(Updates with fresh numbers throughout, adds Sydney pre-open)
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NetChng
NetChng S&P/ASX 200
5,921.48 +9.44 NZSX 50
7,354.61 +19.48 DJIA
20,981.33 +6.24 Nikkei
0.00 +0.00 NASDAQ
6,048.94 +23.71 FTSE
7,237.17 -51.55 S&P 500
2,388.77 +1.32 Hang Seng
24,698.48 +120.05 SPI 200 Fut
5,905.00 -4.00 STI
3,171.36 -2.40 SSEC
3,152.55 +11.70 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
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NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
2.599 -0.023 US 10 YR Bond
2.300 -0.011 NZ 10 YR Bond
3.090 -0.015 US 30 YR Bond
2.970 +0.000 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
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1700GMT AUD US$
0.7464 0.7485 NZD US$
0.6876 0.6910 EUR US$
1.0871 1.0907 Yen US$
111.24 111.31 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,262.80
Silver (Lon)
17.22 Gold (NY)
1,268.65
Light Crude
49.24 TRJCRB Index
180.49 -1.22 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - The Nasdaq Composite ended at a record high on Thursday, boosted by results-related gains in Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA), PayPal and Intuit (NASDAQ:INTU), while the S&P 500 and the Dow were little changed.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 6.24 points, or 0.03 percent, to 20,981.33, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 1.32 points, or 0.06 percent, to 2,388.77 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 23.71 points, or 0.39 percent, to 6,048.94.
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LONDON - Britain's top shares index fell on Thursday, snapping a three-day winning streak as miners and ex-dividends weighed.
Britain's blue chip FTSE 100 .FTSE index ended down 0.7 percent at 7,237.17 points, underperforming a slight fall in the broader European market.
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share average dipped on Thursday tracking retreat in Wall Street shares on disappointment over the U.S. tax plan, but advancers outnumbered decliners by almost two-to-one on strong sentiment following receding political worries in Europe.
The Nikkei .N225 fell 0.2 percent to 19,251.87, while the broader Topix .TOPX dipped 0.05 percent to 1,536.67.
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SYDNEY - Australian shares are likely to open slightly lower on Friday after a fall in the price of gold, oil and copper.
Local share price index futures YAPcm1 last traded down 0.07 percent at 5,905.0, a 16.45-point discount to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 .AXJO close on Thursday.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The euro dipped against the U.S. dollar on Thursday after European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi said policymakers did not discuss removing the bank's easing bias on monetary policy, while the dollar jumped against the Swedish crown after the Riksbank extended its bond-buying.
The euro was last down 0.3 percent against the dollar at $1.0875, near a session low of $1.0852.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury prices rose on Thursday, as investors sought the safety of bonds in the face of doubts about President Donald Trump's unimpressive tax plan and persistent geopolitical tensions in North Korea and Syria.
In late trading, benchmark 10-year notes US10YT=RR were up 4/32 in price to yield 2.294 percent, down from 2.311 percent late Wednesday.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold resumed its downward slide from a five-month high in mid-April, giving up gains that came after U.S. President Donald Trump announced unfunded tax cuts, while comments from European Central Bank President Mario Draghi weakened the euro.
Spot gold XAU= was down 0.3 percent at $1,265.21 an ounce by 3:09 p.m. EDT (1909 GMT), while U.S. gold futures GCcv1 settled up 0.1 percent at $1,265.90.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper and zinc fell on Thursday, while nickel recovered from a fresh 10-month low, on concern about demand in top metals market China and scepticism about proposed U.S. tax cuts.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange CMCU3 closed down 0.4 percent at $5,692 a tonne. In the previous session copper touched the highest since April 18 at $5,738, recovering from a more than three-month low hit earlier this month.
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OIL
NEW YORK - Crude prices were slightly lower after a volatile session on Thursday, as the restart of two key Libyan oilfields and concerns about lackluster gasoline demand fed concern over whether major oil producers can alleviate the glut of global inventories.
Brent crude LCOc1 settled down 14 cents a barrel at $51.68. U.S. light crude CLc1 was down 37 cents to $49.25 a barrel.
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