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NetChng S&P/ASX 200
5,162.66 +16.68 NZSX 50
6,847.06 -41.5 DJIA
17,675.16 -57.94 Nikkei
15,599.66 +165.52 NASDAQ
4,800.34 -44.58 FTSE
6,021.09 +70.61 S&P 500
2,071.22 -6.77 Hang Seng
20,169.98 +131.56 SPI 200 Fut
5,117.00 +0.00 STI
2,763.42 +11.86 SSEC
2,885.04 +12.22 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
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NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
2.103 +0.008 US 10 YR Bond
1.611 +0.000 NZ 10 YR Bond
2.475 -0.015 US 30 YR Bond
2.421 +0.000 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
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1700GMT AUD US$
0.7411 0.7378 NZD US$
0.7058 0.7043 EUR US$
1.1290 1.1236 Yen US$
104.62 104.30 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,290.70
Silver (Lon)
17.48 Gold (NY)
1,298.21
Light Crude
47.98 TRJCRB Index
192.38 +3.48 ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - Wall Street ended lower on Friday as Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) dragged down major indexes and investors girded for Britain's vote next week on its European Union membership.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI fell 57.94 points, or 0.33 percent, to 17,675.16, and the S&P 500 .SPX lost 6.77 points, or 0.33 percent, to 2,071.22.
The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 44.58 points, or 0.92 percent, to 4,800.34.
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LONDON - Britain's top share index rose from a four-month low on Friday, as stocks that have been hardest hit by concerns over a possible British exit from the EU rebounded after campaigning was suspended following the killing of a British lawmaker.
The FTSE 100 .FTSE rose 70.61 points, or 1.2 percent, to 6,021.09 points. It remained down 1.5 percent for the week and posted its third straight week of falls.
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share average rose on Friday, rebounding from four-month lows, as the surging yen steadied.
The Nikkei .N225 ended up 1.1 percent at 15,599.66 points after tumbling 3.1 percent on Thursday following the Bank of Japan's decision to refrain from introducing more stimulus, which caused the yen to spike.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - Sterling rose by more than 1 percent against the U.S. dollar on Friday as traders evaluated whether the killing of pro-EU British Member of Parliament Jo Cox may alter the balance of opinion in Britain's referendum on European Union membership.
The pound GBP= was last up 1.06 percent against the dollar at $1.4350, up from Thursday's lows of $1.4010. It rose as high as $1.4387 on Friday, its highest in a week.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. benchmark Treasury yields rose on Friday for the first time in nearly two weeks as investors repriced the odds that Britons will vote next week to exit the European Union, and as UK politicians halted campaigning on the referendum following the killing of member of parliament Jo Cox.
On Friday, benchmark 10-year Treasury notes US10YT=RR fell 16/32 in price to yield 1.618 percent. It was the first increase in 10-year yields since June 6.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold rose more than 1 percent on Friday, supported by a softer dollar and cautious interest rate comments by a voting U.S. Federal Reserve policy member, and was headed for a third week of gains.
Spot gold XAU= was up 1.2 percent at $1,293.80 an ounce at 3:02 p.m. EDT (1902 GMT). Bullion has risen 1.5 percent so far this week.
U.S. gold for August delivery GCcv1 settled down 0.3 percent at $1,294.80 an ounce, well below Thursday's peak of $1,315.55, the highest since August 2014.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper prices steadied on Friday as market worries over a potential British exit from the European Union receded and the dollar eased, though a surge in inventories weighed on zinc.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange CMCU3 closed with a 0.3 percent gain at $4,552 a tonne, clawing back a little of the previous session's more than 2 percent decline.
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices jumped about 4 percent on Friday, as a weaker dollar and less anxiety about Britain's possible exit from the European Union encouraged investors to buy riskier assets.
Brent crude futures' front-month contract LCOc1 settled up$1.98, or 4.2 percent, at $49.17 a barrel.
The front-month in U.S. crude's West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures CLc1 rose $1.77, or 3.8 percent, to settle at $47.98. It fell $1.80 in the previous session.
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