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5,938.51 +4.76 DJIA
17,557.34 +6.65 Nikkei
20,614.06 +93.70 NASDAQ
5,147.47 +41.93 FTSE
6,752.41 +65.84 S&P 500
2,102.29 +8.97 Hang Seng
24,514.16 +108.04 SPI 200 Fut
5,629.00 +17.00 TRJCRB Index
199.78 -1.09 Bonds
AU 10 YR Bond
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2.270 +0.059 NZ 10 YR Bond
3.360 +0.000 US 30 YR Bond
2.942 +0.054 Currencies (Prev at 7pm NZST)
AUD US$
0.7348 0.7346 NZD US$
0.6506 0.6527 EUR US$
1.0901 1.0872 Yen US$
124.87 124.37 Commodities
Gold (Lon)
1085.10
Silver (Lon)
14.59
Gold (NY)
1087.00
Light Crude
45.14
---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq composite were higher on Wednesday as weak private sector hiring tempered expectations of a September interest rate hike, while the Dow Jones industrial average was weighed down by Walt Disney.
At 12:46 p.m. ET (1646 GMT) the Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was down 14.79 points, or 0.08 percent, at 17,535.9, the S&P 500 .SPX was up 6.54 points, or 0.31 percent, at 2,099.86 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC was up 38.84 points, or 0.76 percent, at 5,144.39.
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LONDON - Britain's top share index rose on Wednesday, boosted by better than expected results from Legal & General LGEN.L and London Stock Exchange LSE.L, and by a rebound in the mining sector.
The FTSE 100 .FTSE closed up 1 percent at 6,752.41 points some 5 percent below a record high of 7,122.74 points reached in April.
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share average posted modest gains on Wednesday as stronger earnings buoyed construction firms and real estate developers, but Toyota Motor and other cyclical shares buckled under concerns about slower global growth.
The benchmark Nikkei average .N225 gained 0.5 percent to 20,614.06, after advancing as much as 1 percent to hit its a two-week high of 20,715.48.
The broader Topix .TOPX added 0.4 percent to 1,665.85, with turnover rising above 3 trillion yen ($24.12 billion), the highest level in almost a month.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar rose against a basket of currencies on Wednesday as data showed the U.S. services sector expanded at its fastest pace in 10 years, supporting the view the Federal Reserve would raise interest rates in September.
The dollar index climbed to a 3-1/2 month peak of 98.128 in overseas trading in the wake of the Lockhart interview. It was last up 0.15 percent at 98.083 .DXY .
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury yields rose on Wednesday, with longer-dated yields rising more than short-dated yields after weaker-than-expected U.S. jobs data kindled skepticism that the Federal Reserve would hike interest rates in September. Yields also followed European yields higher on strong data in the region.
U.S. 30-year Treasury prices were last down 1-9/32 US30YT=RR to yield 2.96 percent, from a yield of 2.89 percent late on Tuesday. Benchmark 10-year notes US10YT=RR were last down 17/32 in price to yield 2.27 percent, from a yield of 2.21 percent late on Tuesday.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold eased on Wednesday, hovering above the recent 5-1/2 year low on earlier pressure from the dollar as U.S. services sector data revived expectations of a U.S. interest rate rise as early as September.
Spot gold XAU= was down 0.2 percent at $1,085.35 an ounce by 2:37 p.m. EDT (1837 GMT), while U.S. gold for delivery in December GCcv1 settled down 0.5 percent, at $1,085.60 an ounce.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Aluminium hit a six-year low on Wednesday while other base metals also slipped as the dollar strengthened on speculation that the United States was closer to raising interest rates, a view bolstered by strong economic data.
Three-month aluminium on the London Metal Exchange CMAL3 closed down 1.1 percent at $1,595 a tonne, the weakest since July 2009. The metal, used in transport and packaging, is down by a fifth since early August.
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices hit multi-month lows on Wednesday after a surge in gasoline stockpiles in the United States as the summer season, the country's biggest demand period for motor fuels, neared its end.
U.S. crude futures CLc1 settled down 59 cents, or 1.3 percent, at $45.15 a barrel, hitting a low last seen in March of $44.83. The market initially rallied nearly $1, reacting to the drawdown in crude stockpiles before retreating on the gasoline numbers.
Futures of Brent LCOc1 closed 40 cents lower at $49.59 a barrel, after falling to a January low of $49.02.
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