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Markets Live: ASX grinds higher

Shares overcome early wobbles to climb a bit closer to the elusive 6000-point mark amid a flood of corporate news, as buying in the banks offsets a cautious mood.

Amazon's quarterly profit surges

An Amazon worker wheels back a cart after loading a bag of groceries into a customer's car at an AmazonFresh Pickup ...

37 mins ago

Amazon.com reported quarterly revenue and profit above expectations on gains at its retail and cloud-computing businesses.

Japanese stock rally overdone

"We see high uncertainty," said Yoshinori Shigemi, a global market strategist at JPMorgan Asset Management in Tokyo. "We ...

1 hr ago

Japanese stocks have gone from worst to best performers in Asia in the space of two weeks, one investor is highly sceptical.

Amazon's shares jump as profit, revenue beat estimates

Amazon is likely to spend hundreds of millions of dollars in Australia over the next few years.

1 hr ago

Amazons shares surge in after-hours trading after first quarter results beat estimates

Copper, zinc weaker on China worries

The LME price of zinc, the metal mainly used for galvanising steel, ended down 1.1 per cent at $US2597. The global zinc ...

Copper and zinc fell, while nickel recovered from a fresh 10-month low, on concern about demand in China.

Euro goes from dicey to darling

Goldman Sachs and UBS Group both expect the shared currency to extend its advance toward $US1.13.

Perceived as the riskiest currency on the planet until Sunday's French election, the euro is suddenly everyone's favourite.

Riksbank extends bond purchases

"Inflation has shown a rising trend for some years, but it is now expected to take longer before it stabilises around 2 ...

In a surprise move, Sweden's central bank extended its bond buying programme and slightly delayed future rate hikes.

Draghi optimistic, yet dovish

The euro rose after Draghi said the Governing Council unanimously agreed to adjust its language on the balance of risks ...

Mario Draghi says the recovery in the euro-zone economy has turned to "solid and broad" from "fragile and uneven".

Market Indices

Updated: April 27, 2017 - 4:38PM

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Updated: April 28, 2017 - 7:15AM

Updated: April 28, 2017 - 2:00AM

Advances

Price

209.00

Percentage up/down

43.09% rise
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206.00

Percentage up/down

42.47% fall
Unchanged

Price

70.00

Percentage up/down

14.43% steady

Last updated: Apr 27, 2017 - 6:50PM

Markets Live: ASX grinds higher

Shares overcome early wobbles to climb a bit closer to the elusive 6000-point mark amid a flood of corporate news, as buying in the banks offsets a cautious mood.

A Chinese labourer walks in steam next to a furnace and cooling pit at an unauthorised steel factory on November 4, 2016 ...

China steel rises for third day

Shanghai rebar steel futures advanced for a third straight session, supported by market expectations of production curbs.

"We fear first-quarter numbers could have marked a peak for this year," said Leonardo Correa, a senior mining analyst ...

Vale slumps on iron ore outlook

Shares in Vale slumped the most in two weeks, as executives signalled lacklustre trends for iron ore prices this year.

Under Donald Trump's tax plan, money may return to the US from overseas but the question remains, would that lead to ...

Trump tax plan could cause US-Australia revenue disputes

US President Donald Trump has confirmed he wants to cut the corporate tax rate to 15 per cent, which business leaders and tax experts say, if passed, will heighten the need for company tax cuts locally.

Tuesday's inflation figures triggered a sustained sell-off of the Aussie dollar that only gathered steam overnight as ...

'Be careful what you wish for': RBA could cause Aussie rout

The dollar's potential loss of status as a high-yielding currency could cause it to plunge, a leading analyst warns.

Euro goes from dicey to darling

Perceived as the riskiest currency on the planet until Sunday's French election, the euro is suddenly everyone's favourite.

Wholesale Interbank Rates
Currencies	Buys ($AU1)	Sells ($AU1)	$ Mvmt	% Mvmt
AUD/USD	0.7472	0.7467	0.0006rise	0.08% rise
AUD/EUR	0.6872	0.6866	0.0006rise	0.09% rise
Updated: April 28, 2017 - 7:50AM

Volatility S&P;/ASX 200 VIX

Price: 11.69

Change in: -0.7900fall
Percentage up/down: (-6.33%) fall

Today's market compared to previous close

Turnover
Sector	Turnover ($AU)	Volume	Trades
Market total	4,902,661,752	1,659,691,594	1,092,493
Industrial	3,713,838,474	754,434,187	865,596
Mining	948,477,646	904,160,140	217,397

Last updated: April 27, 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
BOA	BOADICEA RESOURCES	0.200rise	0.160	0.200
BIG	BIG UN LTD	0.660rise	0.560	0.465
PGS	PLANET GAS LTD	0.015rise	0.013	0.012
IMC	IMMURON LIMITED	0.550rise	0.480	0.435
MLA	MEDICAL AUS LIMITED	0.063rise	0.055	0.060
MSB	MESOBLAST LIMITED	3.440rise	3.010	2.500
SIE	SCIGEN LIMITED	0.055rise	0.050	0.029
HML	HENRY MORGAN LIMITED	1.880rise	1.710	1.710
KRL	KANGAROO RES LTD	0.025rise	0.023	0.012
AVZ	AVZ MINERALS LTD	0.038rise	0.035	0.032
Updated: April 27, 2017 - 6:50PM

Code	Name	New Lows	Last Week	Last Month
4WD	AUTO SOLUTIONS LTD	0.250fall	0.765	0.820
TEX	TARGET ENERGY	0.001fall	0.002	0.002
RAN	RANGE INTERNATIONAL	0.555fall	1.060	1.050
ASP	ASPERMONT LIMITED.	0.006fall	0.010	0.007
MEM	MEMPHASYS LTD	0.002fall	0.003	0.003
TEN	TEN NETWORK HOLDINGS	0.335fall	0.452	0.520
TB8	TIANMEI BG CORP LTD	0.095fall	0.120	0.120
TYK	TYCHEAN RESOURCES	0.005fall	0.006	0.006
ALT	ANALYTICA LIMITED	0.005fall	0.006	0.005
LTR	LIONTOWN RESOURCES	0.011fall	0.013	0.020
Updated: April 27, 2017 - 6:50PM

Upcoming IPOs
Company	Security Code	Float date	Issue $
Visioneering Technologies, Inc.	CTI	27/03/2017	0.42
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
Retech Technology., Co Limited	RTE	20/04/2017	0.50
Scout Security Limited	SCT	21/04/2017	0.20

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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