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Markets Live: ASX eyes 5900 points

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Investors continue to buy into miners and banks, if at a more modest pace, with the ASX 200 index eyeing 5900 points, while Dulux drops sharply on a broker downgrade.

Australia's most shorted stock

"The stock is still mindbogglingly expensive," said Totus Capital's Ben McGarry, who says he can't find shares to borrow ...

Aconex is Australia's most-shorted stock, but only one of the 10 analysts covering it considers it a sell.

Fed may need faster hike pace

According to Rosengren, the FOMC should be ready to move again in June, September and December, unless data push the ...

Two policy makers discussed the possible need for a faster pace of rate rises than currently mapped out by the Fed.

Faith of bulls tested

Trader Andrew Silverman works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

The correlation between US equities, the greenback and Treasury bond yields is deteriorating.

8@eight: Brexit brush-off

The ASX has been going backwards this week.

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Local sharemarket is set for a flat star to the day after a quiet night on overseas markets, with a fairly muted reaction to the UK making a formal request to leave the European Union.

Mexico's $22b Trump windfall

Promises by then presidential candidate and now President Trump to cancel the North American Free Trade Agreement sent ...

Mexico's Finance Ministry got a $22 billion windfall from the central bank after Donald Trump triggered a plunge in the peso.

Oil rises on supply bets

UBS oil analyst Giovanni Staunovo said he expects Brent crude to exceed $US60 over three months before levelling off in ...

Oil prices rose nearly 2 per cent as US crude inventories rose less than expected last week.

ECB wary of message miss

"A small change in the wording can easily be blown out of proportion," one of the sources said. "There is a ...

European policymakers are wary of making any new change to their policy message in April for fear of being misheard

Market Indices

Updated: March 30, 2017 - 12:20PM

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Updated: March 30, 2017 - 3:00AM

Advances

Price

201.00

Percentage up/down

42.68% rise
Declines

Price

206.00

Percentage up/down

43.74% fall
Unchanged

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64.00

Percentage up/down

13.59% steady

Last updated: Mar 30, 2017 - 12:20PM

Markets Live: ASX eyes 5900 points

Live

Investors continue to buy into miners and banks, if at a more modest pace, with the ASX 200 index eyeing 5900 points, while Dulux drops sharply on a broker downgrade.

The index is expected at 5800 by mid-2017 and then rise to 5950 by the end of the year before continuing its climb above ...

ASX seen rallying into 2018

Australia's stock market is seen edging higher in 2017 and into the next year, a Reuters poll found.

Bolstering sentiment for base metals is an expectation that activity in China's manufacturing sector likely grew for an ...

Aluminium rises on China optimism

Aluminium hit its highest level in nearly two years, supported by optimism that China would carry out plans to cut supply.

By 1550 GMT, sterling had slipped back to $US1.2403, leaving it down a third of a per cent on the day and in the middle ...

Gilt yields near one-month low

British government bonds rallied to their highest in almost a month after Prime Minister Theresa May formally started Brexit.

In its post-election rally, the S&P 500 rose as much as 12 per cent, hitting an intraday high of 2400 on March 1. It is ...

US stocks may be near peak

A US stock rally fuelled by optimism President Donald Trump will boost the economy may be near its peak, according to a poll.

Mexico's $22b Trump windfall

Mexico's Finance Ministry got a $22 billion windfall from the central bank after Donald Trump triggered a plunge in the peso.

Wholesale Interbank Rates
Currencies	Buys ($AU1)	Sells ($AU1)	$ Mvmt	% Mvmt
AUD/USD	0.7676	0.7672	0.0005rise	0.07% rise
AUD/EUR	0.7137	0.7133	0.0013rise	0.18% rise
Updated: March 30, 2017 - 12:19PM

Volatility S&P;/ASX 200 VIX

Price: 11.28

Change in: -0.4730fall
Percentage up/down: (-4.03%) fall

Today's market compared to previous close

Turnover
Sector	Turnover ($AU)	Volume	Trades
Market total	1,975,388,019	1,018,530,569	329,404
Industrial	1,309,314,196	355,141,624	262,889
Mining	390,918,845	662,890,521	62,242

Last updated: March 30, 2017 - 12:20PM

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
SUH	SOUTHERN HEM MIN	0.140rise	0.090	0.041
GBR	GREATBOULD RESOURCES	0.230rise	0.170	0.180
MTC	METALSTECH LTD	0.390rise	0.290	0.275
TLG	TALGA RESOURCES	0.550rise	0.410	0.435
CLA	CELSIUS RESOURCE LTD	0.046rise	0.035	0.043
TAW	TAWANA RESOURCES NL	0.235rise	0.195	0.165
AOU	AUROCH MINERALS LTD	0.280rise	0.240	0.250
UBI	UNIVERSAL BIOSENSORS	0.430rise	0.380	0.390
TZN	TERRAMIN AUSTRALIA.	0.175rise	0.155	0.160
SOL	SOUL PATTINSON (W.H)	18.470rise	17.540	16.750
Updated: March 30, 2017 - 12:20PM

Code	Name	New Lows	Last Week	Last Month
CAB	CABCHARGE AUSTRALIA	2.970fall	3.890	3.430
VIP	VOLTAGE IP LIMITED	0.085fall	0.110	0.097
MJP	MARTIN AIRCRAFT LTD	0.097fall	0.125	0.130
YPB	YPB GROUP LTD	0.110fall	0.135	0.155
ARS	ALT RESOURCES LTD	0.060fall	0.069	0.070
PWN	PARKWAY MINLS NL	0.016fall	0.018	0.019
AEI	AERIS ENVIRONMENTAL	0.300fall	0.330	0.330
CII	CI RESOURCES LIMITED	1.510fall	1.650	1.610
RTG	RTG MINING INC.	0.170fall	0.180	0.210
JHL	JAYEX HEALTHCARE LTD	0.027fall	0.028	0.041
Updated: March 30, 2017 - 12:19PM

Upcoming IPOs
Company	Security Code	Float date	Issue $
Visioneering Technologies, Inc.	CTI	27/03/2017	0.42
De.mem Limited	DEM	21/03/2017	0.20
G Medical Innovations Holdings Limited	GMV	31/03/2017	0.20
Magmatic Resources Limited	MAG	24/03/2017	0.20
Morphic Ethical Equities Fund Limited	MEC	03/05/2017	1.10
Mobilicom Limited	MOB	05/05/2017	0.20
Moelis Australia Pty Ltd	MOE	10/04/2017	2.35
Retech Technology., Co Limited	RTE	20/04/2017	0.50
Scout Security Limited	SCT	21/04/2017	0.20
Tinybeans Group Pty Ltd	TNY	31/03/2017	1.00
Todd River Resources Limited	TRT	24/03/2017	0.20
URB Investments Limited	URB	07/04/2017	1.10

Superannuation

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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