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AUD US$
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0.6393 0.6342 EUR US$
1.1122 1.1218 Yen US$
119.91 120.40 Commodities
Gold (Lon)
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Silver (Lon)
14.64
Gold (NY)
1133.65
Light Crude
46.85
--------------------------------------------------------------- - Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - Wall Street rose on Thursday after European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi hinted at additional stimulus measures and ahead of a key U.S. jobs report that could figure in the Federal Reserve's decision about when to lift interest rates.
At 2:53 pm, the Dow Jones industrial average .DJI rose 0.37 percent to 16,412.58 and the S&P 500 .SPX gained 0.41 percent to 1,956.93. The Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 0.09 percent to 4,754.28.
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LONDON - UK shares had their biggest one-day gain in a week on Thursday, boosted by a commitment from ECB chief Mario Draghi to boost the central bank's asset-purchase programme if needed to offset the effects of a riskier economic backdrop.
The FTSE 100 .FTSE blue-chip index was up 1.8 percent at 6,183.09 points at its close.
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TOKYO - Japanese stocks rose on Thursday as bargain hunters picked up shares which have been battered for weeks by fears of a China-led global slowdown.
The Nikkei share average .N225 edged up 0.5 percent to 18,182.39 points, snapping a three-day losing streak that knocked 5.4 percent off of the benchmark index by the end of trading on Wednesday.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The euro fell more than 1 percent on Thursday, surrendering most of the gains it made against the dollar following China's devaluation of the yuan last month, after European central bankers cut economic growth targets and left interest rates unchanged.
The euro also sank against the yen EURJPY= and was last down 1.1 percent at 133.48 yen.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasuries prices rose on Thursday after a dovish outlook from the European Central Bank made U.S. government debt more attractive than European counterparts but caution ahead of Friday's monthly U.S. employment report limited gains.
Benchmark 10-year Treasury notes US10YT=RR were last up 5/32 in price to yield 2.17 percent. U.S. 30-year Treasuries were last up 9/32 in price to yield 2.95 percent after hitting a more than one-month high of 2.97 percent late Wednesday.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK/LONDON - Gold fell 1 percent on Thursday as the dollar jumped versus the euro after the European Central Bank (ECB) cut inflation forecasts, while a U.S. jobs report that could provide clues on the timing of a Federal Reserve rate rise remained in focus.
Spot gold XAU= fell as much as 1.1 percent to a session low of $1,121.35 an ounce and was down 0.8 percent at $1,125.20 at 2:47 p.m. EDT (1847 GMT). U.S. gold GCZ5 for December delivery settled down 0.8 percent at $1,124.50 an ounce.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper surged to the highest level in over three weeks on Thursday as bearish investors closed out positions amid a stock market recovery, strong U.S. economic data and signals that European monetary stimulus could be extended.
Three-month LME copper CMCU3 closed up 2.5 percent at $5,246 a tonne after reaching an intraday peak of $5,314, the highest since Aug. 11.
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices seesawed on Thursday in line with volatile U.S. equities, rising early as market bulls supported prices for a second day, then retreating, with global benchmark Brent falling into negative territory.
Brent's front-month contract LCOc1 , was down 20 cents at $50.30 a barrel by 1:42 p.m. EDT (1742 GMT). Earlier in the session, it had risen more than $2.
U.S. crude's front-month CLc1 was up 15 cents at $46.40, versus its session high above $48.
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