Markets Live: QBE leads ASX plunge
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The sharemarket dives below the 5700-mark, losing $26b in value and suffering its worst session of the year, as investors fret over a steep fall in the oil price.
The sharemarket dives below the 5700-mark, losing $26b in value and suffering its worst session of the year, as investors fret over a steep fall in the oil price.
Two Macquarie Group executives repeatedly drugged a colleague with valium and laxatives during a business trip to South America in a "malicious" attempt to discredit him.
A global sell-off of Australian assets exacerbated the biggest single-day fall in shares since Trump's election.
Shares suffer their worst day of the year, losing nearly $27 billion in value.
Equity managers will have to consider adding Chinese equities to their portfolios following MSCI's addition to its emerging market index.
As if investors didn't have enough to fret about, the threat of a disorderly fall in the price of the world's most important commodity is spooking markets.
US index provider MSCI said it will add domestic Chinese equities to its global emerging markets benchmark index.
​Bank of England governor Mark Carney doused speculation that he might soon back higher interest rates.
Oil has dragged on global equities overnight, setting up the ASX for a negative start to the day.
Barclays and four former executives are charged with conspiracy to commit fraud over financial dealings with Qatar during the GFC.
Oil prices fell 2 per cent to seven-month lows overnight after increases in supply by several key producers.
Laszlo Birinyi, a steadfast bull during the eight-year equity rally, just raised his forecast for the S&P; 500.
The Australian dollar hit a two-month high on Thursday, boosted by positive local jobs data and a fall in the greenback after weak US inflation data.
Currencies | Buys ($AU1) | Sells ($AU1) | $ Mvmt | % Mvmt |
---|---|---|---|---|
AUD/USD | 0.7557 | 0.7555 | -0.0024fall | -0.32% fall |
AUD/EUR | 0.6773 | 0.6766 | -0.0040fall | -0.59% fall |
Updated: June 22, 2017 - 5:00AM |
Sector | Turnover ($AU) | Volume | Trades |
---|---|---|---|
Market total | 6,032,552,342 | 1,791,959,417 | 1,310,721 |
Industrial | 4,789,230,902 | 862,252,012 | 1,090,721 |
Mining | 1,205,203,055 | 929,185,807 | 213,227 |
Code | Name | New Highs | Last Week | Last Month |
---|---|---|---|---|
SIE | SCIGEN LIMITED | 0.070rise | 0.055 | 0.070 |
PFG | PRIME FINANCIAL | 0.170rise | 0.135 | 0.130 |
MPW | MSL SOLUTIONS LTD | 0.295rise | 0.250 | 0.270 |
AQZ | ALLIANCE AVIATION | 1.000rise | 0.920 | 0.920 |
SNL | SUPPLY NETWORK | 2.590rise | 2.400 | 2.300 |
SVM | SOVEREIGN METALS | 0.145rise | 0.135 | 0.140 |
IRI | INTEGRATED RESEARCH | 3.130rise | 2.940 | 3.050 |
MAQ | MACQUARIE TELECOM GP | 14.750rise | 14.020 | 13.550 |
COH | COCHLEAR LIMITED | 161.140rise | 156.350 | 149.350 |
SMC | STRATEGIC MINERALS | 0.360rise | 0.350 | 0.355 |
Updated: June 21, 2017 - 6:50PM |
Code | Name | New Lows | Last Week | Last Month |
---|---|---|---|---|
KBU | KABUNI LTD | 0.005fall | 0.010 | 0.007 |
EXO | ENNOX GROUP LTD | 0.002fall | 0.003 | 0.003 |
RMT | RMA ENERGY LIMITED | 0.002fall | 0.003 | 0.003 |
TZL | TZ LIMITED | 0.020fall | 0.030 | 0.034 |
IOT | IOT GROUP LIMITED | 0.011fall | 0.015 | 0.016 |
RBO | ROBO 3D LTD | 0.057fall | 0.072 | 0.067 |
RNL | RISION LIMITED | 0.004fall | 0.005 | 0.004 |
PWN | PARKWAY MINLS NL | 0.008fall | 0.010 | 0.011 |
PEZ | PREMIERE EASTERN ENE | 0.016fall | 0.020 | 0.020 |
GRV | GREENVALE ENERGY LTD | 0.024fall | 0.030 | 0.029 |
Updated: June 21, 2017 - 6:50PM |
Company | Security Code | Float date | Issue $ |
---|---|---|---|
Afterpay Touch Group Limited | APT | 29/06/2017 | 0.00 |
Australia WeTouch Technology Limited | AWT | 31/07/2017 | 0.40 |
Contango Global Growth Limited | CQG | 23/06/2017 | 1.10 |
Eagle Health Holdings Limited | EHH | 29/06/2017 | 0.40 |
ELMO Software Limited | ELO | 29/06/2017 | 2.00 |
Galena Mining Limited | G1A | 10/07/2017 | 0.20 |
Kelly Partners Group Holdings Limited | KPG | 21/06/2017 | 1.00 |
Oliver's Real Food Limited | OLI | 14/06/2017 | 0.30 |
Sienna Cancer Diagnostics Limited | SDX | 02/08/2017 | 0.20 |
WAM Microcap Limited | WMI | 28/06/2017 | 1.10 |
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