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NetChng S&P/ASX 200
4,879.96 -1.22 NZSX 50
6,224.98 -0.29 DJIA
16,639.97 -57.32 Nikkei
16,188.41 +48.07 NASDAQ
4,590.47 +8.27 FTSE
6,096.01 +83.20 S&P 500
1,948.05 -3.65 Hang Seng
19,364.15 +475.40 SPI 200 Fut
4,860.00 +7.00 STI
2,649.38 +45.98 SSEC
2,767.21 +25.96 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
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NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
2.421 +0.019 US 10 YR Bond
1.764 +0.000 NZ 10 YR Bond
2.995 +0.000 US 30 YR Bond
2.640 +0.000 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
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1700GMT AUD US$
0.7121 0.7227 NZD US$
0.6639 0.6758 EUR US$
1.0931 1.1050 Yen US$
113.81 112.67 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,226.50
Silver (Lon)
14.68 Gold (NY)
1,222.21
Light Crude
32.78 TRJCRB Index
161.67 -0.97 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - Wall Street ended lower on Friday in a feeble end to another week of strong gains after concerns about the timing of future interest rate hikes offset gains in materials and energy stocks.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI fell 0.34 percent to end at 16,639.97 points.
The S&P 500 .SPX lost 0.19 percent to finish at 1,948.05 after spending much of the day in positive territory.
The Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 0.18 percent to 4,590.47.
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LONDON - British shares rallied on Friday and posted a second week of gains in a row, boosted by a rally in publisher Pearson PSON.L and London Stock Exchange Group .LSE , though Royal Bank of Scotland (L:RBS) RBS.L reported its eighth full-year loss in a row.
RBS's woes did not offset broader gains on the FTSE 100 index .FTSE , which rose 1.4 percent to close at 6,096.01 points, posting its second weekly gain in a row.
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei rose to its highest close in almost three weeks on Friday after risk sentiment recovered on a steadily weakening yen and overnight gains on Wall Street.
The Nikkei share average .N225 edged up 0.30 percent to 16,188.41 for its highest close since Feb. 8. The broader Topix .TOPX rose 0.3 percent to end the day at 1,311.27 with all but 10 of its 33 subindexes in positive territory. The index ended the week 1.5 percent higher.
For a full report, double click on .T
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar rose broadly on Friday after mostly upbeat U.S. economic data renewed some expectations that the Federal Reserve could raise interest rates again this year.
The dollar index .DXY rose 0.86 percent to a three-week high of 98.260. The euro EUR= was down 0.8 percent against the dollar at $1.0931 after falling to a three-week low of $1.0912.
The dollar climbed 0.77 percent to 113.990 yen JPY= , breaking the Japanese currency's streak of gains.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury yields rose on Friday after data showed that inflation is rising and the recent U.S. economic slowdown isn't as bad as previously thought.
Benchmark 10-year notes US10YT=RR fell 21/32 in price to yield 1.77 percent, up from 1.70 percent late on Thursday.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold fell more than 1 percent on Friday, as the dollar and global shares rose, but fund buying persisted as investors expected a G20 summit would produce little in the way of a coordinated stimulus program.
Spot gold XAU= was down 1 percent at $1,221.61 an ounce at 2:06 p.m. EST, after falling as much as 1.9 percent.
U.S. April gold futures GCJ6 settled down 1.5 percent at $1,220.40 an ounce.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper prices surged on Friday to their highest level in more than three months as investors hoped for a recovery in metals demand following stronger than expected U.S. economic data and a G20 policymakers meeting.
Benchmark copper CMCU3 on the London Metal Exchange closed 2.2 percent higher at $4,705 a tonne after touching the strongest since Nov. 16 at $4,771.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices fell on Friday as investors cashed out big weekly profits after a rally driven by disruptions to crude supplies and Wall Street's gains from U.S. economic data.
Brent crude LCOc1 settled down 19 cents at $35.10 . It hit a high of $37 earlier, a peak since Jan. 5.
U.S. crude CLc1 settled down 29 cents at $32.78 a barrel, after gaining almost $1.70 earlier.
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