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Movers

Traders welcome return of volatility

With market volatility at historic lows, US investors had been 'sleepwalking' into the sell off.

A sharp pull-back in global markets sparked by chatter the US President may face impeachment proceedings, didn't alarm professional investors.

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Currencies

The euro also advanced against the Australian dollar, up 0.8 per cent to $US1.49246, near an eight-month high.

Euro nears 8-month high v $A

The euro surged more than 1 per cent v the $US, to its highest level since Donald Trump was elected US president in November.

Wholesale Interbank Rates
Currencies Buys ($AU1) Sells ($AU1) $ Mvmt % Mvmt
AUD/USD 0.7425 0.7421 0.0005rise 0.07% rise
AUD/EUR 0.6685 0.6679 0.0001rise 0.02% rise
Updated: May 19, 2017 - 2:20PM

Market Details

Volatility S&P;/ASX 200 VIX
Price
13.28
Change in
-0.1360fall
Percentage up/down
(-1.01%) fall
Today's market compared to previous close
Turnover
Sector Turnover ($AU) Volume Trades
Market total 2,626,199,659 990,117,905 699,997
Industrial 2,004,940,152 427,459,016 569,396
Mining 608,132,873 562,436,459 127,544
Last updated: May 19, 2017 - 2:24PM

ASX - 52 Weeks Highs

Code Name New Highs Last Week Last Month
CL8 COLLABORATE CORP 0.044rise 0.034 0.035
SSM SERVICE STREAM 1.400rise 1.300 1.280
GTK GENTRACK GROUP LTD 4.580rise 4.310 4.110
ELD ELDERS LIMITED 4.750rise 4.500 4.550
AIZ AIR NEW ZEALAND 2.680rise 2.590 2.370
GMG GOODMAN GROUP 8.440rise 8.310 8.350
BRI BIG RIV INDUST LTD 1.700rise 1.680 0.000
WTC WISETECH GLOBAL LTD 6.930rise 6.890 5.890
Updated: May 19, 2017 - 2:24PM

ASX - 52 Weeks Lows

Code Name New Lows Last Week Last Month
RXH REWARDLE HOLDING LTD 0.018fall 0.026 0.024
VRC VOLT RESOURCES LTD 0.023fall 0.033 0.030
AKG ACADEMIES AUS GRP 0.140fall 0.185 0.155
XPE XPED LIMITED 0.010fall 0.013 0.016
ACG ATCOR MEDICAL 0.040fall 0.051 0.055
LRS LATIN RESOURCES LTD 0.004fall 0.005 0.007
NAG NAGAMBIE RESOURCES 0.048fall 0.058 0.066
DCC DIGITALX LIMITED 0.026fall 0.031 0.032
DUB DUBBER CORP LTD 0.185fall 0.220 0.220
DEM DE.MEM LTD 0.290fall 0.340 0.305
Updated: May 19, 2017 - 2:24PM

Floats & IPOs

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
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
Manuka Resources Ltd MKR 17/05/2017 0.20
Macarthur Australia Limited MMM 17/05/2017 0.20
Takor Group Ltd TKO 15/05/2017 0.20