Local shares look set to leverage off the rise in international markets overnight, as well as a general rise in the price of base metals.
Here's a quick recap:
- FTSE 100 (UK): down 0.01%
- DAX (Germany): up 0.43%
- CAC 40 (France): up 0.18%
- Dow Jones (USA): up 0.57%
- NASDAQ (USA): up 0.86%
BHP Billiton Limited (ASX: BHP) will be in focus today after it released its operational review for the half-year ended 31 December 2016, this morning. It achieved record production at Western Australia Iron Ore and maintained its full-year production guidance for petroleum, iron ore as well as coal.
Gold mining trio EVOLUTION FPO (ASX: EVN), Independence Group NL (ASX: IGO) and Northern Star Resources Ltd (ASX: NST) also released their quarterly production reports.
Evolution reported a 15% decline in its quarter-on-quarter all-in sustaining cost, and revealed it had produced 217,812 ounces of gold for the quarter. Northern Star produced 124,871 ounces for the period.
In the oil industry, Senex Energy Ltd (ASX: SXY) also released its own quarterly report.
Meanwhile, Henderson Group plc (ASX: HGG) announced its intentions to pay its shareholders an extraordinary dividend, prior to the closing of its merger with Janus Capital Group, which will reflect its first-quarter earnings.
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