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Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - The major U.S. indexes were virtually unchanged at the close of a quiet trading day on Wednesday with gains in healthcare and consumer stocks after data showed U.S. modest economic growth. Trading volume was low as many market participants were away in the last session before the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday. Markets will be closed Thursday and most of Friday afternoon.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI rose 1.2 points, or 0.01 percent, to 17,813.39, the S&P 500 .SPX lost 0.27 points, or 0.01 percent, to 2,088.87 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 13.34 points, or 0.26 percent, to 5,116.14.
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LONDON - Britain's top share index gained ground on Thursday, with a rally in basic resources stocks on the back of stronger metals prices supporting the broader market. The UK mining index .FTNMX1770 rose 1.4 percent, the top sectoral gainer, after nickel prices rose sharply on supply concerns. Prices of other industrial metals such as copper and aluminium also strengthened.
Shares in Anglo American AAL.L , Glencore GLEN.L , Fresnillo FRES.L and Antofagasta ANTO.L rose 3.8 percent to 5.9 percent, helping the blue-chip FTSE 100 index .FTSE close up 0.9 percent to 6,391.13 points.
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TOKYO - Japanese stocks rebounded on Thursday in thin trade, but shares in suppliers of parts for the iPhone's LCD screens dived after the Nikkei business daily reported on Apple's plans to introduce organic light-emitting diode displays for its iPhones in 2018.
The Nikkei share average .N225 ended 0.5 percent higher at 19,944.41.
The broader Topix .TOPX rose 0.5 percent to 1,602.32, with only 1.868 billion shares changing hands, lower than the 90-day average daily volume of 2.3 billion shares with U.S. markets closed for the Thanksgiving holiday.
The JPX-Nikkei Index 400 .JPXNK400 also gained 0.5 percent to 14,449.29.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The euro hovered near seven-month lows against the dollar and lost ground against the yen on Thursday as investors bet against it, expecting the European Central Bank to ease monetary policy again next week.
In the United States, investors squared positions on Wednesday before the Thanksgiving holiday. Few are likely to be active on Friday, keeping volumes low and ranges tight going into the weekend.
The euro was down 0.1 percent at $1.0615 EUR= , having skidded on Wednesday to $1.0565 EUR= , its lowest since mid-April, before recovering. Against the yen, it was trading 0.1 percent lower at 130.15 yen, not far from a seven-month low of 129.77 EURJPY=R hit on Wednesday.
The euro's slide picked up pace after ECB officials told Reuters they were considering options such as whether to stagger charges on banks hoarding cash or to buy more debt.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury debt prices were steady to higher on Wednesday on record low yields for German government bonds and data that supported the view of muted domestic inflation ahead of the U.S. Thanksgiving Day holiday.
The yield curve flattened to levels not seen in over nine months as investors preferred longer-dated Treasuries over shorter-dated issues in anticipation the Federal Reserve would raise short-term interest rates at its Dec. 15-16 policy meeting and data that showed core inflation on a year-over-year basis in October was stuck at 1.3 percent, still below the Fed's 2 percent goal.
In late afternoon trading, benchmark 10-year Treasuries notes US10YT=RR were up 3/32 in price, yielding 2.232 percent, down 1 basis point from late on Tuesday.
The two-year yield US2YT=RR was up marginally at 0.934 percent, which was within striking distance of the 5-1/2-year peak seen on Nov. 6.
The 30-year bond US30Y=RR was the strongest performing maturity, rising 7/32 in price for a yield of 2.995 percent, down 1 basis point.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold traded near its lowest in nearly six years on Thursday as the dollar held at multi-month highs after U.S. economic data reinforced expectations of an interest rate rise this year.
Spot gold XAU= was unchanged on the day at $1,070.76 an ounce by 1505 GMT, not far off the $1,064.95 hit last week, its lowest since February 2010.
Liquidity was thin, with U.S. markets are shut for the Thanksgiving holiday.
In the physical markets, buying interest picked up as gold prices stayed near multi-year lows.
Premiums on the Shanghai Gold Exchange, a proxy for demand in top consumer China, were trading at a healthy $5-$6 an ounce on Thursday, versus $3-$4 at the beginning of the month.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper prices bounced to their highest level in nearly two weeks on Thursday as the dollar's uptrend faltered and funds started to reverse some of their bets on lower prices.
Benchmark copper CMCU3 on the London Metal Exchange ended up 1.9 percent at $4,636 a tonne. The metal used in power and construction earlier hit $4,741, a high since Nov. 16.
Three-month zinc CMZN3 was up 1.6 percent at $1,604 a tonne, below an earlier two-week high at $1,639.
Nickel CMNI3 gained 3.1 percent to $9,190. Earlier in the session it rose to $9,330, its highest since Nov. 17.
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices fell on Thursday after six days of gains, as concerns that escalating tension in the Middle East could disrupt supply faded, and the focus returned to a persistent market glut.
Brent crude LCOc1 was down 77 cents at $45.40 a barrel at 1410 GMT. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures CLc1 were 32 cents lower at $42.72 per barrel after the U.S. crude rose to $43.30 earlier in the session.
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