Live updates: ASX set to slip after Wall Street closes lower, federal government to detail mandatory supermarket reforms

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Wall Street's weak lead is set to flow through to the ASX this morning, while the federal government has unveiled its mandatory Food and Grocery Code of Conduct which targets bad behaviour and price gouging in the big supermarket chains. Follow the day's events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog.

S&P 500 : -0.2% to 5,465 pointsEuroStoxx : -0.7% to 515 pointsIron ore : -1.6% to $US105.00/tonneLive updates on the major ASX indices:The ASX 200 has followed Wall Street 's lead lower, slipping 0.2% on opening.

Food and fuel prices should have moderated, while education and health generally don't have much impact in May. Underlying statutory profit – stripping out one-off items – was down more than 8% to $282.3 million, on slightly higher revenue to $18.2 billion … a revenue stream that takes Metcash over the $10 billion threshold to be included in the new Food and Grocery Code of Conduct.

Sydney's auction clearance rate was 63% compared to the monthly average of 66%, while Melbourne was down to to 61% compared to the norm of around 67%.

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