Finance news you need to know today

PAYPAL users can now send money to friends and family using just their voice, after the payment service announced it was to integrate into Apple’s Siri.

HERE are seven things making news in business and finance today.

1. SYDNEY — The Australian dollar has slipped against its US counterpart and the euro but has risen against the yen. At 0635 AEDT on Friday, the local unit was trading at 76.20 US cents, down from 76.74 cents on Thursday.

2. SYDNEY — Australian stocks look set to open slightly in the red as rallies on international markets lose steam with investors reassessing what a Trump presidency may mean for the US and global economies. At 0645 AEDT on Friday, the share price index was down eight points at 5,332.

3. MOSCOW — Russia is ready to work on improving bilateral relations win the United States after Donald Trump won presidential elections, foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova says.

4. CHINA — China’s car sales rose 20.3 per cent in October from a year earlier, propelled by surging demand for sport utility vehicles.

5. LONDON — Scientists in Britain have developed a type of HIV test using a USB stick that can give a fast and highly accurate reading of how much virus is in a patient’s blood.

6. LONDON — PayPal users can now send money to friends and family using just their voice, after the payment service announced it was to integrate into Apple’s Siri.

7. NEW DELHI — Indian banks have called in thousands of police to manage huge queues outside branches, as people tried to exchange bank notes abruptly pulled out of circulation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a crackdown on “black money”.