Now taking a look at Commonwealth Bank shares, which are trading high on the back of that news. The bank is ahead as is most of banking sectors. CBA shares are up around a third of percent. In fact, Bank and healthcare sectors are the only sectors are not in the red right at this moment. Energy stocks are weighing, which is affecting the border marker, which is being dragged down a little following a sharp drop in the global oil price. The ASX 200 is flat and All Ordinary is down one point. 

 

Now to Wall Street which has rallied into the close despite falling oil prices weighing on energy stocks and data revealing a pick-up in joblessness. The Dow Jones finish a fifth of percent higher. 

 

Take commodities, and gold price is down and as is West Texas Crude, and TAPIS, 

 

And in the currencies, Australian dollar is now buying just under that 87 cents mark against green-bank, it’s also down against the Japanese Yen and Euro.