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New Zealand/Australia Morning Call-Global markets

Published 13/02/2017, 05:54 am
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07:50 / 1850 GMT ---------------------------------------------------------------- Stock Markets

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NetChng S&P/ASX 200

5,720.61 +56.00 NZSX 50

7,104.43 -17.2 DJIA

20,269.37 +96.97 Nikkei

19,378.93 +471.26 NASDAQ

5,734.13 +18.95 FTSE

7,258.75 +29.25 S&P 500

2,316.10 +8.23 Hang Seng

23,574.98 +49.84 SPI 200 Fut

5,677.00 +10.00 STI

3,100.39 +20.43 SSEC

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2.409 +0.000 NZ 10 YR Bond

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113.57 113.70 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)

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194.04 +1.28 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.

EQUITIES

NEW YORK - Wall Street's main stock indexes rose to fresh all-time closing highs on Friday as a spike in oil prices supported energy shares and investors renewed their optimism about President Donald Trump's economic agenda.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 96.97 points, or 0.48 percent, to end at 20,269.37, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 8.23 points, or 0.36 percent, to 2,316.10 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 18.95 points, or 0.33 percent, to 5,734.13.

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LONDON - European shares edged higher on Friday, ending the week in positive territory thanks to corporate earnings and robust basic resources stocks, though declines among Italian banks led that sector to its worst week since November.

The pan-European STOXX 600 index .STOXX was up 0.1 percent and set for a weekly gain of 0.9 percent that brought it close to a 13-month peak hit in January.

For a full report, double click on .L

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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share average soared on Friday to a two-week high, following Wall Street's lead after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would make a major tax announcement in a few weeks.

The Nikkei .N225 gained 2.5 percent to 19,378.93, its highest closing level since Jan. 27. For the week, the index added 2.4 percent, the biggest weekly gain since early December.

For a full report, double click on .T

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FOREIGN EXCHANGE

NEW YORK - The U.S. dollar hovered near its highest level against a basket of major rivals in 11 days on Friday after comments from U.S. President Donald Trump did little to shake optimism that his administration would reform tax policy soon.

Despite briefly turning negative during the news conference, the dollar index was last up about 0.2 percent at 100.800 .DXY , roughly unchanged from where it was before the conference and near an 11-day high of 101.010 struck in morning U.S. trading. The index measures the greenback against a basket of six major currencies.

For a full report, double click on USD/

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TREASURIES

NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury yields edged higher on Friday, boosted by solid monthly import price data as investors acted largely on technical data.

Benchmark 10-year Treasury note yields US10YT=RR rose to a session high of 2.43 percent after the release of the imports data, which showed prices increased 0.4 percent in January after an upwardly revised 0.5 percent rise in December.

For a full report, double click on US/

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COMMODITIES

GOLD

NEW YORK - Gold steadied on Friday, but remained below this week's three-month top as the U.S. dollar and Treasury yields came off their highs after the currency initially jumped on U.S. President Donald Trump's promise of a major tax announcement.

Spot gold XAU= was up 0.02 percent at $1,230.78 an ounce by 2:24 p.m. EST (1924 GMT), while U.S. gold futures GCv1 for April delivery settled down 0.07 percent at $1,235.90. On Wednesday, spot gold reached its highest since mid-November at $1,244.67.

For a full report, double click on GOL/

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BASE METALS

LONDON - Copper prices surged to their highest in over 20 months on Friday after BHP Billiton BLT.L declared force majeure due to a strike at the world's biggest copper mine in Chile.

Benchmark copper CMCU3 on the London Metal Exchange surged 4.6 percent to close at $6,090 a tonne, the highest since May 29, 2015.

For a full report, double click on MET/L

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OIL

NEW YORK - Oil prices rose on Friday after reports that OPEC members delivered more than 90 percent of the output cuts they pledged in a landmark deal that took effect in January.

Global benchmark Brent crude LCOc1 settled up $1.07, or 1.9 percent, at $56.70 a barrel. It touched a session high of $56.88.

For a full report, double click on O/R

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