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EQUITIES
NEW YORK - Wall Street ended slightly lower on Wednesday after the U.S. Federal Reserve held interest rates unchanged and investors digested another heavy round of earnings reports.
The S&P 500 .SPX lost 3.04 points, or 0.13 percent, to 2,388.13. The Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 22.82 points, or 0.37 percent, to 6,072.55, its biggest percentage drop in about three weeks.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 8.01 points, or 0.04 percent, to 20,957.9.
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LONDON - European shares slipped slightly from the 20-month highs they hit in the previous session, as investors locked in profits following some underwhelming company results on Wednesday.
Europe's STOXX 600 .STOXX index was flat in percentage terms at its close, having spent most of the session in negative territory.
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SYDNEY - Australian shares are likely to open slightly lower on Thursday, extending losses after the biggest one-day fall in nearly five weeks in the previous session, as a weaker Wall Street weighs on the index.
Local share price index futures YAPcm1 fell 0.1 percent at 5,871.0, a 21.2-point discount to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 .AXJO close on Wednesday.
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share average rose to six-week highs on Tuesday in a holiday-shortened week, getting a lift from robust earnings and gains on Wall Street.
The Nikkei .N225 finished 0.7 percent higher at 19,445.70, its highest close since March 21.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The U.S. dollar rallied broadly on Wednesday and hit more than six-week highs against the yen after the Federal Reserve signaled it was still on track for two more interest rate hikes this year.
The euro fell by as much as 0.4 percent against the dollar, to a session trough of $1.0888 after the statement, after rising as high as $1.0936 earlier. The dollar also jumped against the Swiss franc, sterling and the Canadian dollar.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - Benchmark U.S. Treasury yields rose after the Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged and downplayed weak first-quarter economic growth, keeping a rate increase in June on the table.
Benchmark 10-year notes US10YT=RR fell 4/32 in price to yield 2.31 percent, up from 2.30 percent on Tuesday.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold hit a more than three-week low on Wednesday as the dollar firmed on expectations of a U.S. interest rate increase in June and the market discounted a surprise win by France's far-right presidential candidate.
Spot gold XAU= was down 0.6 percent at $1,251.68 per ounce as of 1458 GMT after touching its lowest since April 10 at $1,248.90.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper tumbled 3.5 percent on Wednesday after hitting a three-week high in the previous session, as supply fears were eased by a large rise in stocks and worries over Chinese demand pulled down prices of steel and iron ore.
Benchmark copper CMCU3 on the London Metal Exchange closed down 3.5 percent at $5,600 a tonne, on course for its biggest fall since September 2015. On Tuesday it had touched $5,820, its highest since April 10.
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices were little changed on Wednesday in a volatile session as the market mulled U.S. government data showing that while there were signs a crude glut may be receding, crude inventories remain large with gasoline demand weak.
U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude CLc1 was down 1 cent at $47.65 a barrel at 1:49 EDT (1849 GMT). Benchmark Brent crude LCOc1 was up 14 cents at $50.60 a barrel.
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