(Add Australian stock market trend) ---------------------------------------------------------------- 07:45 / 2145 GMT ---------------------------------------------------------------- Stock Markets
NetChng
NetChng S&P/ASX 200
5,431.30 +56.84 NZSX 50
7,296.74 -14.97 DJIA
18,261.45 -131.01 Nikkei
16,754.02 -53.60 NASDAQ
5,305.75 -33.78 FTSE
6,909.43 -1.97 S&P 500
2,164.69 -12.49 Hang Seng
23,686.48 -73.32 SPI 200 Fut
5,396.00 -24.00 STI
2,856.95 +10.89 SSEC
3,033.79 -8.52 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
NetChg
NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
2.057 +0.006 US 10 YR Bond
1.620 +0.000 NZ 10 YR Bond
2.400 +0.000 US 30 YR Bond
2.345 +0.000 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
1700GMT
1700GMT AUD US$
0.7614 0.7648 NZD US$
0.7233 0.7278 EUR US$
1.1228 1.1208 Yen US$
101.01 100.87 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,338.65
Silver (Lon)
19.65 Gold (NY)
1,337.21
Light Crude
44.48 TRJCRB Index
183.10 -3.23 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - Wall Street retreated on Friday as lower oil prices weighed on energy shares and Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) and Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) declined, but major indexes still posted gains for the week.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI ended down 131.01 points, or 0.71 percent, at 18,261.45, the S&P 500 .SPX lost 12.49 points, or 0.57 percent, to 2,164.69 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 33.78 points, or 0.63 percent, to 5,305.75.
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LONDON - Britain's top share index completed its best week in almost three months on Friday, holding on to recent gains as a rally in housebuilders on the back of some positive broker comments offset weaker banks.
The blue-chip FTSE 100 index .FTSE , which had risen for the last four sessions in a row to approach its 2016 peak of 6,955 points, finished 0.03 percent lower at 6,909.43 points.
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share average edged down on Friday as investors took profits on financial stocks such as banks and insurers that had soared in the previous session, while worries about a stronger yen dented sentiment.
The Nikkei .N225 fell 0.3 percent to 16,754.02. For the week, the benchmark gave up 0.3 percent.
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SYDNEY- Australian shares are poised to take a breather early on Monday following recent hefty gains, while a decline on Wall Street could also add to the pressure.
Local share price index futures .YAPcm1 eased 0.4 percent to 5,396 points, a 35.3-point discount to the close of the underlying S&P/ASX200 index .AXJO on Friday. The benchmark bounced 2.5 percent last week.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar index whipsawed through the day but ended up little moved on Friday from its late Thursday levels as investors kept positions tight ahead of Monday's U.S. presidential debate.
The dollar index .DXY was flat at 95.472 on the day. It fell by 0.7 percent for the week, its worst weekly performance since the week of Aug. 18.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury prices rose on Friday with benchmark yields hitting two-week lows as a result of safe-haven demand for bonds due to losses in Wall Street stocks.
U.S. benchmark 10-year Treasury notes US10YT=RR were up 4/32 in price for a yield of 1.618 percent, down over 1 basis point from Thursday. Earlier on Friday, it touched 1.606 percent, its lowest since Sept. 9, Reuters data showed.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold steadied in a lackluster session as the U.S. dollar also flattened on Friday, but bullion stayed on track for its biggest weekly gain in nearly two months after the Federal Reserve sounded a cautious note on the pace of interest rate hikes.
U.S. gold futures GCv1 for December delivery settled down 0.2 percent at $1,341.70 per ounce.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Nickel hit a six-week high on Friday as markets prepared for more possible mine suspensions in the Philippines next week as part of a crackdown on environmental lapses in the world's biggest nickel ore supplier.
Nickel CMNI3 on the London Metal Exchange ended flat at $10,660 a tonne, having earlier hit a six-week high of $10,715. Prices gained 9.3 percent this week, the biggest weekly rise since July.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices tumbled 4 percent on Friday on signs Saudi Arabia and arch rival Iran were making little progress in achieving preliminary agreement ahead of talks by major crude exporters next week aimed at freezing production.
Brent crude futures LCOc1 settled down $1.76, or 3.7 percent, at $45.89 a barrel. For the week, it rose 0.3 percent, accounting for gains in the past two sessions.
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