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NetChng S&P/ASX 200
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6,083.33 +17.39 DJIA
17,582.43 -166.66 Nikkei
19,353.56 +303.65 NASDAQ
5,026.36 -44.78 FTSE
6,102.54 +41.35 S&P 500
2,052.31 -20.76 Hang Seng
21,872.06 +170.85 SPI 200 Fut
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2,861.18 +20.26 SSEC
3,580.55 +64.37 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
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NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
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2.239 -0.050 NZ 10 YR Bond
3.615 -0.040 US 30 YR Bond
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1700GMT AUD US$
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0.6688 0.6728 EUR US$
1.0809 1.0862 Yen US$
122.83 122.28 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,049.40
Silver (Lon)
13.72 Gold (NY)
1,072.56
Light Crude
34.89 TRJCRB Index
170.70 -1.11 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks fell on Thursday following three days of gains as energy and materials shares tracked declines in prices of crude oil and metals.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI fell 171.54 points, or 0.97 percent, to 17,577.55, the S&P 500 .SPX lost 20.58 points, or 0.99 percent, to 2,052.49, and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 41.60 points, or 0.82 percent, to 5,029.53.
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LONDON - Britain's top share index climbed on Thursday, tracking gains on other equity markets after investors took the first U.S. interest rate rise in nearly a decade as a sign of policymakers' confidence in the world's biggest economy.
The blue-chip FTSE 100 index .FTSE rose 41.35 points, or 1.2 percent to 6,102.54 points, but is down by around 7 percent since the start of 2015, having fallen back from a record high of 7,122 points set in April.
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TOKYO - Japanese stocks rose to a more than one-week high on Thursday, after the U.S. Federal Reserve announced a gradual tightening cycle with its first rate hike in nearly a decade, boosting risk appetite in the broader market.
The Nikkei share average .N225 ended 1.6 percent higher at 19,353.56, the highest closing level since Dec. 8.
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SYDNEY - Australian shares are expected to fall on Friday, following a decline on Wall St, as weakness in the prices of key commodities puts pressure on energy and mining stocks.
The local share price index futures YAPcm1 were down 0.6 percent or 30.0 points at 5,025.0, a 77 point discount to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO close. On Thursday, the S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO ended up 73.55 points at 5,102.0.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The U.S. dollar hovered near a two-week high against a basket of other major currencies on Thursday a day after the Federal Reserve hiked interest rates, on the view that the central bank's move would make U.S. assets more attractive.
The U.S. dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of six major currencies, hit a two-week high of 99.041 .DXY and was last at 98.940, up 1.1 percent. The euro hit a more than one-week low against the dollar of $1.08310 EUR=EBS .
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - Yields on U.S. Treasuries slid on Thursday, a day after the Federal Reserve increased its benchmark rate by 0.25 percentage point, signaling confidence in the strength of the economy and as investors turned their attention to timing of the next hike.
U.S. benchmark 10-year Treasury notes US10YT=RR were last up 9/32 in price to yield 2.257 percent, down from 2.289 percent late on Wednesday.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold fell 2 percent in its biggest drop in five months, flirting with a 2010 low as the dollar surged after the Federal Reserve increased U.S. interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade and hinted at more increases in 2016.
Spot gold XAU= dipped as much as 2.4 percent to a session low of $1,047.25 an ounce, just $1.40 above a near-six-year low hit earlier this month. It was down 1.9 percent at $1,051.80 by 1946 GMT.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Zinc prices sunk to their lowest in nearly 6-1/2 years on Thursday and other industrial metals also fell as the dollar firmed after the first U.S. rate increase in nearly a decade.
Three month LME zinc CMZN3 closed down 1.1 percent at $1,495 a tonne, paring losses after touching $1,474, the weakest since July 2009. On Wednesday, it ended half a percent firmer.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices fell more than 1 percent, with global benchmark Brent settling not far from 2004 lows, after fresh supply builds at the delivery point for U.S. crude futures added to worries about a global glut.
Brent, the global crude benchmark, settled down 33 cents at $37.06 a barrel, finishing less than $1 above its 2004 low of $36.40.
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