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Stock Markets
5,699.16 +29.64 NZSX 50
5,920.95 +29.10 DJIA
17,689.86 -56.12 Nikkei
20,585.24 +62.41 NASDAQ
5,128.28 -0.50 FTSE
6,696.28 +27.41 S&P 500
2,103.84 -4.79 Hang Seng
24,636.28 +138.30 SPI 200 Fut
5,639.00 -12.00 TRJCRB Index
202.57 -2.14 Bonds
AU 10 YR Bond
2.741 -0.026 US 10 YR Bond
2.187 +0.000 NZ 10 YR Bond
3.380 +0.010 US 30 YR Bond
2.909 +0.000 Currencies (Prev at 7pm NZST)
AUD US$
0.7306 0.7280 NZD US$
0.6585 0.6568 EUR US$
1.0982 1.0953 Yen US$
123.92 124.19 Commodities
Gold (Lon)
1098.40
Silver (Lon)
14.81
Gold (NY)
1095.40
Light Crude
47.12
---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks declined on Friday as a drop in energy stocks eclipsed wage data that supported expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve could delay an interest-rate hike this year.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI fell 51.78 points, or 0.29 percent, to 17,694.2, the S&P 500 .SPX lost 4.24 points, or 0.2 percent, to 2,104.39 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 0.50 points, or 0.01 percent, to 5,128.28.
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LONDON - Britain's top equity index gained ground for the fourth day in a row on Friday, lifted by a rise in the shares of engine maker Rolls Royce RR.L and cruise ship company Carnival CCL.L .
The blue-chip FTSE 100 index .FTSE closed up 0.4 percent at 6,696.28 points. The FTSE is up around 2 percent since the start of 2015 but some 6 percent below a record high of 7,122.74 points set in April.
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share average edged up in choppy trade on Friday as investors took heart from strong Japanese quarterly corporate earnings, while they took comfort from less volatile Chinese share moves.
The Nikkei share average .N225 gained 0.3 percent to 20,585.24 after traversing positive and negative territory. For the week, the index rose 0.2 percent while it added 1.7 percent during July.
The broader Topix .TOPX rose 0.8 percent on Friday to 1,659.52 and the JPX-Nikkei Index 400 .JPXNK400 gained 0.7 percent to 14,961.66.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar fell against a basket of currencies on Friday, ending a decent month on a sour note as a record-low rise in U.S. employment costs in the second quarter dialed back bets the Federal Reserve would raise interest rates later this year.
The dollar index .DXY fell 0.33 percent at 97.230 after being down more 1 percent. It was up 1.8 percent in July.
The euro EUR= rose over 0.4 percent against the dollar at $1.0981, reducing its monthly loss to 1.4 percent.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasuries rallied on Friday after data showed labor costs rose in the second quarter by the smallest margin on record, putting a dent in the argument for the U.S. Federal Reserve to raise interest rates in September.
Benchmark 10-year Treasury yields fell to a three-week low of 2.1850 percent, the price up 23/32 of a point. US10YT=RR
The 30-year Treasury popped higher, rising more than a full point in price, driving the yield down to a fresh two-month nadir of 2.8950 percent. It was last up 30/32 of a point, yielding 2.9054 percent. US30YT=RR
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold reversed earlier losses on Friday as the dollar fell after weaker-than-expected U.S. data, but prices remained on course for their biggest monthly decline in more than two years on expectations the Federal Reserve will soon raise interest rates.
Spot gold XAU= , lower initially, rose as much as 1.4 percent to a session high of $1,103.13 an ounce, before trading up 0.8 percent at $1,095.80 by 2:34 p.m. EDT (1834 GMT).
U.S. gold for August delivery GCQ5 climbed 0.6 percent to settle at $1,094.90 an ounce.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper prices fell on Friday on persistent worries about demand in top consumer China, but losses were muted after weak U.S. data prompted a slide in the dollar.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange CMCU3 closed down 0.6 percent at $5,230 tonne, after sliding as much as 1 percent in the morning and then bouncing briefly into positive territory following the U.S. data.
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OIL
NEW YORK - U.S. crude posted its biggest monthly drop since the 2008 financial crisis on Friday after a string of losses in July triggered by China's stock market slump and signs that top Middle East producers were pumping crude at record levels.
U.S. crude CLc1 settled down $1.40, or almost 3 percent, at $47.32 a barrel. It slid more than 2 percent on the week.
Brent LCOc1 settled down $1.10, or 2 percent, at $52.21 a barrel. It lost 5 percent on the week and 18 percent on the month.
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