Gillian Bowen

It gained 64 points or 0.74% to 8,729.8.

The ASX snapping an eight-day losing streak, tracking that strong lead from Wall Street.

10 out of the 11 sectors advanced, led by miners, which were up 2.1%.

So let's then now go through commodities.

James, what's the latest there?

Okay, so if we have a look at currencies, they were higher against the US dollar.

One Australian dollar is buying 72.19 US cents.

The euro is worth 1.1747 US dollars, while one US dollar is buying 156.74 Japanese yen.

Okay, it's time to go a little deeper into the results of Friday's session on overseas markets.

So Wall Street reset its record highs, as we've said, but here are the figures.

On Friday, the Dow Jones Index finished down 0.3%.

The S&P 500 Index was up 0.3%, and the Nasdaq Index was 0.9% higher.

James, we've spoken about Apple, but also what else is going on?

And I'll point out that European markets were closed on Friday for Labor Day.

Let's take a look at what's on the watch list in Australia.

As we've said, it's a big week with the RBA to hand down its interest rates decision tomorrow afternoon.

So a quarter of a percent hike is on the cards.

And today there'll also be half-year earnings results from NAB.

Okay, it's time for our one more thing before we go.

So, James, what do you have?