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Markets Live: Investors cheer France

Campaign buttons for Emmanuel Macron, French presidential candidate who is now expected to be the country's next leader.

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ASX starts the week on the front foot after France's first round of presidential polling produces a market-friendly result, which helped push the euro to a five-month high.

Chinese equities wilt under capital crackdown

An investor holds a board showing "government saves the market so that investors will be happy" in Shanghai in 2015. ...

A widespread credit crackdown in China is roiling a range of Chinese asset classes but economists including Andy Xie are welcoming the government's moves.

China's hidden debt stirs angst

"When we've done on-site due diligence on some rated firms, it was hard to get comprehensive and reliable information ...

Scrutiny is mounting after a corn oil producer guaranteed debt of a neighbouring aluminium product manufacturer.

Trump keen to slash corporate tax rate

"The tax plan will pay for itself with economic growth," said US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin points to a member of ...

President Donald Trump will call for lowering the corporate rate to 15 per cent, a promise he made during his campaign.

Wall Street jumps on French election results

Wall Street posted strong gains in a 'classic relief rally'.

US stocks rallied on Monday, tracking a relief rally that swept through Asian and European markets, after centrist candidate and market favourite Emmanuel Macron won the first round of the French presidential election.

De Beers diamond selling spree

The Anglo American unit sold 14.1 million carats, in the first quarter, and mined 7.4 million carats, it said in a ...

De Beers went on a selling spree in the first quarter after India torpedoed demand abolishing large-denomination banknotes.

Riksbank seen ending bond buys

Stefan Ingves, governor of Sweden's central bank, will on Thursday say policymakers will keep the key interest rate ...

The Swedish central bank could soon declare victory in its fight to revive inflation.

Iron ore's extended retreat

"If inventories (at Chinese ports) were unwound and dumped onto the market, there's a greater momentum for the downward ...

Iron ore is destined to retreat back below $US50 a tonne next year as supplies go on rising, says Westpac's Justin Smirk.

Market Indices

Updated: April 24, 2017 - 4:39PM

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237.00

Percentage up/down

49.07% rise
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180.00

Percentage up/down

37.27% fall
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Last updated: Apr 24, 2017 - 6:50PM

Markets Live: Investors cheer France

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ASX starts the week on the front foot after France's first round of presidential polling produces a market-friendly result, which helped push the euro to a five-month high.

French 10-year bond yields slid over 10 basis points to more than three-month lows of 0.74 per cent.

French yields near multi-month lows

French yields fell to multi-month lows and the premium investors demand to hold French over German debt shrank sharply.

Europe's main gauge of equity market anxiety, the Euro STOXX 50 Volatility index fell 8.8 points, wiping out the rapid ...

CAC 40 surges 4.1pc, DAX 3.4pc

European shares rallied, banks soared, and French blue-chips briefly hit a nine-year high after France's presidential election sparked a rush to risky assets.

A machine places milled minerals into a pile near the concentration plant at the Ferrobamba pit, one of the three pits ...

Copper rises with cyclical assets

Copper rose as the French presidential election results. However, the red metal remains vulnerable to a correction.

Tech stocks outstripped the broader market and investors had a solid appetite for financials and energy stocks.

ASX cheers France, but miners play spoilers

Shares started a shortened week on the front foot, buoyed by Sunday's French election round one results, though a slipping iron ore price weighed on miners.

The currency was 2 per cent higher at $US1.0929 as trading this week began shortly after 8pm in London (5am AEST).

Euro surges near 2 per cent

The euro surged higher after early results showed Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen will battle for the French presidency.

Wholesale Interbank Rates
Currencies	Buys ($AU1)	Sells ($AU1)	$ Mvmt	% Mvmt
AUD/USD	0.7532	0.7528	-0.0038fall	-0.50% fall
AUD/EUR	0.6916	0.6912	-0.0050fall	-0.72% fall
Updated: April 25, 2017 - 10:49PM

Volatility S&P;/ASX 200 VIX

Price: 13.30

Change in: -0.6230fall
Percentage up/down: (-4.48%) fall

Today's market compared to previous close

Turnover
Sector	Turnover ($AU)	Volume	Trades
Market total	3,604,807,411	1,626,855,847	963,200
Industrial	2,806,468,220	603,323,818	783,578
Mining	723,222,551	1,023,036,081	174,307

Last updated: April 24, 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
BDI	BLINA MINERALS NL	0.002rise	0.001	0.001
MRV	MORETON RESOURCES	0.009rise	0.008	0.006
AQX	ALICE QUEEN LTD	0.056rise	0.050	0.047
OXX	OCTANEX LTD	0.060rise	0.055	0.048
PGS	PLANET GAS LTD	0.014rise	0.013	0.012
IMC	IMMURON LIMITED	0.510rise	0.480	0.435
SE1	SENSERA LTD	0.470rise	0.450	0.380
HML	HENRY MORGAN LIMITED	1.785rise	1.710	1.710
KRL	KANGAROO RES LTD	0.024rise	0.023	0.012
IEU	ISHS EUROPE ETF	57.710rise	55.450	55.310
Updated: April 24, 2017 - 6:50PM

Code	Name	New Lows	Last Week	Last Month
ACS	ACCENT RESOURCES NL	0.030fall	0.055	0.055
ALT	ANALYTICA LIMITED	0.005fall	0.006	0.005
FUN	FUNTASTIC LIMITED	0.005fall	0.006	0.006
PPY	PAPYRUS AUSTRALIA	0.005fall	0.006	0.005
M7T	MACH7 TECH LIMITED	0.230fall	0.270	0.280
WCN	WHITE CLIFF MIN LTD	0.006fall	0.007	0.007
AHL	AHALIFE HOLDINGS LTD	0.035fall	0.040	0.035
MTL	MANALTO LTD	0.015fall	0.017	0.019
HWK	HAWKSTONE MNG LTD	0.013fall	0.014	0.014
STL	STARGROUP LTD	0.029fall	0.031	0.030
Updated: April 24, 2017 - 6:50PM

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

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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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