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Markets Live: Origin, AGL power up ASX

Wall Street rebounded in a broad rally, with technology shares recovering.

The ASX ends a lacklustre week on an upbeat note, with the benchmark getting a lift from some gains in the banking sector and Origin and AGL.

Bitcoin prices diverge wildly as investors pile in

Bitcoin exchanges are struggling under the onslaught of demand.

Bitcoin prices diverged dramatically across global exchanges on Friday as hyperdeflation and frenzied demand drove the price to over $23,000 a coin.

ASX creeps higher in lacklustre week

The ASX 200 pushed higher and back through the 6000-point mark on Friday.

The ASX ended higher on Friday with utility companies putting a bit of a spark into the benchmark at the end of a lacklustre week.

Aussie dollar could hit US90c in 2018, says HSBC

The currency is currently trading at around 75.5 US cents.

Improving global growth and synchronised interest rate hikes could drive the Australian dollar as high as 90 US cents next year, an economist says.

8@eight: ASX to open higher

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Local sharemarket is set to open slightly higher on the back of Wall Street gains.

Bitcoin boom makes Australian James Gilbert a billionaire

The cryptocurrency frenzy has minted another billionaire - and this time it's an Australian.

Bitcoin shakes off bubble warnings in race past $US16,000 mark

Bitcoin has jumped 70 per cent in a month.

Bitcoin touched $US16,000 for the first time on Thursday, extending its advance this month to almost 70 per cent as concerns mounted the cryptocurrency's rapid rise masks risks.

Where investors can find 'good value'

Billionaire investor Michael Hintze is "constructive" on the medium term outlook for markets, but worries that ...

After a barnstorming 2017, three high-profile offshore investors are talking to their clients about what 2018 might bring. And the powerful gains of this year have left many feeling "queasy".