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Movers

Markets Live: Earnings' last days

US shares set the market up for a positive session.

The ASX is set for a slow start as reporting season slows to a trickle with Lend Lease and Retail Food Group reporting today.

Miners help prop up ASX

The S&P/ASX 200 index inched 2 points lower on Friday to 5744, which brought the week's losses to 3 points.

A relatively flat week on the ASX belied some dramatic moves as a busy five days of earnings results revealed some big winners and losers.

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Currencies

Westpac's Imre Speizer expected the Australian dollar to find support around the 79 US cent mark on Monday.

$A lifts back above US79c

The Australian dollar is up sharply against its US counterpart amid a slight rebound in risk appetite following US President Donald Trump's firing of controversial adviser Steve Bannon.

Wholesale Interbank Rates
Currencies Buys ($AU1) Sells ($AU1) $ Mvmt % Mvmt
AUD/USD 0.7948 0.7944 0.0011rise 0.14% rise
AUD/EUR 0.6651 0.6647 -0.0003fall -0.05% fall
Updated: August 28, 2017 - 9:20AM

Floats & IPOs

Upcoming IPOs
Company Security Code Float date Issue $
Fat Prophets Global Property Fund FPP 13/09/2017 1.10
The GO2 People Ltd GO2 22/09/2017 0.20
Mayur Resources Limited MRL 01/09/2017 0.40
MCP Master Income Trust MXT 09/10/2017 2.00
RightCrowd Limited RCW 18/09/2017 0.30
Registry Direct Limited RD1 16/10/2017 0.20
Riversgold Limited RGL 11/09/2017 0.20
Stirfire Limited SFS 29/09/2017 0.20
TNT Mines Limited TIN 01/09/2017 0.20
Titomic Limited TTT 13/09/2017 0.20
VGI Partners Global Investments Limited VG1 28/09/2017 2.00

ASX - 52 Weeks Highs

Code Name New Highs Last Week Last Month
A2M THE A2 MILK COMPANY 5.280rise 5.280 4.260
AD8 AUDINATEGROUPLTD 2.100rise 2.100 1.800
AFG AUST FINANCE GRP 1.550rise 1.550 1.500
APT AFTERPAY TOUCH 3.640rise 3.640 3.200
ASL AUSDRILL LIMITED 2.340rise 2.340 2.070
ASX ASX LIMITED 54.990rise 54.990 54.570
AWC ALUMINA LIMITED 2.180rise 2.180 2.065
BRI BIG RIV INDUST LTD 2.060rise 2.060 1.900
BRL BATHURST RES LTD. 0.152rise 0.152 0.115
CDM CADENCE CAPITAL 1.330rise 1.330 1.300
Updated: August 25, 2017 - 6:50PM

ASX - 52 Weeks Lows

Code Name New Lows Last Week Last Month
ACG ATCOR MEDICAL 0.032fall 0.032 0.035
ADR ADHERIUM LTD 0.090fall 0.090 0.130
AGG ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI 2.420fall 2.420 2.500
AHL AHALIFE HOLDINGS LTD 0.014fall 0.014 0.027
AJC ACACIA COAL LTD 0.003fall 0.003 0.003
AJX ALEXIUM INT GROUP 0.390fall 0.390 0.480
ALC ALCIDION GROUP LTD 0.049fall 0.049 0.063
ALT ANALYTICA LIMITED 0.005fall 0.005 0.005
AMH AMCIL LIMITED 0.870fall 0.870 0.900
AQI ALICANTO MIN LTD 0.115fall 0.115 0.140
Updated: August 25, 2017 - 4:15PM