(UPDATE 1) -----------------------(07:22 / 2122 GMT)----------------------- Stock Markets
5,071.67 +73.54 NZSX 50
5,676.81 +22.47 DJIA
16,174.10 -105.79 Nikkei
17,571.83 -498.38 NASDAQ
4,734.48 -18.27 FTSE
5,961.49 -70.75 S&P 500
1,932.24 -6.52 Hang Seng
21,095.98 -206.93 SPI 200 Fut
5,060.00 +2.00 TRJCRB Index
193.58 +1.20
Bonds
AU 10 YR Bond
2.673 +0.030 US 10 YR Bond
2.128 -0.016 NZ 10 YR Bond
3.310 -0.010 US 30 YR Bond
2.917 -0.024
Currencies (Prev at 7pm NZST)
AUD US$
0.6996 0.6979 NZD US$
0.6328 0.6284 EUR US$
1.1187 1.1204 Yen US$
120.27 120.06
Commodities
Gold (Lon)
1154.50
Silver (Lon)
15.12
Gold (NY)
1130.00
Light Crude
45.10
---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks closed lower on Thursday in a volatile session on uncertainty about U.S. monetary policy and global economic growth, while market heavyweight Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT) cut in its sales forecast and healthcare investors fled for the exits.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI fell 78.57 points, or 0.48 percent, to 16,201.32, the S&P 500 .SPX lost 6.52 points, or 0.34 percent, to 1,932.24 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 18.27 points, or 0.38 percent, to 4,734.48.
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LONDON - Britain's blue-chip share index fell on Thursday, with basic resources and energy companies coming under fresh selling pressure due to lingering concerns about demand for metals and a poor outlook for commodity prices.
The British blue-chip FTSE 100 index .FTSE ended 1.2 percent lower at 5,962.26 points. The index has fallen more than 8 percent so far this year.
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share average tumbled to more than a two-week low on Thursday as Japanese markets reopened after a three-day national holiday to face news of weak Chinese and U.S. factory a activity, hurting machinery stocks in particular.
The Nikkei share average .N225 fell 2.8 percent to 17,571.83, the lowest close since Sept. 8 and posted the biggest daily percentage decline in more than three weeks.
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SYDNEY - Australian shares are set to open flat on Friday tracking a lower close on Wall Street weighed by global economic growth uncertainty.
The Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen delivered her inflation speech at 2100GMT (after Wall Street closed).
Stock index futures YAPcm1 slipped 2 points to 5,060, an 11.6-point discount to the underlying S&P/ASX200 index.
The benchmark rose 1.47 percent to 5,071.7 in the previous session.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar slipped against a basket of major currencies such as the euro and Japanese yen on Thursday after worries about global growth led traders to sell riskier assets and favor lower-yielding currencies.
The euro was last up 0.33 percent against the dollar at $1.12230 EUR=EBS. The dollar was last down 0.25 percent against the yen at 120.010 yen JPY=EBS after hitting a nearly one-week low of 119.210 yen. The dollar was down 0.29 percent against the Swiss franc at 0.97690 franc CHF=EBS.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasuries prices rose on Thursday, with benchmark yields hitting four-week lows as losses on Wall Street and anxiety over a weakening global economy fueled demand for lower-risk government debt.
The 30-year bond US30YT=RR was up 19/32 to yield 2.910 percent, down 3 basis points on the day. At one point, the 30-year bond was up more than a point in price with its yield hitting 2.865 percent, the lowest in 2-1/2 weeks.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Spot gold rallied more than 2 percent on Thursday for the biggest one-day gain in almost eight months as a weak U.S. dollar sparked short covering while platinum recovered from a four-day rout even as automotive demand woes lingered.
Spot platinum XPT= was up 2.3 percent at $958 an ounce, after losing about 5 percent in the past four sessions. The metal remained within sight of a 6-1/2-year low of $924.50 hit on Wednesday.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper prices fell to a four-week low on Thursday on persistent concern about demand growth in top consumer China against a backdrop of ample supply ahead of holidays in Asia.
Three-month copper on the LME CMCU3 hit an intraday low of $5,013.50 per tonne, the weakest since Aug. 27, before paring losses to close down 0.1 percent at $5,051.
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices rose as much as 1 percent on Thursday, boosted by inventory draws at the U.S. crude futures' delivery hub although gains were capped by tumbling equity prices on Wall Street.
U.S. crude CLc1 settled up 43 cents, or almost 1 percent, at $44.91 a barrel. It rose 69 cents at the session peak and fell 77 cents at the low.
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