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Stock Markets
5,474.78 -135.32 NZSX 50
5,868.66 -60.03 DJIA
17,373.38 -46.37 Nikkei
20,724.56 +60.12 NASDAQ
5,043.54 -12.90 FTSE
6,718.49 -28.60 S&P 500
2,077.57 -5.99 Hang Seng
24,552.47 +177.19 SPI 200 Fut
5,403.00 -2.00 TRJCRB Index
198.32 -0.22 Bonds
AU 10 YR Bond
2.770 -0.082 US 10 YR Bond
2.166 +0.000 NZ 10 YR Bond
3.400 +0.000 US 30 YR Bond
2.822 +0.000 Currencies (Prev at 7pm NZST)
AUD US$
0.7403 0.7373 NZD US$
0.6600 0.6563 EUR US$
1.0968 1.0915 Yen US$
124.13 124.77 Commodities
Gold (Lon)
1093.50
Silver (Lon)
14.84
Gold (NY)
1092.50
Light Crude
43.87
---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks ended lower on Friday after solid job growth data for July pried the door open a little wider for a potential interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve in September.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI fell 0.27 percent to end at 17,373.38. The S&P 500 .SPX lost 0.29 percent to 2,077.57 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC finished 0.26 percent lower at 5,043.54.
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LONDON - Britain's top equity index fell on Friday, weighed down by sharp drops in broadcaster ITV (LONDON:ITV) ITV.L and bookmaker William Hill WMH.L , though it outperformed European peers on a day when U.S. jobs data was deemed to herald a Fed rate rise.
The blue-chip FTSE 100 index .FTSE closed down 0.4 percent, with pan-European equities down around 0.9 percent. Euro zone stocks were also hit by disappointing German data.
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share edged up on Friday as investors bought shares in companies with solid earnings such as Toray 3402.T and Softbank 9984.T , erasing earlier losses on profit-taking.
The Nikkei average .N225 rose 0.3 percent to 20,724.56 points for a weekly gain of 0.7 percent. The broader Topix .TOPX gained 0.3 percent to 1,679.19, and up 1.2 percent for the week.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar slipped against a basket of currencies after touching near a four-month high on Friday, as investors pared bullish bets that a solid U.S. jobs report had pushed the Federal Reserve closer to raising interest rates this year.
In late trading, the dollar index was down 0.2 percent at 97.650 .DXY . It earlier rose as high 98.334, its highest level since April 23.
The dollar touched two-month peaks against the yen, rising above 125 yen, but was last down 0.5 percent at 124.13 yen JPY= . The euro, meanwhile, was up 0.4 percent at $1.0966 EUR= .
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. short-dated Treasuries yields rose slightly while longer-dated yields fell on Friday after data showed U.S. employment rose at a solid clip in July, reinforcing expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will raise interest rates in September.
U.S. 30-year bonds US30YT=RR were last up 1-22/32 in price to yield 2.82 percent, from 2.91 percent late Thursday.
Benchmark 10-year notes US10YT=RR were last up 17/32 in price to yield 2.17 percent, from a yield of 2.23 percent late Thursday.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold rose on Friday as investors assessed U.S. non-farm payrolls data that may indicate the Federal Reserve will delay an immediate interest rate hike, but was still on course for a weekly fall.
Spot gold XAU= , which hit a session low of $1,082.76 an ounce immediately after the U.S. jobs report, managed to rebound 0.5 percent to $1,094.54 by 2:31 p.m. EDT (1831 GMT). It had fallen to $1,077 on July 24, its weakest since February 2010.
U.S. gold for December delivery GCcv1 settled up 0.4 percent at $1,094.10 an ounce.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper hit a six-year low on Friday and zinc touched its weakest in two years as gloomy sentiment about global growth and oversupply continued to weigh on the market.
Three-month copper CMCU3 on the London Metal Exchange slid to $5,121 a tonne, the weakest since July 2009, before recovering to close down 0.2 percent at $5,173. Copper has given up 1.2 percent this week.
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OIL
NEW YORK - Crude oil dipped on Friday, plumbing multi-month lows and heading for a sixth straight week of losses, as the approaching end of the U.S. summer driving season suggested a growing surplus in gasoline supply.
Brent LCOc1 settled down 91 cents, or 1.8 percent, at $48.61 a barrel on Friday, after touching a more than six-month low of $48.45.
U.S. crude CLc1 closed down 79 cents, or 1.8 percent, at $43.87, after hitting a more than four-month session low of $43.80.
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