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NetChng
NetChng S&P/ASX 200
4,881.18 +6.16 NZSX 50
6,225.28
-5.1 DJIA
16,573.34 +88.35 Nikkei
16,140.34 +224.55 NASDAQ
4,545.30 +2.70 FTSE
6,012.81 +145.63 S&P 500
1,936.60 +6.80 Hang Seng
18,888.75 -303.70 SPI 200 Fut
4,830.00 -9.00 STI
2,603.40 -16.56 SSEC
2,741.42 -187.48 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
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NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
2.393 -0.011 US 10 YR Bond
1.702 -0.040 NZ 10 YR Bond
3.010 -0.010 US 30 YR Bond
2.571 -0.028 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
1700GMT
1700GMT AUD US$
0.7212 0.7176 NZD US$
0.6694 0.6666 EUR US$
1.1031 1.1030 Yen US$
112.78 112.17 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,236.00
Silver (Lon)
15.14 Gold (NY)
1,228.96
Light Crude
31.84 TRJCRB Index
160.93 -0.56 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - Wall Street edged higher in choppy trading on Thursday, breaking step with sliding oil prices, as strong U.S. manufacturing data pointed to a recovery in the struggling sector.
At 12:37 p.m. ET (1737 GMT), the Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was up 52.8 points, or 0.32 percent, at 16,537.79, the S&P 500 .SPX was up 3.38 points, or 0.18 percent, at 1,933.18 and the Nasdaq Composite index .IXIC was down 8.63 points, or 0.19 percent, at 4,533.98.
For a full report, double click on .N
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LONDON - Britain's top share index closed higher on Thursday, as a rally in Lloyds LLOY.L and RSA RSA.L following their results led gains by financial-services share.
The UK banking index .FTNMX8350 surged 6.1 percent, the biggest one-day percentage gain in more than four years, helping the FTSE 100 index .FTSE to close 2.5 percent higher. The gains came after the index dropped nearly 3 percent in the previous two sessions.
For a full report, double click on .L
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TOKYO - Japanese stocks rose in choppy trade on Thursday after the yen resumed its weakening trend against the U.S. dollar, lifting exporters' share prices and broader market sentiment. The Nikkei share average .N225 gained 1.4 percent to 16,140.34. Japan's benchmark index rose on an overnight bounce in oil prices during its morning session, then added to those gains in the afternoon as the yen moved away from its recent highs.
For a full report, double click on .T
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - Gains in U.S. and European stocks helped the dollar and sterling climb against safe-haven currencies like the yen on Thursday as traders looked to Federal Reserve speakers later in the day for fresh direction on the U.S. rates outlook.
As doubt continued to grow about whether the Fed can raise rates in March, or indeed at all this year, the dollar struggled to make significant headway with the euro down 0.1 percent at $1.1000 EUR=EBS .
For a full report, double click on USD/
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasuries were steady on Thursday as equity and oil markets were relatively quiet, and the U.S. Treasury prepared a sale of seven-year notes, the final portion of $88 billion in short- and intermediate-dated supply this week.
Benchmark 10-year notes US10YT=RR were last down 1/32 in price to yield 1.75 percent, after falling as low as 1.65 percent on Wednesday as oil and stock prices declined.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold rose on Thursday as volatility in other markets stoked "safe haven" buying, including of bullion funds. Spot gold XAU= was up 0.5 percent at $1,234.41 an ounce by 1454 GMT, heading for a third straight day of gains.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper prices fell on Thursday, reversing earlier gains as worries about demand in top consumer China were reinforced by equity market losses in Shanghai, but output cuts to help balance the market limited the losses.
Benchmark copper CMCU3 on the London Metal Exchange ended down 0.8 percent at $4,602. Earlier this week, prices touched a two-week high of $4,701 a tonne.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices fell as much as 3 percent on Thursday after data indicating new record highs in U.S. crude inventories added to worries about oversupply in a slowing global economy.
U.S. crude futures CLc1 were down 85 cents at $31.30 a barrel by 11:28 a.m. EST (1628 GMT), after falling more than $1 earlier. Brent crude futures LCOc1 traded 65 cents lower to $33.76 a barrel, also having lost more than $1 at the session low.
For a full report, double click on O/R
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