fall	1.445	1.442
IPE	IPE LTD	0.135fall	0.170	0.165
MRQ	MRG METALS LIMITED	0.011fall	0.013	0.014
MWR	MGM WIRELESS LIMITED	0.450fall	0.530	0.575
SXA	STRATA-X ENERGY LTD	0.040fall	0.045	0.048
ISD	ISENTIA GROUP LTD	1.445fall	1.585	1.540
RED	RED 5 LIMITED	0.054fall	0.058	0.060
Updated: March 23, 2017 - 6:00PM

Upcoming IPOs
Company	Security Code	Float date	Issue $
Blockchain Global Ltd	BCG		0.20
E2 Metals Ltd	E2M	02/12/2016	0.20
India Fund Limited	INF		1.00
I Synergy Group Limited	IS3	22/12/2016	0.20
Lithium Consolidated Mineral Exploration Pty Ltd	LI3	21/12/2016	0.20
Majestic Horizon Holdings Ltd	MHH		0.20
Metavone Limited	MTV	28/10/2016	0.20
Secure2Go Group Ltd	S2G	09/01/2017	0.30
Traprock Mining Ltd	TMI	21/12/2016	0.20
Viatar CTC Solutions Inc.	VTR		68.50
Wilgena Resources Ltd	WRX	13/12/2016	0.20

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AGL AGL ENERGY LIMITED.

ALL ARISTOCRAT LEISURE 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.

CPU COMPUTERSHARE LIMITED.

CSL CSL LIMITED

CTX CALTEX AUSTRALIA LIMITED

DXS DEXUS PROPERTY GROUP

FMG FORTESCUE METALS GROUP LTD

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

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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