(Repeats to additional subscribers, with no changes to text) -----------------------(07:25 / 1824 GMT)----------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - The S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed out their sixth straight week of gains with a flat session after Janet Yellen signaled the Federal Reserve is set to raise interest rates this month if employment and other economic data hold up.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI closed up 2.74 points, or 0.01 percent, to 21,005.71, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 1.2 points, or 0.05 percent, to 2,383.12 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 9.53 points, or 0.16 percent, to 5,870.75.
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LONDON - Britain's top share index retreated on Friday, weighed down by a raft of disappointing earnings updates as well as weakness in the mining sector.
The blue chip FTSE 100 .FTSE index was down 0.1 percent at 7,374.26 points by 1630 GMT, having hit a record high in the previous session. It closed the week higher, however, posting its best weekly gains since December, up 1.8 percent.
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TOKYO - Japanese stocks fell on Friday as investors took profits before the weekend, after hitting a 14-month high the previous day on rising expectations for a U.S. interest rate hike this month.
The Nikkei .N225 dropped 0.5 percent to 19,469.17 points, after climbing to as high as 19,668.01 on Thursday, the highest intraday level since December 2015.The broader Topix .TOPX dropped 0.4 percent to 1,558.05 and the JPX-Nikkei Index 400 .JPXNK400 fell 0.5 percent to 13,955.44.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar slipped against a basket of major currencies on Friday after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said that raising interest rates this month would be appropriate as long as the economy continues to improve as expected.
The dollar index .DXY , which measures the greenback against a basket of six major currencies, was down 0.7 percent. It is up about 0.4 percent this week and on Thursday, hit a seven-week high of 102.26. Rate hike expectations also weighed on the New Zealand dollar NZD= , which was on pace for its worst week in eleven against the greenback. On Friday, the kiwi dollar was down 0.41 percent.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury yields rose last Friday, with 2-year notes touching a fresh 7-1/2-year high and other maturities hitting multiweek peaks as statements from Federal Reserve officials including Chair Janet Yellen appeared supportive of an increase to U.S. overnight interest rates.
Trading was choppy during the day, with 2-year yields US2YT=RR touching their highest level since August 2009, and benchmark 10-year US10YT=RR yields rising to 2.507 percent, the highest since Feb. 15. Yields on 7-year notes US7YT=RR rose to 2.347 percent, also the highest since Feb. 15.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK/LONDON - Gold fell 1 percent last Friday and was on track for its biggest weekly loss in 2017 as speculation grew that the U.S. Federal Reserve would press ahead with a rate increase this month. Spot gold XAU= was down 0.03 percent at $1,234.41 an ounce by 2:22 p.m. EST (1922 GMT), after falling 1 percent to $1,222.51, the lowest since Feb. 15. U.S. gold futures GCv1 for April delivery settled down 0.5 percent at $1,226.50.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Benchmark copper prices ended slightly lower on Friday, finishing the week a little softer as the dollar largely retained recent gains on expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve would raise interest rates this month.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange CMCU3 closed 0.2 percent weaker at $5,917 a tonne, on track to end the week about 0.3 percent down.
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices surged on Friday, as a weaker dollar encouraged buying but investors remained cautious after Russian production figures showed weak compliance with a global deal to cut output.
Global benchmark Brent LCOc1 settled up 82 cents, or 1.5 percent, to $55.90 a barrel, recovering some of Thursday's losses. WTI futures CLc1 rose 72 cents to $53.33 a barrel, a 1.4 percent gain.
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