---------------------------------------------------------------- Snapshot at: 07:27 / 1827 GMT ---------------------------------------------------------------- Stock Markets
NetChng
NetChng S&P/ASX 200
5,210.40 +12.53 NZSX 50
5,625.78 -31.77 DJIA
16,953.51 +41.22 Nikkei
18,141.17 -181.81 NASDAQ
4,771.17 -19.98 FTSE
6,374.82 +38.47 S&P 500
1,999.65 +3.82 Hang Seng
22,354.91 -160.85 SPI 200 Fut
5,234.00 +40.00 STI
2,947.03 -14.78 SSEC
3,144.23 +91.45 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
NetChg
NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
2.648 +0.007 US 10 YR Bond
2.070 +0.010 NZ 10 YR Bond
3.430 -0.010 US 30 YR Bond
2.903 +0.018 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
1700GMT
1700GMT AUD US$
0.7236 0.7169 NZD US$
0.6655 0.6592 EUR US$
1.1297 1.1259 Yen US$
119.81 119.75 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,140.00
Silver (Lon)
15.72 Gold (NY)
1,145.00
Light Crude
49.58 TRJCRB Index
201.34 +1.74 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks fell on Thursday as investors await the minutes of the Federal Reserve's September meeting to get an insight into the central bank's decision to keep interest rates steady.
The S&P 500 .SPX was down 5.38 points, or 0.27 percent, at 1,990.45 and the Nasdaq composite index .IXIC was down 48.86 points, or 1.02 percent, at 4,742.30.
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LONDON - Britain's top share index finished higher on Thursday as mining and energy stocks advanced and Bank of England policymakers appeared in no hurry to hike interest rates.
The blue-chip FTSE 100 .FTSE ended 0.6 percent stronger at 6,374.82 points, outperforming major European stock indexes.
For a full report, double click on .L
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TOKYO - Japanese stocks snapped a six-session winning streak on Thursday, as main indexes were hit by weak machinery orders data and profit taking. The Nikkei share average .N225 fell 1 percent to 18,141.17.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar fell to one-week lows against the euro and yen on Thursday as investors grew cautious about the impending release of minutes of last month's U.S. Federal Reserve meeting, which could shed more light on the central bank's somber outlook on growth and interest rates.
In mid-morning trading, the euro was up 0.4 percent at $1.1274 EUR= after hitting a one-week high of $1.1315.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasuries prices fell on Thursday with benchmark yields hovering near one-week highs as investors sold some debt in advance of a $13 billion 30-year bond auction.
On the open market, benchmark 10-year Treasuries US10YT=RR were down 3/32 in price to yield 2.072 percent, up 1 basis point from late Wednesday. On Tuesday, the 10-year yield hit a one-week high of 2.086 percent.
For a full report, double click on US/
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold retreated from a two-week high and silver slumped 4 percent on Thursday on steadier European shares and after Chinese market participants returned from a week-long holiday, selling the metals to lock in profits.
Spot gold XAU= eased 0.4 percent to $1,139.66 an ounce by 1404 GMT. The metal had climbed to $1,153.30 in the previous session, its highest since Sept. 24, due to a lower dollar.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper prices slid on Thursday, under pressure from fund selling as worries about slowing demand growth in China outweighed falling stocks and output cuts. Benchmark copper CMCU3 on the London Metal Exchange closed at $5,135 a tonne, losing one percent as fund selling picked up following the end of a week-long holiday in China.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices climbed to their highest in five weeks on Thursday, as buoyant Chinese equity markets encouraged buying, and as Russia's military involvement in Syria brought a geopolitcal risk premium into the market.
Brent crude oil futures LCOc1 rose $1.60 to $52.93 a barrel by 1:07 p.m. EDT (1707 GMT), after touching a five-week intra-day high of $53.30. U.S. crude futures CLc1 rose $1.46 to $49.27 a barrel.
For a full report, double click on O/R
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