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Commodities
Gold (Lon) 1241.50 Silver (Lon) 20.000
Gold (NY) 1241.36 Light Crude 93.99
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Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks modestly came off their fresh highs
from a day earlier in the wake of a stunning drop on Thursday in
shares of retailer Best Buy.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 56.77 points,
or 0.34 percent, to 16,425.17, the S&P 500 lost 4.15
points, or 0.22 percent, to 1,844.23 and the Nasdaq Composite
dropped 1.61 points, or 0.04 percent, to 4,213.273.
For a full report, double click on .N
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LONDON - Britain's top shares steadied near last year's peak
on Thursday, propped up by steep gains from miners on optimism
over the global economy and upbeat analyst comment.
The blue-chip FTSE 100 .FTSE index, which on Wednesday had
closed at an eight-month high, closed down 4.44 points, or 0.1
percent, at 6,815.42 points - hovering close to its 2013 high of
6,875.
For a full report, double click on .L
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei average edged down on Thursday,
erasing earlier gains on profit-taking as investors wanted to
see more U.S. economic data before chasing the market higher.
The Nikkei .N225 ended 0.4 percent lower at 15,747.20, after
rising as high as 15,941.08 in earlier trade.
The broader Topix .TOPX ended nearly flat at 1,294.39.
For a full report, double click on .T
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar slid on Thursday, pressured by data
showing a jump in U.S. continuing jobless claims, but losses
were viewed as temporary after two days of gains as the
greenback's uptrend remained intact.
The dollar index, a measure of the greenback's value against
six major currencies, fell 0.2 percent to 80.884
The euro rose 0.1 percent to $1.3619 , while the
dollar slid 0.3 percent to 104.29 yen .
For a full report, double click on USD/
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasuries prices gained on Thursday after
inflation data came in as expected and amid strength in German
government debt and overnight demand for safe-haven U.S debt.
Benchmark 10-year Treasuries US10YT=RR were last up 13/21 in
price to yield 2.848 percent, down from 2.884 percent late on
Wednesday. Thirty-year bonds gained 28/32 in price to yield
3.775 percent, down from 3.806 percent.
For a full report, double click on US/
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
LONDON - Gold cut initial losses on Thursday, after mixed
U.S. economic numbers weighed on the dollar, but the metal was
still seen vulnerable to further losses as investor interest
remained lacklustre.
Spot gold was unchanged at $1,241.60 an ounce by 1526
GMT. It touched a one-month peak of $1,255.00 on Tuesday.
U.S. gold futures for February delivery were up
$3.20 to $1,241.50 an ounce.
For a full report, double click on GOL/
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper prices slipped half a percent on Thursday,
weighed down by expectations of increased supplies later in the
year, but signs of low availability for immediate consumption
limited the decline.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange
ended at $7,310 a tonne, down from a last bid of $7,350 a tonne
on Wednesday. It earlier hit a one-week high at $7,370.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Brent oil was steady in thin, choppy trade on
Thursday as expectations of more supply from the Middle East and
North Africa outweighed news of lower oil output from OPEC.
Brent crude for February delivery was down 11 cents
at $107.02 a barrel at 12:33 EST (1733 GMT), after settling 74
cents higher on Wednesday. The contract expires at the end of
trading on Thursday. Brent March crude oil was trading
19 cents lower at $106.08 a barrel.
U.S. crude was down 5 cents at $94.12 after ending
$1.58 higher on Wednesday. The February contract expires
Tuesday, after the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday on Monday.
Floor trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange is shut on
Monday and settlement prices will not be posted.
For a full report, double click on O/R
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