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NetChng
NetChng S&P/ASX 200
5,799.65 +13.86 NZSX 50
7,158.14 +6.15 DJIA
20,914.62 -19.93 Nikkei
19,521.59 -68.55 NASDAQ
5,901.00 +0.24 FTSE
7,424.96 +9.01 S&P 500
2,378.25 -3.13 Hang Seng
24,309.93 +21.65 SPI 200 Fut
5,770.00 -13.00 STI
3,169.38 +5.86 SSEC
3,237.31 -31.62 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
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NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
2.861 -0.014 US 10 YR Bond
2.501 +0.000 NZ 10 YR Bond
3.305 +0.010 US 30 YR Bond
3.110 +0.000 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
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1700GMT AUD US$
0.7695 0.7689 NZD US$
0.7000 0.6995 EUR US$
1.0731 1.0779 Yen US$
112.73 113.32 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,229.60
Silver (Lon)
17.32 Gold (NY)
1,228.40
Light Crude
48.78 TRJCRB Index
184.48 +0.44 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks dipped on Friday as bank shares fell alongside Treasury yields while Adobe helped buoy the S&P tech sector and the Nasdaq Composite.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI fell 19.93 points, or 0.1 percent, to end at 20,914.62, the S&P 500 .SPX lost 3.13 points, or 0.13 percent, to 2,378.25 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 0.24 point, or 0 percent, to 5,901.00. For the week the S&P rose 0.2 percent, the Dow gained less than 0.1 percent and the Nasdaq added 0.7 percent.
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LONDON - British shares edged higher on Friday, closing at a record level but with a stronger sterling capping gains. The FTSE 100 .FTSE index ended 0.1 percent higherand posted a small gain for the week.
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share average fell on Friday as the yen held steady against the dollar after the U.S. Federal Reserve signalled fewer interest rate hikes than some investors had expected.
The Nikkei .N225 shed 0.4 percent to 19,521.59. For the week, the benchmark index dropped 0.4 percent, before Japan's three-day weekend. Markets are closed on Monday for a national holiday.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar fell to a five-week low on Friday, remaining under pressure for a third straight session after the Federal Reserve quashed hopes for a further currency bull run by keeping a gradual rate-hiking pace.
In late trading, the dollar index .DXY slipped 0.1 percent to 100.30, after earlier falling to a five-week low. The index was down almost 1 percent overall for the week and 1.2 percent since the Fed raised rates on Wednesday. Against the yen, the dollar fell to a two-week low and last traded down 0.6 percent at 112.68 yen JPY= .
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury yields edged lower on Friday after data showing low inflation in March suggested that the Federal Reserve could aim for a slower pace of interest rate hikes this year than it had forecast on Wednesday.
U.S. 30-year US30YT=RR and 10-year US10YT=RR Treasury yields, which benefit from low inflation since reduced purchasing power erodes their interest payouts, fell about two basis points after preliminary University of Michigan data showing low inflation in early March.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold rose on Friday and was on course for its first weekly gain in three as the U.S. Federal Reserve's cautious message on interest rates left the dollar .DXY around five-week lows, making bullion cheaper those holding other currencies.
Spot gold XAU= was up 0.2 percent at $1,229.40 an ounce by 2:53 p.m. EDT (1853 GMT), taking this week's gain so far to 2.1 percent. Prices hovered just below the Thursday session high, when the metal reached $1,233.13, its highest since March 6.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper rose on Friday and posted its biggest weekly gain since mid-February in response to a weak U.S. dollar and ongoing mine supply concerns, while tin clocked its largest weekly gain in a year.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange CMCU3 ended up 0.4 percent at $5,934 a tonne, charting a weekly gain of 3.5 percent.
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices were largely steady on Friday, finishing the week with modest gains, but speculators sharply cut long positions during last week's rout, on concerns that an OPEC production cut was failing to reduce a global supply overhang.
Brent crude LCOc1 settled up 2 cents to $51.76 a barrel while U.S. light crude CLc1 ended up 3 cents to $48.78 a barrel. Both benchmarks gained 0.8 percent for the week.
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