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0.7147 0.7096 EUR US$
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113.54 114.04 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,173.50
Silver (Lon)
16.70 Gold (NY)
1,176.88
Light Crude
51.68 TRJCRB Index
191.69 +0.29 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks ended little changed on Friday after a payrolls report did little to recast expectations for an interest rate hike from the Federal Reserve this month and bank stocks cooled to round out their fourth straight week of gains.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI fell 21.5 points, or 0.11 percent, to 19,170.42, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 0.87 point, or 0.04 percent, to 2,191.95 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 4.55 points, or 0.09 percent, to 5,255.65.
For the week, the Dow gained 0.1 percent, the S&P 500 shed 1 percent and the Nasdaq dropped 2.7 percent.
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LONDON - Britain's top share index edged downwards to a 2-week low on Friday as investors avoided risky bets heading into the weekend of Italy's constitutional referendum, with bank shares leading the declines.
The blue-chip FTSE 100 .FTSE closed down 0.3 percent, taking its loss for the week to 1.6 percent and snapping a three-week winning streak.
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share average dropped on Friday as investors locked in gains ahead of U.S. jobs data later in the day, but the benchmark index still rose for the fourth consecutive week.
The Nikkei .N225 ended 0.5 percent lower at 18,426.08 points, but gained 0.2 percent on the week.
The broader Topix .TOPX as well as the JPX-Nikkei Index 400 .JPXNK400 were both down 0.4 percent at 1,477.98 and 13,258.60, respectively.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar fell broadly on Friday after posting gains the last three weeks as a solid, but not spectacular, U.S. non-farm payrolls report stirred doubts about the path of rate increases next year.
In late trading, the dollar index fell 0.3 percent to 100.77 .DXY . It was down 0.7 percent for the week. Against the yen, the dollar fell 0.4 percent to 113.69 yen JPY= .
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury yields eased from multi-month and multi-year highs on Friday as traders bought U.S. government bonds on the heels of their worst month in nearly eight years in anticipation of an Italian referendum, while the impact of U.S. jobs data was short-lived.
U.S. 30-year yields US30YT=RR hit a session low of 3.036 percent after touching a 16-1/2-month high of 3.156 percent Thursday.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold edged higher on Friday, climbing for the first time in four sessions as it shrugged off data showing rising U.S. job numbers, with analysts saying that an expected rise in interest rates had already been priced in.
Spot gold XAU= was up 0.3 percent at $1,174.03 an ounce by 2:33 p.m. EST (1933 GMT), bouncing up from Thursday's lowest level since Feb. 5 at $1,160.38. It was on track to record a fourth straight week of losses.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Zinc and lead slipped on Friday to their lowest levels in a week as investors prepared for possible shocks in Europe ahead of an Italian referendum and Austrian election.
Benchmark zinc CMZN3 on the London Metal Exchange closed down 2.2 percent at $2,668 a tonne while lead CMPB3 shed 1.9 percent to end at $2,270.
Three-month LME copper CMCU3 slipped 0.5 percent to finish at $5,760 a tonne, extending losses from the previous session.
LME nickel CMNI3 rebounded from earlier losses, closing 2.2 percent firmer at $11,455 after news that the Philippine government will suspend more mines in a fight against environmental degradation.
Aluminium CMAL3 fell 0.5 percent to $1,714, unmoved by news that Alcoa (NYSE:AA) AA.N shut a potline at its Australian Portland smelter because of a power shortage.
Tin CMSN3 dipped 0.1 percent to $21,055.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices rallied for their best week in at least five years on Friday, steadying above $51 a barrel, following OPEC's decision to cut crude output to rein in a global glut that has weighed on prices for more than two years.
Front-month Brent crude futures LCOc1 ended the session up at $54.46 a barrel, up 52 cents, 0.96 percent. The contract rose more than 15 percent for the week, its biggest gain since early 2009.
U.S. crude CLc1 settled at $51.68 per barrel, up 62 cents or 1.21 percent and notched its biggest weekly gain since early 2011, with a rise of 12 percent.
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