Markets Live: Confidence test
Shares are set for an uncertain start after a subdued night on Wall St, as investors looks towards key wage growth and consumer confidence data.
Shares are set for an uncertain start after a subdued night on Wall St, as investors looks towards key wage growth and consumer confidence data.
Wesfarmers has shelved plans to spin off its stationary and office supplies chain Officeworks into a separately listed company, citing "current equity market conditions".
Gold and the companies that produce it were back in favour with some of the world's top fund managers last quarter.
It's been a big night for the USD, but the focus sharply turns to the AUD, with consumer confidence and wage data out this morning while the ASX is due for a flat open.
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.
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 | 0.743 | 0.7427 | 0.0001rise | 0.01% rise |
AUD/EUR | 0.6701 | 0.6696 | -0.0004fall | -0.06% fall |
Updated: May 17, 2017 - 9:30AM |
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 |
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 |