Markets Live: Miners help ASX claw higher
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Solid support for the miners and a broadly positive mood towards the banks helped the ASX overcome the drag of Macquarie and NAB trading ex-dividend.
Solid support for the miners and a broadly positive mood towards the banks helped the ASX overcome the drag of Macquarie and NAB trading ex-dividend.
The euro surged more than 1 per cent v the $US, to its highest level since Donald Trump was elected US president in November.
France received more than €31 billion of orders for a new 30-year bond overnight, highlighting the Macron effect.
US manufacturing output recorded its biggest increase in more than three years in April, bolstering bullish economic bets.
OPEC's policy manipulation is no match for sheer market forces, say analysts, as US shale producers continue to ramp up production.
A turnaround in appetite for banking stocks helped the ASX claw into the black on Tuesday, after a midday lull.
It's the worst performing major currency over the past quarter and things could be about to get worse.
The S&P;/ASX200 is still a long way off a high it reached before the global financial crisis, while many of the world's leading equity indexes are soaring to records.
Volatility hits multi-decade lows even as some of the world's major sharemarkets power to a fresh round of record highs.
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has shed its stake in Rupert Murdoch's Twenty-First Century Fox.
Snap Inc jumped more than 8 per cent in its second strongest day since the social media company's initial public offering.
Shares are set to be virtually unchanged at the open, as the ASX continues to move sideways.
The euro surged more than 1 per cent v the $US, to its highest level since Donald Trump was elected US president in November.
Currencies | Buys ($AU1) | Sells ($AU1) | $ Mvmt | % Mvmt |
---|---|---|---|---|
AUD/USD | 0.7427 | 0.7426 | 0.0014rise | 0.19% rise |
AUD/EUR | 0.6699 | 0.6698 | -0.0054fall | -0.80% fall |
Updated: May 17, 2017 - 6:39AM |
Sector | Turnover ($AU) | Volume | Trades |
---|---|---|---|
Market total | 5,377,680,002 | 1,632,142,688 | 1,119,339 |
Industrial | 4,421,253,291 | 892,263,873 | 941,315 |
Mining | 935,804,158 | 739,616,341 | 174,549 |
Code | Name | New Highs | Last Week | Last Month |
---|---|---|---|---|
OXX | OCTANEX LTD | 0.145rise | 0.070 | 0.060 |
SIE | SCIGEN LIMITED | 0.070rise | 0.055 | 0.055 |
AGY | ARGOSY MINERALS LTD | 0.096rise | 0.082 | 0.090 |
PAR | PARADIGM BIO. | 0.640rise | 0.550 | 0.610 |
KEY | KEY PETROLEUM | 0.009rise | 0.008 | 0.007 |
MDL | MINERAL DEPOSITS | 0.610rise | 0.550 | 0.595 |
MLB | MELBOURNE IT LIMITED | 2.600rise | 2.410 | 2.303 |
LOV | LOVISA HOLDINGS LTD | 4.160rise | 3.890 | 3.630 |
AUB | AUB GROUP LTD | 13.500rise | 12.690 | 12.500 |
SSM | SERVICE STREAM | 1.365rise | 1.300 | 1.280 |
Updated: May 16, 2017 - 6:50PM |
Code | Name | New Lows | Last Week | Last Month |
---|---|---|---|---|
BD1 | BARD1 LIFE SCIENCES | 0.014fall | 0.027 | 0.029 |
FFG | FATFISH INTERNET GRP | 0.015fall | 0.025 | 0.028 |
SER | STRATEGIC ENERGY | 0.007fall | 0.011 | 0.011 |
DCL | DOMACOM LIMITED | 0.100fall | 0.135 | 0.150 |
GGE | GRAND GULF ENERGY | 0.003fall | 0.004 | 0.004 |
SIT | SITE GROUP INT LTD | 0.060fall | 0.080 | 0.086 |
KSL | KINA SECURITIES LTD | 0.700fall | 0.910 | 0.920 |
BIQ | BUILDINGIQ, INC | 0.045fall | 0.058 | 0.060 |
SUR | SUN RESOURCES NL | 0.004fall | 0.005 | 0.006 |
ZYB | ZYBER HOLDINGS LTD | 0.005fall | 0.006 | 0.006 |
Updated: May 16, 2017 - 4:11PM |
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 | 12/05/2017 | 1.00 |
Bingo Industries Limited | BIN | 03/05/2017 | 1.80 |
Bryah Resources Limited | BYH | 31/05/2017 | 0.20 |
Contango Global Growth Limited | CQG | 23/06/2017 | 1.10 |
Eagle Health Holdings Limited | EHH | 29/06/2017 | 0.40 |
Elsight Limited | ELS | 19/05/2017 | 0.20 |
Golden Mile Resources Ltd | G88 | 29/05/2017 | 0.20 |
G Medical Innovations Holdings Limited | GMV | 10/05/2017 | 0.20 |
Manuka Resources Ltd | MKR | 17/05/2017 | 0.20 |
Macarthur Australia Limited | MMM | 17/05/2017 | 0.20 |
MSL Solutions Limited | MPW | 04/05/2017 | 0.25 |
Oceania Healthcare Limited | OCA | 05/05/2017 | 0.79 |
Takor Group Ltd | TKO | 15/05/2017 | 0.20 |
Zenith Energy Limited | ZEN | 09/05/2017 | 0.50 |
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