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Markets Live: Resources prop up ASX

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Shares overcome a midday slump to close with solid gains, led by miners and energy stocks, but banks end mostly lower.

Copper leaps after upbeat US data

A molten mixture of lead and bronze pours from a cauldron into moulds in the foundry at the copper mining and smelting ...

1 min ago

Copper rose 2 per cent, reflecting strength across base metals following upbeat jobs data from the United States.

Nasdaq sets record high

The Nasdaq Composite was up 30.62 points, or 0.52 per cent, at 5929.23 shortly after midday. It earlier in the session ...

9 mins ago

US stocks were higher in early afternoon trade in a broad-based rally, spurred by a blowout private employment data.

Bills rise from Cyclone Debbie to cost IAG $140m

Damage from ex-Tropical Cyclone Debbie in Proserpine, Queensland.

IAG estimates net exposure to Cyclone Debbie at about $140m as other insurers also count cost.

ASX gains as miners trump banks

Selling in the big banks was offset by a strong performance in resources stocks on Wednesday.

Shares advanced after solid gains across mining and energy stocks helped the ASX overcome selling in the big banks.

Unloved but potentially underowned

The much-battered Navitas is enjoying some good news with Morgan Stanley and Macquarie Wealth Management identifying the ...

The much-battered Navitas is enjoying some good news, having been nominated as one of the few companies singled out for counter-consensus outperform calls from equity strategists.

US 10-year yield to drop

Gundlach last month correctly forecast the start of a short-term rally in fixed income spurred by the Federal Reserve's ...

A bond rally is likely to continue with yields on 10-year Treasuries poised to slide below 2 per cent, says Jeffrey Gundlach.

8@eight: Strong start in store for ASX

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The local sharemarket is set to open higher as the ASX continues to eye off the 6000-point mark.

Market Indices

Updated: April 5, 2017 - 4:40PM

Updated: April 5, 2017 - 6:10PM

Updated: April 6, 2017 - 3:00AM

Updated: April 6, 2017 - 2:00AM

Advances

Price

225.00

Percentage up/down

46.97% rise
Declines

Price

197.00

Percentage up/down

41.13% fall
Unchanged

Price

57.00

Percentage up/down

11.90% steady

Last updated: Apr 5, 2017 - 6:50PM

Markets Live: Resources prop up ASX

Live

Shares overcome a midday slump to close with solid gains, led by miners and energy stocks, but banks end mostly lower.

Chinese payout stocks outperforming the market more than those in the US and Europe, where yield has been popular since ...

Chinese stocks as dividend play

Despite a historic reluctance to embrace dividends, China has emerged as one of the best dividend trades this year.

Emissions rise from an oil refinery at sunset in Texas City, Texas.

Oil nears month high on US bets

Oil prices rose, supported by an unplanned outage in the North Sea and expectations of a drawdown in US crude inventories.

Lacker was set to retire effective October 1. He joined the Richmond Fed in 1989.

Fed's Lacker resigns over 2012 leak

Richmond Fed boss Jeffrey Lacker quits for disclosing information related to the US central bank's deliberations in 2012.

The Australian sharemarket trended slightly lower on Tuesday after a dour night on Wall Street, with banks leading the ...

Banks drag ASX to narrow loss

The sharemarket closed slightly lower, with Westpac the single biggest drag on the benchmark index, while the Aussie dollar fell top a three-week low.

The dollar index was modestly higher before the euro's selloff, and it rose to 100.52, its highest level since March 16.

Greenback rises to two-week high

The US dollar rose to a two-week high overnight on technical trading and strong economic data. The $A dipped.

Wholesale Interbank Rates
Currencies	Buys ($AU1)	Sells ($AU1)	$ Mvmt	% Mvmt
AUD/USD	0.7571	0.757	0.0007rise	0.09% rise
AUD/EUR	0.711	0.7107	0.0022rise	0.31% rise
Updated: April 6, 2017 - 3:09AM

Volatility S&P;/ASX 200 VIX

Price: 11.82

Change in: -0.4270fall
Percentage up/down: (-3.49%) fall

Today's market compared to previous close

Turnover
Sector	Turnover ($AU)	Volume	Trades
Market total	4,937,367,599	1,924,085,108	1,089,808
Industrial	3,628,203,322	895,469,999	876,593
Mining	1,262,104,141	1,028,249,298	208,902

Last updated: April 5, 2017 - 5:55PM

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
OIL	OPTISCAN IMAGING	0.115rise	0.071	0.071
BLT	BENITEC BIOPHARMA	0.280rise	0.175	0.195
TEG	TRIANGLE ENERGY LTD	0.060rise	0.042	0.042
WRG	WATER RES GRP LTD	0.004rise	0.003	0.003
PEX	PEEL MINING LIMITED	0.260rise	0.195	0.225
GBX	GB ENERGY LIMITED	0.015rise	0.012	0.012
APC	AUST POTASH LTD	0.155rise	0.125	0.135
OPT	OPTHEA LIMITED	1.120rise	0.940	1.000
AZV	AZURE HEALTHCARE LTD	0.125rise	0.105	0.105
AAR	ANGLO AUSTRALIAN	0.038rise	0.032	0.036
Updated: April 5, 2017 - 6:50PM

Code	Name	New Lows	Last Week	Last Month
UNS	UNILIFE CORPORATION	0.003fall	0.036	0.035
LGO	LONGREACH OIL LTD.	0.001fall	0.002	0.001
BLY	BOART LONGYEAR	0.047fall	0.081	0.081
PCL	PANCONTINENTAL OIL	0.002fall	0.003	0.003
TYK	TYCHEAN RESOURCES	0.005fall	0.007	0.006
NOR	NORWOOD SYSTEMS LTD.	0.017fall	0.022	0.020
OVN	OVENTUS MEDICAL LTD	0.480fall	0.620	0.615
RNY	RNY PROPERTY TRUST	0.031fall	0.040	0.040
ROG	RED SKY ENERGY.	0.007fall	0.009	0.007
CZL	CONS ZINC LTD	0.018fall	0.023	0.021
Updated: April 5, 2017 - 4:14PM

Upcoming IPOs
Company	Security Code	Float date	Issue $
Bigtincan Holdings Limited	BTH	24/03/2017	0.26
Visioneering Technologies, Inc.	CTI	27/03/2017	0.42
De.mem Limited	DEM	21/03/2017	0.20
Fat Prophets Global Contrarian Fund Limited	FPC	22/03/2017	1.10
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
Marquee Resources Limited	MQR	15/03/2017	0.20
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

Interest Rates

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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