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Shares lose some of yesterday's outsized gains as geopolitical risk raises its ugly head again, but miners prevent bigger losses.
Shares lose some of yesterday's outsized gains as geopolitical risk raises its ugly head again, but miners prevent bigger losses.
Only 15 of 75 lending institutions have increased the interest rate on any of their term deposits since August, when the RBA cuts rates to a record low of 1.5 per cent.
North Korea's missile test was a powerful reminder that politics is something investors can ill afford to ignore.
​Borrowing costs in the euro area fell overnight on signs some ECB policymakers are having doubts about a tightening bias.
Local shares, which rallied strongly on Tuesday, were getting little in the way of a lead from overseas overnight in thin July 4th trade with Wall Street was closed for the Independence Day holiday.
Oil was little changed as forecasts that US stockpiles shrunk were weighed against estimates that OPEC expanded production.
Qatar just undermined Australia's efforts to overtake it as the world's biggest producer of liquefied natural gas.
Hong Kong stocks sank the most since November as profit taking in some of the city's top performers sparked a wider selloff.
Shares enjoyed their best day of the year as investors poured back into the market, while the Aussie dollar slipped after the RBA left rates unchanged.
While the Reserve Bank kept kept rates on hold when it met on Tuesday, rates are already rising.
The release of 'bad data' has jolted around the share prices of tech heavyweights in after-hours trade on Wall Street's Nasdaq.
The sharemarket started the new year on the back foot, as gains in the big banks evaporated and investors remained cautious.
Speculators looking to profit from the hawkish shift among global central banks have a fresh target: the Australian dollar.
Currencies | Buys ($AU1) | Sells ($AU1) | $ Mvmt | % Mvmt |
---|---|---|---|---|
AUD/USD | 0.762 | 0.7618 | 0.0018rise | 0.24% rise |
AUD/EUR | 0.6707 | 0.6704 | 0.0007rise | 0.10% rise |
Updated: July 5, 2017 - 1:29PM |
Sector | Turnover ($AU) | Volume | Trades |
---|---|---|---|
Market total | 1,975,890,605 | 858,640,728 | 608,048 |
Industrial | 1,567,085,139 | 378,818,743 | 511,813 |
Mining | 400,514,128 | 479,675,008 | 94,363 |
Code | Name | New Highs | Last Week | Last Month |
---|---|---|---|---|
ADD | ADAVALE RESOURCE LTD | 0.029rise | 0.013 | 0.013 |
JRV | JERVOIS MINING | 0.095rise | 0.060 | 0.060 |
PHK | PHOSLOCK WATER | 0.220rise | 0.185 | 0.185 |
GBP | GLOBAL PETROLEUM | 0.040rise | 0.034 | 0.035 |
EQE | EQUUS MINING LTD | 0.037rise | 0.033 | 0.033 |
FLT | FLIGHT CENTRE TRAVEL | 44.410rise | 39.960 | 39.960 |
TBH | TOPBETTA HLDING LTD | 0.310rise | 0.285 | 0.295 |
APT | AFTERPAY TOUCH | 3.200rise | 2.950 | 2.950 |
HUB | HUB24 LTD | 6.800rise | 6.280 | 6.310 |
MOE | MOELIS AUSTRALIA LTD | 3.870rise | 3.600 | 3.600 |
Updated: July 5, 2017 - 1:33PM |
Code | Name | New Lows | Last Week | Last Month |
---|---|---|---|---|
GPS | GPS ALLIANCE LTD | 0.010fall | 0.015 | 0.015 |
MTL | MANALTO LTD | 0.010fall | 0.014 | 0.011 |
COB | COBALT BLUE LTD | 0.140fall | 0.165 | 0.165 |
PGI | PANTERRA GOLD LTD | 0.043fall | 0.050 | 0.050 |
XPE | XPED LIMITED | 0.013fall | 0.015 | 0.015 |
1AL | ONEALL IN LIMITED | 0.800fall | 0.910 | 0.910 |
NTM | NTM GOLD LTD | 0.040fall | 0.045 | 0.041 |
MRR | MINREX RESOURCES LTD | 0.050fall | 0.055 | 0.055 |
PVL | POWERHOUSE VEN LTD | 0.610fall | 0.665 | 0.635 |
CFO | CFOAM LIMITED | 0.255fall | 0.275 | 0.275 |
Updated: July 5, 2017 - 1:28PM |
Company | Security Code | Float date | Issue $ |
---|---|---|---|
American Pacific Borate & Lithium Limited | ABR | 17/07/2017 | 0.20 |
Australia WeTouch Technology Limited | AWT | 31/07/2017 | 0.40 |
CTL Australia Group Limited | CIT | 11/07/2017 | 0.20 |
Evans & Partners Global Disruption Fund | EGD | 31/07/2017 | 1.60 |
Galena Mining Limited | G1A | 10/07/2017 | 0.20 |
Nusantara Resources Limited | NUS | 26/07/2017 | 0.42 |
Prospech Limited | PRS | 31/07/2017 | 0.20 |
Sienna Cancer Diagnostics Limited | SDX | 02/08/2017 | 0.20 |
Spectur Limited | SP3 | 31/07/2017 | 0.20 |
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