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WELLINGTON/SYDNEY, Jan 18 (Reuters) - - --------------------------------------------------------------- Snapshot at: 07:44 / 2044 GMT ---------------------------------------------------------------- Stock Markets
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NetChng S&P/ASX 200
4,892.80 -16.58 NZSX 50
6,169.09 +59.8 DJIA
15,988.08 -390.97 Nikkei
17,147.11 -93.84 NASDAQ
4,488.42 -126.59 FTSE
5,804.10 -114.13 S&P 500
1,880.33 -41.51 Hang Seng
19,520.77 -296.64 SPI 200 Fut
4,745.00 -87.00 STI
2,630.76 -13.81 SSEC
2,902.22 -105.43 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
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NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
2.671 -0.033 US 10 YR Bond
2.037 +0.000 NZ 10 YR Bond
3.305 -0.030 US 30 YR Bond
2.818 +0.000 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
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1700GMT AUD US$
0.6841 0.6933 NZD US$
0.6420 0.6432 EUR US$
1.0931 1.0886 Yen US$
116.75 117.75 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,093.75
Silver (Lon)
13.90 Gold (NY)
1,088.40
Light Crude
29.42 TRJCRB Index
159.93 -3.19 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - Wall Street bled on Friday, with the S&P 500 sinking to its lowest since
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI dropped 2.39 percent to end at 15,988.08 and the S&P 500 .SPX fell 2.16 percent to 1,880.33. The Nasdaq Composite .IXIC lost 2.74 percent to 4,488.42.2014 as oil prices sank below $30 per barrel and fears grew about economic trouble in China.
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LONDON - Britain's top share index fell to its lowest closing level in more than three years on Friday, hit by losses in commodity-related stocks as BHP Billiton (L:BLT) BLT.L suffered a major writedown and oil fell below a key level.
The blue-chip FTSE 100 .FTSE equity index ended down 1.9 percent at 5,804.10 points - its lowest closing level since late 2012.
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TOKYO - Japanese stocks fell on Friday in choppy trade, giving up early gains after oil prices fell and the Bank of Japan's chief said he has no immediate plan to further ease monetary policy.
The Nikkei share average .N225 fell 0.5 percent to 17,147.11. For the week, the benchmark index dropped 3.1 percent.
The broader Topix .TOPX declined 0.3 percent for the day to 1,402.45 and the JPX-Nikkei Index 400 .JPXNK400 declined 0.3 percent to 12,625.86.
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SYDNEY - Australian stocks are set for a slippery start on Monday tracking a sharp fall on Wall Street on sliding oil prices and worries about global growth.
Pointing to a heavy start, stock index futures YAPcm1 dropped 1.8 percent to 4,745.0, a 147.8-point discount to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO .
Global miner BHP Billiton BHP.AX is expected to open sharply lower after its U.S. ADRs BHP.N tumbled 2 percent on Friday.
The benchmark index has dropped 7.6 percent this year and touched a 2-1/2-year trough. Investors have been rocked by worries about declining commodity prices and concerns about China's economic growth.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar tumbled to a near five-month low against the yen and a 2-1/2-week trough versus the euro on Friday, hammered by a combination of poor risk appetite arising from a renewed drop in oil prices and weak U.S. economic data.
The dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of six other major currencies, was down 0.2 percent at 98.933 .DXY . In late trading, the dollar fell to 116.51 yen JPY= , the lowest since Aug. 24. It was last at 117.02 yen, down 0.9 percent. The euro rose to $1.0984 EUR= , its highest since Dec. 29, and was last at $1.0913, up 0.5 percent.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury prices rallied on Friday after weaker-than-expected economic data added to skepticism about the strength of the U.S. economy and as plunging oil prices shook global equity markets, increasing investor app
Benchmark 10-year notes US10YT=RR were last up 21/32 in price to yield 2.026 percent, down from 2.098 percent late on Thursday.
The 30-year bond US30YT=RR rose 1-24/32 in price to yield 2.805 percent, down from 2.892 percent on Thursday.etite for safe-haven U.S. government debt.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold rose nearly 2 percent on Friday, after dropping for four of the past five sessions, as a weaker dollar and falling equity markets underpinned demand for assets perceived as safer.
Spot gold XAU= rose 1.8 percent to a session high of $1,097.20 an ounce and was up 1.1 percent at $1,089.40 at 2:11 p.m. EST (1911 GMT). U.S. gold futures GCcv1 for February delivery settled up 1.6 percent at $1,090.70 an ounce.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper tumbled to its lowest since May 2009 on Friday, pressured by a slide in oil prices plus further losses in shares and the offshore currency in China, where weak loan data undermined sentiment.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange CMCU3 ended down 1.9 percent at $4,331 a tonne, having hit the weakest since May 2009 at $4,318 earlier.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices crashed 6 percent on Friday to close below $30 a barrel for the first time in 12 years, resuming this year's breathtaking rout as Chinese stock markets fell further and traders braced for an imminent rise in Iran's exports.
Brent LCOc1 settled down $1.94, or 6.3 percent, at $28.94 a barrel, sticking below the pivotal $30 a barrel mark after briefly dipping below that level in the previous two days. It fell as far as $28.82, the lowest since February 2004.
U.S. crude CLc1 ended $1.78, or 5.7 percent, lower at $29.42, after hitting a contract low of $29.13, its lowest since November 2003, earlier in the session.
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