The Aussie market is poised to open lower later this morning following a flat finish on Wall Street overnight.

The December SPI futures contract is flat, at 5205.

Oil, gold and copper prices retreated overnight following the release of a mixed batch of US economic data.

In local news today, the Australian Bureau of Statistics releases business investment figures for the September quarter, a key indicator for next weeks economic growth figures.

In the equities space, the following companies are holding annual general meetings; Woolworths, Bank of Queensland, Primary Health Care, and online jobs advertiser Seek.

Key Numbers:

– SPI futures down flat at 5205

– AUD at 72.43 US cents, 88.98 Japanese yen, 68.31 Euro cents and 47.93 British pence

– On Wall St, late, S&P 500

– In Europe, Stoxx 50 +1.5%, FTSE +1%, CAC +1.5%, DAX +2.2%

– In London, BHP -2.6%, Rio -1.1%

– Spot gold down $US4.91 or 0.5% to $US1070.74/oz

– Brent crude down 5 US cents or 0.1% to $US46.07/bbl

– Iron ore +0.4% to $US44.07 a dry metric ton

What’s on today:

Australia business investment data; US equity and bond markets are closed for the Thanksgiving holiday.

Stocks in focus:

Former BHP chairman Don Argus, the father of the miner’s policy that ensures its annual $US6.6 billion dividend does not go backwards, says it was never designed to be a permanent strategy.Morning market update 25 November, 2015

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