Yahoo Finance's morning wrap for Thursday

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Markets: The Australian market is expected to open lower this morning after Wall St saw mixed fortunes overnight. The Dow Jones Industrial ended down 0.09 per cent, while the S&P500 was up 0.08 per cent and the NASDAQ was also up 0.38 per cent.

The SPI200 futures were down 0.17 per cent at 7am AEST, suggesting the ASX would start a little bit down today.

Aussie dollar: The Australian dollar is buying 67.63 US cents at 7:50am AEST, slightly up from 67.11 US cents yesterday. The local currency hit a 10-year low yesterday after traders bet on a Reserve Bank rate cut to follow New Zealand’s shock 50 basis point reduction yesterday.

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Australia's largest bank took a hit after the Royal Commission. Commonwealth Bank announced compensation and other costs arising out of the commission cost it $1.2 billion, as its full year profit dropped. CBA chief Matt Comyn warned shareholders things could get worse if the Reserve Bank drops interest rates further.

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