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07:25 / 1825 GMT ---------------------------------------------------------------- Stock Markets
NetChng
NetChng S&P/ASX 200
5,671.51 +21.41 NZSX 50
7,090.91 +26.75 DJIA
20,068.83 +156.12 Nikkei
19,057.50 NASDAQ
5,647.71 +46.75 FTSE
7,164.43 +14.09 S&P 500
2,295.76 +15.69 Hang Seng
23,049.12 +99.26 SPI 200 Fut
5,651.00 +40.00 STI
3,039.94 -2.01 SSEC
3,149.43 +6.88 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
NetChg
NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
2.783 +0.045 US 10 YR Bond
2.521 +0.050 NZ 10 YR Bond
3.295 +0.000 US 30 YR Bond
3.100 +0.044 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
1700GMT
1700GMT AUD US$
0.7556 0.7530 NZD US$
0.7249 0.7228 EUR US$
1.0736 1.0719 Yen US$
113.63 113.65 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,195.00
Silver (Lon)
16.97 Gold (NY)
1,208.74
Light Crude
53.21 TRJCRB Index
194.30 -0.65 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - The Dow Jones Industrial Average was higher in midday trading after hitting 20,000 for the first time on Wednesday as strong earnings and President Donald Trump's pro-growth initiatives reignited a post-election rally.
At 12:04 a.m. ET (1704 GMT), the Dow .DJI was up 139.05 points, or 0.7 percent, at 20,051.76. The S&P 500 .SPX was up 14.03 points, or 0.61 percent, at 2,294.1 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC was up 41.69 points, or 0.74 percent, at 5,642.65.
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LONDON - - European shares climbed higher in early trading on Wednesday, with strong updates from companies such as computer peripherals maker Logitech LOGN.S and Spain's Banco Santander SAN.MC boosting the broader equity market.
The benchmark STOXX 600 .STOXX was up 1 percent and poised for its best day in six weeks.
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share average rose on Wednesday, buoyed by record finishes on Wall Street on hopes that the new U.S. administration will focus on growth measures.
The Nikkei .N225 gained 1.4 percent to 19,057.50.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar hit a roughly seven-week low against a basket of major currencies on Wednesday on worries that U.S. President Donald Trump was focusing too much on protectionism and not enough on pro-growth policies.
The dollar index .DXY , which measures the greenback against a basket of six other major currencies, was last down 0.3 percent at 100.060 after touching 99.835. That marked its lowest level since Dec. 8 and a nearly 4 percent decline from a 14-year high of 103.820 touched at the start of the year.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury yields increased on Wednesday with benchmark yields hitting a near three-week high as Wall Street's three key indexes posted record highs on investor optimism about the economy due to policies from the Trump administration.
The yield on benchmark 10-year Treasury notes US10YT=RR rose 3 basis points to 2.506 percent after touching 2.515 percent earlier, which was its highest since Jan. 3, according to Reuters data.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold prices fell to the lowest in more than a week on Wednesday as renewed hopes that U.S. President Donald Trump will unleash growth-friendly spending policies boosted shares and eroded bullion's safe haven attraction.
Spot gold XAU= had fallen 1 percent to $1,196.90 per ounce by 1506 GMT after touching $1,192.74, the weakest since Jan. 13, while U.S. gold futures GCcv1 shed 1.2 percent to $1,196.50.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper prices hit two-month highs on Wednesday lifted by worries about supplies from Chile due to the possibility of a strike, BHP Billiton (LON:BLT) cutting its forecast for copper output and a weaker dollar.
Benchmark copper CMCU3 on the London Metal Exchange ended little changed at $5,942 from $5,943 on Tuesday after earlier hitting a session high of $5,973.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices rebounded on Wednesday, reversing earlier losses even after data showed a build in U.S. crude inventories, reinforcing traders' sentiment that oil is trapped in a range by expected OPEC production cuts and U.S. output growth.
U.S. crude futures for March delivery CLc1 were up 0.02 cent, or 0.04 percent, to $53.20 per barrel after earlier dropping to as low as $52.56 per barrel.
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