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07:31 / 1831 GMT ---------------------------------------------------------------- Stock Markets
NetChng
NetChng S&P/ASX 200
5,328.84 +172.28 NZSX 50
6,733.72 +69.51 DJIA
18,812.81 +223.12 Nikkei
17,344.42 ******* NASDAQ
5,220.97 -30.11 FTSE
6,827.98 -83.86 S&P 500
2,172.50 +9.24 Hang Seng
22,839.11 +423.92 SPI 200 Fut
5,332.00 -8.00 STI
2,834.09 +44.21 SSEC
3,170.92 +42.55 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
NetChg
NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
2.537 +0.028 US 10 YR Bond
2.094 +0.030 NZ 10 YR Bond
2.955 -0.020 US 30 YR Bond
2.904 +0.023 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
1700GMT
1700GMT AUD US$
0.7617 0.7676 NZD US$
0.7211 0.7260 EUR US$
1.0890 1.0942 Yen US$
106.66 105.25 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,267.50
Silver (Lon)
18.72 Gold (NY)
1,277.80
Light Crude
44.81 TRJCRB Index
183.23 -0.76 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - The Nasdaq lost ground sharply on Thursday, dragged down by a slide in technology stocks, as investors poured money into sectors that may benefit from Donald Trump's victory in the U.S. election.
At 12:26 p.m. ET (1626 GMT), the Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was up 155.01 points, or 0.83 percent, at 18,744.7. The S&P 500 .SPX was up 0.15 points, or 0.01 percent, at 2,163.41 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC was down 64.73 points, or 1.23 percent, at 5,186.34.
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LONDON - Britain's top share index fell on Thursday in choppy trade as gold miners and defensive stocks slipped amid expectations of a big U.S. economic stimulus based on President-elect Donald Trump's pledges of tax cuts and infrastructure spending.
Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE fell 1.2 percent, breaking a three-day climb and retreating from its highest level since late October.
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TOKYO - Japanese stocks soared on Thursday and posted their biggest gain in nine months in a turnaround just as dramatic as the previous day's plunge, as markets reassessed the economic implications of Republican Donald Trump's shock U.S. presidential election victory.
The Nikkei share average .N225 ended 6.7 percent higher to 17,344.42, posting the biggest daily percentage gain since mid-February. It more than recouped the 5.4 percent loss on Wednesday in its biggest daily drop since Brexit in June.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar climbed to a 3-1/2-month high against the yen on Thursday as markets weighed the election of businessman Donald Trump for U.S. president and how his policies could affect economic growth.
The greenback rose by more than 1 percent on the day to 106.94 yen for the first time since July JPY= . The dollar .DXY also rose substantially against a basket of major world currencies, touching its highest level in more than two weeks and hovering just below levels last seen in early February.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury yields rose on Thursday, extending steep gains in the previous session, as investors continued to price in higher interest rates under an incoming Republican administration that is expected to increase spending seen as inflationary. In late morning trading, benchmark 10-year notes US10YT=RR were last down 7/32 in price, yielding 2.088 percent, up from 2.064 percent late on Wednesday. The yields rose as high as 2.125 percent, the highest since January.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold fell 1 percent on Thursday after the dollar rose to a 3-1/2 month high against the yen, as markets weighed the election of Donald Trump as U.S. president and how his policies could affect economic growth.
Spot gold XAU= was down 0.85 at $1,266.99 per ounce at 1611 GMT, after touching $1,262.96, its lowest since Oct 28. U.S. gold futures GCcv1 fell 0.5 percent to $1,267.00 per ounce.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper surged more than 5 percent to a 16-month high on Thursday as speculation that U.S. infrastructure spending could jump under a Republican administration unleashed a wave of interest in industrial metals.
London Metal Exchange copper CMCU3 hit a peak of $5,714 a tonne on Thursday, its highest since July 2015, and closed up 3.5 percent at $5,601 a tonne, extending Wednesday's 3.4 percent rise.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices slipped on Thursday as markets recovered from shock at U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's surprise victory and focused on global oversupply as well whether OPEC will decide to cut production later this month.
Brent crude LCOc1 fell 26 cents at $46.10 a barrel by 10:36 a.m. (1036 GMT). U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude Clc1 was down 37 cents at $44.90.
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