Markets Live: ASX holds the line
Shares manage to reverse early losses to nudge higher on Friday, ending the week firmly up and within sight of 6000 points.
Shares manage to reverse early losses to nudge higher on Friday, ending the week firmly up and within sight of 6000 points.
Friday's weaker-than-expected US GDP figure has firmed forecasts that the US Federal Reserve will not lift interest rates at its May meeting on Thursday morning.
Despite setbacks and stumbles, global markets have retained a bullish bid since Donald Trump took the oath of office.
US stocks edged lower after data showing the US economy grew at its weakest pace in three years in the first quarter.
Mario Draghi's job of maintaining a sense of economic caution is already getting a little trickier.
The US economy expanded at an annual rate of only 0.7 per cent in the first quarter. But no one is panic mode — yet.
Corporate earnings kept investors busy, giving the local sharemarket a boost of over 1 per cent for the week.
A surge in after hours trading for Amazon.com added $US3.3 billion ($4.4 billion) to the fortune of Jeff Bezos, putting him less than $US5 billion ($6.7 billion) away from becoming the world's richest person.
Former Kepler Cheuvreux analyst Geoffroy Stern made 28 trades based on draft recommendations his brokerage was set to publish hours later.
The local sharemarket is set to open lower with the big miners poised to retreat, with BHP dropping 4.8 per cent in London and Rio Tinto shedding 2.6 per cent.
Amazon.com reported quarterly revenue and profit above expectations on gains at its retail and cloud-computing businesses.
Japanese stocks have gone from worst to best performers in Asia in the space of two weeks, one investor is highly sceptical.
Perceived as the riskiest currency on the planet until Sunday's French election, the euro is suddenly everyone's favourite.
Currencies | Buys ($AU1) | Sells ($AU1) | $ Mvmt | % Mvmt |
---|---|---|---|---|
AUD/USD | 0.7473 | 0.7463 | -0.0021fall | -0.28% fall |
AUD/EUR | 0.685 | 0.6837 | -0.0002fall | -0.03% fall |
Updated: May 1, 2017 - 5:19AM |
Sector | Turnover ($AU) | Volume | Trades |
---|---|---|---|
Market total | 6,701,783,208 | 2,100,781,059 | 1,086,331 |
Industrial | 5,253,220,709 | 872,896,510 | 863,543 |
Mining | 1,395,739,865 | 1,227,438,182 | 218,583 |
Code | Name | New Highs | Last Week | Last Month |
---|---|---|---|---|
ABP | ABACUS PROPERTY GRP. | 3.485rise | 3.485 | 3.485 |
AIZ | AIR NEW ZEALAND | 2.370rise | 2.370 | 2.370 |
ANZ | ANZ BANKING GRP LTD | 32.840rise | 32.840 | 32.840 |
API | AUSTRALIAN PHARM. | 2.230rise | 2.230 | 2.230 |
BMH | BAUMART HOLDINGS LTD | 0.215rise | 0.215 | 0.215 |
CBA | COMMONWEALTH BANK. | 87.740rise | 87.740 | 87.740 |
CNI | CENTURIA CAPITAL | 1.250rise | 1.250 | 1.250 |
CPU | COMPUTERSHARE LTD | 14.780rise | 14.780 | 14.780 |
CSL | CSL LIMITED | 132.980rise | 132.980 | 132.980 |
CSR | CSR LIMITED | 4.960rise | 4.960 | 4.960 |
Updated: April 28, 2017 - 6:50PM |
Code | Name | New Lows | Last Week | Last Month |
---|---|---|---|---|
8IH | 8I HOLDINGS LTD | 0.495fall | 0.495 | 0.495 |
ABX | AUST BAUXITE LTD. | 0.110fall | 0.110 | 0.110 |
ACR | ACRUX LIMITED | 0.265fall | 0.265 | 0.265 |
ADH | ADAIRS LIMITED | 0.835fall | 0.835 | 0.835 |
ADN | ANDROMEDA METALS LTD | 0.006fall | 0.006 | 0.006 |
AER | AEERIS LTD | 0.041fall | 0.041 | 0.041 |
AKK | AUSTIN EXPLORATION | 0.003fall | 0.003 | 0.003 |
ALT | ANALYTICA LIMITED | 0.005fall | 0.005 | 0.005 |
AOP | APOLLO CONSOLIDATED | 0.070fall | 0.070 | 0.070 |
APE | A.P. EAGERS LIMITED | 7.940fall | 7.940 | 7.940 |
Updated: April 28, 2017 - 6:50PM |
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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