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Stock Markets
S&P/ASX 200 5,338.08 +44.08 NZSX 50 5,124.99 -35.40
DJIA 16,302.77 -28.28 Nikkei 14,224.23 -238.29
NASDAQ 4,276.79 -42.50 FTSE 6,557.17 +14.73
S&P 500 1,866.52 -5.49 Hang Seng 21,436.70 +254.54
SPI 200 Fut 5,151.00 -20.00 TRJCRB Index 299.40 -0.10
Bonds
AU 10 YR Bond 4.148 -0.020 US 10 YR Bond 2.744 +0.000
NZ 10 YR Bond 4.645 +0.000 US 30 YR Bond 3.609 +0.000
Currencies (Prev at 7pm NZST)
AUD US$ 0.9083 0.9066 NZD US$ 0.8541 0.8545
EUR US$ 1.3797 1.3785 Yen US$ 102.14 102.36
Commodities
Gold (Lon) 1336.00 Silver (Lon) 20.550
Gold (NY) 1333.85 Light Crude 99.46
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Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks slipped on Friday, as investors
booked profits in momentum names heading into the weekend,
wiping out early gains that had pushed the S&P 500 to an
intraday record high.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 28.28 points or
0.17 percent, to 16,302.77. The S&P 500 slipped 5.49
points or 0.29 percent, to 1,866.52. The Nasdaq Composite
dropped 42.498 points or 0.98 percent, to close at
4,276.788.
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LONDON - Britain's top share index managed to snap a streak
of three straight weekly losses on Friday as mining stocks rose
on hopes that China, the world's top metals consumer, would take
more steps to stimulate its economy.
Shares in mining stocks added 6.5 points to the FTSE 100
, which closed up 14.73 points, or 0.2 percent, at
6,557.17 points. The index was up 0.4 percent for the week after
three straight weekly losses.
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TOKYO - Japanese markets were closed for a public holiday on
Friday. Trading will resume on Monday.
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SYDNEY - Australian shares are set for a weak start on
Monday taking the lead from Wall Street as investors were
cautious about Crimea and the U.S. Federal Reserve policy
outlook.
Local share price index futures are down 0.4
percent, a 31.1-point discount to the underlying S&P/ASX 200
index close on Friday. The benchmark bounced 0.8 percent
in the last session.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - A three-day dollar rally sputtered out on Friday
as world markets adapted to possible shifts in U.S. monetary
policy and the euro rose on news of a record monthly euro zone
current account surplus.
The U.S. dollar index , which measures the dollar
against six major currencies, declined 0.12 percent to 80.093, a
day after touching a three-week high of 80.354.
For a full report, double click on USD/
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - Longer-dated U.S. Treasuries prices rose on
Friday and the gap between short and long-dated bonds hit its
lowest level in eight months as investors continued to evaluate
the possibility the Federal Reserve will increase benchmark
rates sooner than had been expected.
The yield curve has flattened since Wednesday, when Fed
Chair Janet Yellen said the central bank could raise rates six
months after its current bond-buying program ends. The spread
between two-year note- and 30-year bond yields narrowed to 317
basis points on Friday, the tightest since July.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK/LONDON - Gold rose on Friday on bargain hunting,
though the market posted its biggest weekly drop since November
following the Federal Reserve's latest indication that an
interest rate hike could come in early 2015.
Spot gold was up 0.5 percent to $1,334.76 an ounce by
1832 GMT, after falling to $1,320.24 on Thursday, its weakest
since end-February.
For a full report, double click on GOL/
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper edged higher on the week after falling more
than 4 percent last week as worries abated on Friday about
credit conditions and the economy in China.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange
closed 0.78 percent higher at $6,480 a tonne, gaining 0.2
percent this week.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Crude oil futures rose on Friday as fresh U.S.
and European sanctions on Russia renewed fears of a supply
disruption from the world's second largest oil producer.
Brent rose 47 to settle at $106.92 per barrel,
having earlier spiked $1.32 to a session high of $107.77 per
barrel. The European benchmark still fell for a fourth week in a
row.
U.S. crude for May delivery, which became the
front-month contract on Friday, settled 56 cents higher at
$99.46 per barrel, rising modestly after falling for the week
prior.
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