澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2016-03-23（在线收听）

Thank you, Michael Virginia.

Well global markets are proving resilient, but the stock markets from Europe right to the US fell sharply in the immediate aftermath of those attacks in Brussels, as I mentioned they have now recovered. The deadly attacks in Brussels made investors turn away from European stocks and rush for gold and government bonds. Early on, France and Germany share index both fell 2 percent, while London's FTSE was down half a percent. However, by the end of the trading day, most of the major European indexes have turned positive orbit only slightly. 

So let's actually check how the markets are currently tracking. Now before the close, the Dow is down 0.2 percent, the NASDAQ is a third of a percent higher, while the S&P 500 is flat. In London, as I mentioned, the FTSE rose 0.1 percent. Checking commodity prices for you now. The WTC is 41 US dollars a barrel, Tapis's crude is 43 US dollars a barrel, and gold is traded at 1,248 US dollars an ounce. The Australian dollar is currently buying 76 US cents, 68 euro cents, and 54 pence sterling.