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Morning market update 17 June, 2016

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Publish date: Fri, 17 Jun 2016, 10:12 AM
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The Australian share market looks set to open higher after Wall Street finished higher up breaking a five-day losing streak.

The SPI contract was up 40 points, at 5114.

Locally, no scheduled economic news, with the equities calendar quiet.

Key Numbers

  • The SPI contract was up 40 points, at 5114.
  • AUD at 73.66 US cents, 76.88 Japanese yen, 65.61 Euro cents and 51.85 British pence
  • On Wall St, Dow +0.5%, S&P 500 +0.3%, Nasdaq +0.2%
  • In Europe, Stoxx 50 -0.4%, FTSE -0.3%, CAC -0.5%, DAX -0.6%
  • Spot gold -0.4% at $US1286.95 an ounce
  • Brent crude -2.9% to $US47.54 a barrel
  • Iron ore up 0.1% to $US50.70 per tonne

What’s on today

NZ manufacturing PMI, ECB president Mario Draghi speaks in Munich.

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