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106.27 107.27 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,285.65
Silver (Lon)
17.82 Gold (NY)
1,293.36
Light Crude
45.92 TRJCRB Index
184.61 +1.45 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks posted their largest weekly drop in more than two months on Friday as earnings reports continued to weigh, but the S&P 500 and Dow managed to close up for April after strong showings mid-month.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI fell 57.12 points, or 0.32 percent, to 17,773.64, the S&P 500 .SPX lost 10.51 points, or 0.51 percent, to 2,065.3 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 29.93 points, or 0.62 percent, to 4,775.36.
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LONDON - Britain's top stock market index slid on Friday to record its second straight week of losses, hit by a fall in the shares of Royal Bank of Scotland (LON:RBS) RBS.L and airline IAG ICAG.L .
The blue-chip FTSE 100 index .FTSE ended down 1.3 percent at 6,241.89 points.
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TOKYO - Japanese stocks gave up early gains and took a u-turn that wiped out much of the previous week's four-day rally in a single afternoon after the Bank of Japan disappointed investors by holding off on expanding monetary stimulus.
The Nikkei share average .N225 shed 3.6 percent to end the day at 16,666.05, resulting in a 5.1 percent decline for the shortened trading week, with the market closed for a national holiday on Friday.
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SYDNEY - Australian shares are set to open lower on Monday, after Chinese manufacturing data for April raised doubts about a rebound in the world no.2 economy. Results from Westpac Banking Corp, due ahead of the opening, will also steer the market.
Local share price index futures YAPcm1 slipped 0.1 percent to 5,225.0, a 27.2-point discount to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO close last Friday. The benchmark rose 0.5 percent on Friday.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The U.S. dollar was on track for its biggest weekly percentage decline against the yen since the 2008 financial crisis in the aftermath of the Bank of Japan's decision not to ease policy further, while strong euro zone growth data boosted the euro.
The dollar was last down 1.27 percent against the yen at 106.71 yen JPY= on Friday, near an 18-month low of 106.67 touched earlierin the U.S. session. The greenback was down about 4.5percent against the yen for the week, putting it on track for its biggest weekly loss since October 2008.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury debt prices rose in choppy trading on Friday as poor domestic data and a drop in U.S. stock prices overshadowed news of strong quarterly growth in the euro zone in the first quarter, which had lifted German and U.S. yields.
U.S. benchmark 10-year Treasury notes US10YT=RR gained 5/32 in price for a yield of 1.821 percent, down 2 basis points on the day. The 10-year yield rose 4 basis points in April.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold and silver prices rallied 2 percent to their highest since January last year on Friday as the Bank of Japan's decision the previous day to hold off expanding monetary stimulus weighed heavily on the dollar, and European and U.S. stocks fell.
Spot gold XAU= was up 2 percent at $1,291.11 an ounce at 2:16 p.m. EDT (1816 GMT), having reached a 15-month high of $1,296.76. U.S. gold futures GCv1 for June delivery settled up 1.9 percent at $1,290.50 an ounce.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Aluminium hit a nine-month peak on Friday as speculators pushed prices higher thanks to a weaker dollar, but analysts were wary about a possible retreat.
Three month aluminium CMAL3 on the London Metal Exchange closed up 0.8 percent at $1,678 a tonne, the highest since July last year. It posted gains of 10.3 percent for April, its biggest monthly gain since September 2012.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices ended steady on Friday after hitting 2016 highs but finished April trading about 20 percent higher, with Brent crude having its best monthly gain in seven years.
Brent futures LCOc1 settled just a penny lower at $48.13 a barrel, after reaching a 2016 peak at $48.50. It rose 21.5 percent in April, its largest monthly advance since May 2009.
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