The local share market has shrugged off a negative lead from Wall St. The ASX 200 is up 0.6%, boosted by stellar gains in the financial sector. Healthcare, Utilities and Energy stocks are also improving.

Angry commuters burnt trains, looted shops and smashed windows at Cape Town?s central train station after a signal failure left them stranded for hours without alternative transportation on Monday, June 12. According to local media, operators provided some buses but not nearly enough to transport all the passengers. Footage shared by one eyewitness showed people climbing through bus windows to get onboard. For some commuters the disruptions on Monday were the final straw, with complaints about frequent delays flooding Facebook. Others were outraged by the destruction to the train station and trains. Credit: Twitter/@LudidiVelani via Storyful

Angry commuters burnt trains, looted shops and smashed windows at Cape Town?s central train station after a signal failure left them stranded for hours without alternative transportation on Monday, June 12. According to local media, operators provided some buses but not nearly enough to transport all the passengers. Footage shared by one eyewitness showed people climbing through bus windows to get onboard. For some commuters the disruptions on Monday were the final straw, with complaints about frequent delays flooding Facebook. Others were outraged by the destruction to the train station and trains. Footage shot by a local reporter for Ground Up News shows one train in flames. Credit: Twitter/Ashraf Hendriks via Storyful

US sharemarkets fell on Monday with technology stocks again leading the declines due to profit-taking. Shares in Apple fell by 2.4%. And shares of General Electric rose by 3.6% after the company said Jeff Immelt would retire as chief executive and would be replaced by John Flannery. The Dow Jones ended lower by almost 36 points or 0.2% after being down 85 points at one stage. The S&P 500 index was down by 0.1% while the Nasdaq lost 32 points or 0.5%. CommSec's Juliana Roadley provides a morning financial market update.

Caution dominated to local session on the ASX as participants digested a surprise outcome in the UK election the the conservatives failing to capitalise on their lead in the polls. A hung parliament could further complicate the Brexit process