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Shares drop again after a well received NAB earnings update has failed to stop selling in the other banks and as falling metals hit the miners.

Iron ore sinks amid oversupply

Exports from Port Hedland climbed to 42.3 million tonnes in April, the Pilbara Ports Authority said on Thursday. That's ...

28 mins ago

Iron ore is in full-scale retreat, with futures in China plunging to end limit-down on investor concern about demand.

April's US jobs report seen brighter

Both construction and manufacturing employers have reasons to be upbeat. The housing market has been sending healthy ...

1 hr ago

There are plenty of reasons why April's US jobs figures will be brighter - and continue to show a solid labour market.

Copper poised for further drop

A break of support at $US5563 a tonne in LME copper prices could trigger a loss into the range of $US5433-$US5508, ...

Copper fell to five-months lows , posting its biggest two-day loss since July 2015, on rising inventories.

Oil dives on stubborn global glut

The slide worsened after OPEC delegates downplayed the chance that their group and other producing countries would ...

Oil prices collapsed to their lowest since late November amid rising investor worries about a persistent global glut.

ASX sinks on metals meltdown

Metals futures traders are spooked amid worries around Chinese growth.

The local sharemarket fell for a third straight session after a plunge in Chinese iron ore futures drove miners lower.

8@eight: Dollar taken to the cleaners ahead of soft day

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The local sharemarket is set to drift lower at the open, following global markets down as investor caution returned.

Australian dollar taken to the cleaners

"Negative momentum persists,' said Westpac's Imre Speizer, noting that the Aussie also lost ground against both the euro ...

The Australian dollar plunged overnight, caught by a hawkish Fed and sudden sharp selling in copper and iron ore.

Market Indices

Updated: May 4, 2017 - 4:38PM

Updated: May 4, 2017 - 6:09PM

Updated: May 5, 2017 - 7:15AM

Updated: May 5, 2017 - 2:00AM

Advances

Price

194.00

Percentage up/down

41.19% rise
Declines

Price

215.00

Percentage up/down

45.65% fall
Unchanged

Price

62.00

Percentage up/down

13.16% steady

Last updated: May 4, 2017 - 6:50PM

The Model 3 remains on schedule for output to start in July, Tesla said as it reported first-quarter results.

Wholesale Interbank Rates
Currencies	Buys ($AU1)	Sells ($AU1)	$ Mvmt	% Mvmt
AUD/USD	0.7411	0.7409	0.0002rise	0.03% rise
AUD/EUR	0.6749	0.6746	0.0002rise	0.03% rise
Updated: May 5, 2017 - 8:20AM

Volatility S&P;/ASX 200 VIX

Price: 11.96

Change in: 0.0730rise
Percentage up/down: (0.61%) rise

Today's market compared to previous close

Turnover
Sector	Turnover ($AU)	Volume	Trades
Market total	5,646,818,479	1,859,331,122	1,230,585
Industrial	4,560,315,044	829,354,724	1,004,500
Mining	1,008,471,979	1,029,574,441	222,153

Last updated: May 4, 2017 - 5:55PM

Code	Name	New Highs	Last Week	Last Month
PHK	PHOSLOCK WATER	0.180rise	0.115	0.125
MRV	MORETON RESOURCES	0.014rise	0.009	0.009
IRD	IRON ROAD LTD	0.320rise	0.250	0.285
AVZ	AVZ MINERALS LTD	0.047rise	0.038	0.038
AFR	AFRICAN ENERGY RES	0.065rise	0.053	0.053
KEY	KEY PETROLEUM	0.007rise	0.006	0.007
ENT	ENTERPRISE METALS	0.023rise	0.020	0.022
PAC	PACIFIC GRP LTD	5.940rise	5.190	5.190
WTC	WISETECH GLOBAL LTD	6.700rise	5.890	5.890
SM1	SYNLAIT MILK LTD	3.700rise	3.300	3.300
Updated: May 4, 2017 - 6:50PM

Code	Name	New Lows	Last Week	Last Month
BML	BOTSWANA METALS LTD	0.001fall	0.002	0.002
SRN	SUREFIRE RESCS NL	0.001fall	0.002	0.001
EMX	ENERGIA MINERALS LTD	0.020fall	0.039	0.038
IVX	INVION LTD	0.002fall	0.003	0.002
SXA	STRATA-X ENERGY LTD	0.034fall	0.043	0.039
ADA	ADACEL TECHNOLOGIES	1.910fall	2.400	2.300
AYR	ALLOY RESOURCES	0.004fall	0.005	0.005
E2M	E2 METALS	0.120fall	0.150	0.120
RBR	RBR GROUP LTD	0.004fall	0.005	0.005
XPE	XPED LIMITED	0.013fall	0.016	0.016
Updated: May 4, 2017 - 6:50PM

Upcoming IPOs
Company	Security Code	Float date	Issue $
Alderan Resources Limited	AL8	29/05/2017	0.20
Biomics Biopharma Limited	BBM	02/06/2017	0.20
Benjamin Hornigold Limited	BHD	10/05/2017	1.00
Eagle Health Holdings Limited	EHH	29/06/2017	0.40
Elsight Limited	ELS	19/05/2017	0.20
Manuka Resources Ltd	MKR	17/05/2017	0.20
Takor Group Ltd	TKO	15/05/2017	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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