Markets Live: SA bank levy spoils party
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Shares post decent gains for the day, rebounding from yesterday's outsized losses, but news of a state bank levy was a dampener.
Shares post decent gains for the day, rebounding from yesterday's outsized losses, but news of a state bank levy was a dampener.
With Australian companies more expensive than regional peers, it makes less sense for global investors to sink money into the ASX.
Shares rebounded strongly from Wednesday's thrashing, while late news of a state-based bank tax undercut solid bank gains.
Psychopaths may have some advantage in climbing the corporate ladder, but once at the top they do shareholders no favours.
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.
Disruptive investors are targeting Australian companies, shaking up a corporate culture that has long favoured quiet backroom deals over
New Zealand's central bank kept interest rates at a record low and indicated it won't raise them anytime soon.
After two days of falls, the ASX is set to open higher.
Oil prices ended down more than 2 per cent after hitting a 10-month low in volatile trade amid renewed glut worries.
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 $27 billion in value.
The Australian dollar hit a two-month high on Thursday, boosted by positive local jobs data and a fall in the greenback after weak US inflation data.
Currencies | Buys ($AU1) | Sells ($AU1) | $ Mvmt | % Mvmt |
---|---|---|---|---|
AUD/USD | 0.7546 | 0.7545 | -0.0005fall | -0.07% fall |
AUD/EUR | 0.6762 | 0.676 | 0.0001rise | 0.01% rise |
Updated: June 22, 2017 - 10:50PM |
Sector | Turnover ($AU) | Volume | Trades |
---|---|---|---|
Market total | 4,823,462,166 | 1,690,300,354 | 1,140,535 |
Industrial | 3,919,942,548 | 787,493,901 | 957,929 |
Mining | 873,277,157 | 902,534,877 | 179,171 |
Code | Name | New Highs | Last Week | Last Month |
---|---|---|---|---|
KNM | KNEOMEDIA LIMITED | 0.025rise | 0.019 | 0.017 |
BUL | BLUE ENERGY LIMITED | 0.069rise | 0.054 | 0.060 |
MPW | MSL SOLUTIONS LTD | 0.305rise | 0.250 | 0.270 |
AIV | ACTIVEX LIMITED | 0.150rise | 0.130 | 0.145 |
SNL | SUPPLY NETWORK | 2.600rise | 2.400 | 2.300 |
GNE | GENESIS ENERGY LTD | 2.400rise | 2.270 | 2.200 |
CMA | CENTURIA METRO REIT | 2.600rise | 2.490 | 2.580 |
IFL | IOOF HOLDINGS LTD | 9.980rise | 9.760 | 9.310 |
ALQ | ALS LTD | 7.255rise | 7.100 | 6.950 |
HUB | HUB24 LTD | 6.250rise | 6.120 | 5.880 |
Updated: June 22, 2017 - 6:50PM |
Code | Name | New Lows | Last Week | Last Month |
---|---|---|---|---|
CAI | CALIDUS RESOURCES | 0.019fall | 0.300 | 0.300 |
KBU | KABUNI LTD | 0.004fall | 0.010 | 0.007 |
OAR | OAKDALE RESOURCE LTD | 0.028fall | 0.048 | 0.058 |
AOK | AUSTEX OIL LIMITED | 0.012fall | 0.016 | 0.018 |
RBO | ROBO 3D LTD | 0.055fall | 0.072 | 0.067 |
PKA | PLUKKA LIMITED | 0.007fall | 0.009 | 0.009 |
EGO | EMPIRE OIL & GAS | 0.120fall | 0.150 | 0.155 |
TDL | TBG DIAGNOSTICS LTD | 0.130fall | 0.160 | 0.150 |
CFO | CFOAM LIMITED | 0.280fall | 0.340 | 0.320 |
ADN | ANDROMEDA METALS LTD | 0.005fall | 0.006 | 0.006 |
Updated: June 22, 2017 - 4:11PM |
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 |
Sienna Cancer Diagnostics Limited | SDX | 02/08/2017 | 0.20 |
WAM Microcap Limited | WMI | 28/06/2017 | 1.10 |
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