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6,334.63 +4.70 S&P 500
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EQUITIES
NEW YORK - Wall Street racked up a solid week on Friday, with healthcare, technology and consumer stock making gains and investors looking beyond a widely-expected December interest rate hike.
The S&P 500 ended its strongest week in almost a year, while the Dow Jones industrial average erased its year-to-date loss, led by a 5.46 percent jump in Nike (N:NKE) NKE.N , which announced a $12 billion share buyback and a 2-for-1 share split.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI rose 0.51 percent to end at 17,823.81 points and the S&P 500 .SPX gained 0.38 percent to 2,089.17. The Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 0.62 percent to 5,104.92.
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LONDON - Britain's top equity index edged higher on Friday and recorded its best weekly gain since early October, with Imperial Tobacco IMT.L gaining on the back of a bid rumour and Royal Mail RMG.L rising for a second day after results.
The blue-chip FTSE 100 index .FTSE ended 0.1 percent higher at 6,334.63 points. It gained 3.5 percent this week, the best weekly performance in more than a month. The index closed 0.8 percent higher in the previous session after rising to its highest level in more than one week.
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TOKYO - Japanese stocks ended a choppy day's trading marginally higher on Friday, extending gains into a fourth day, but activity was subdued as investors prepared to go into a three-day weekend.
The Nikkei share average .N225 added 0.1 percent to 19,879.81. For the week, it gained 1.4 percent, posting the fifth straight week of gains. Markets in Japan will be closed for a national holiday on Monday.
The broader Topix .TOPX gained 0.2 percent to 1,603.18, with only 1.8 billion shares changing hands, lower than the 90-day average daily volume of 2.3 billion shares. The JPX-Nikkei Index 400 .JPXNK400 advanced 0.2 percent to 14,460.70.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The euro tumbled against the dollar on Friday after two days of gains, pressured by comments from European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi who expressed willingness to add more stimulus to the euro zone economy to raise inflation.
In late trading, the euro fell 0.8 percent against the dollar to $1.0643 EUR= , and was down 0.8 percent versus the yen at 130.82 yen EURJPY= .
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasuries prices fell on Friday in choppy trading, with rising U.S. stock prices reducing the appeal of lower-yielding government debt as investors grew confident that an expected U.S. interest rate increase would not impede corporate profits.
Benchmark 10-year Treasuries US10YT=RR were down 5/32 in price for a yield of 2.264 percent, up 2 basis points from late on Thursday.
The 30-year bond US30YT=RR was down 11/32 in price to yield 3.021 percent, up about 2 basis points from Thursday, while the five-year note US5YT=RR was down 2/32 in price to yield 1.688 percent, up 2 basis points.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold turned lower on Friday, ending a two-day bounce up from the lowest level in nearly six years, on the firm dollar and comments from a Federal Reserve policy maker who said the U.S. central bank should "soon" be ready to raise interest rates.
Spot gold XAU= was down 0.5 percent at $1,076.40 an ounce at 2:38 p.m. EST (1938 GMT), while U.S. gold futures GCv1 for December delivery settled down $1.60 an ounce at $1,076.30. The metal is set to end the week down a shade after prices jumped 1.1 percent on Thursday.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Zinc surged nearly 6 percent on Friday after top Chinese smelters agreed to cut output next year by 500,000 tonnes, but gave up the bulk of gains on scepticism over whether shortages would kick in.
Zinc prices, down by a quarter this year, pared gains to close 1.8 percent firmer at $1,560 as investors questioned whether the Chinese cuts would be enough to balance the oversupplied market.
Copper CMCU3 slipped 0.7 percent to end at $4,580 a tonne, after hitting a fresh 6-1/2 year low of $4,561.
Aluminium CMAL3 closed 1.2 percent weaker at $1,450 a tonne after touching $1,435, the lowest since May 2009.
Lead CMPB3 rose 0.5 percent to finish at $1,594 a tonne while tin CMSN3 was barely changed, edging down 0.03 percent to $14,645.
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OIL
NEW YORK -
Brent oil settled 1 percent higher on Friday on pre-weekend short-covering, while U.S. crude settled lower but just above the $40-per-barrel support it has struggled to defend after a surge in inventories.
Brent futures LCOc1 ended up 48 cents at $44.66 a barrel. It rose to as high as $45.50 during its late rally.
U.S. crude's West Texas Intermediate (WTI) December futures CLZ5 expired on Friday down 15 cents at $40.39 after hitting a low of $38.99, the cheapest since Aug. 27. January
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