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S&P/ASX 200
5,669.61 +33.38 NZSX 50
5,824.15 +18.19 DJIA
18,118.23 +68.06 Nikkei
20,600.12 +136.79 NASDAQ
5,161.39 +62.45 FTSE
6,796.45 +42.70 S&P 500
2,124.00 +16.60 Hang Seng
25,162.78 +107.02 SPI 200 Fut
5,621.00 -1.00 TRJCRB Index
215.55 -1.07 Bonds
AU 10 YR Bond
2.974 -0.008 US 10 YR Bond
2.349 +0.000 NZ 10 YR Bond
3.480 -0.010 US 30 YR Bond
3.106 -0.027 Currencies (Prev at 7pm NZST)
AUD US$
0.7403 0.7378 NZD US$
0.6508 0.6527 EUR US$
1.0874 1.0931 Yen US$
124.12 123.82 Commodities
Gold (Lon)
1144.40
Silver (Lon)
14.98
Gold (NY)
1149.25
Light Crude
51.03
--------------------------------------------------------------- - Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - Wall Street rose on Thursday, with the Nasdaq up 1 percent near a record high after eBay EBAY.O and Netflix NFLX.O reported strong quarterly results.
At 2:20 pm the Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was up 41.09 points, or 0.23 percent, at 18,091.26 and the S&P 500 .SPX gained 13.52 points, or 0.64 percent, to 2,120.92.
The Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 52.40 points, or 1.03 percent, to 5,151.34, near its record high of 5164.36 hit in June.
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LONDON - Britain's top share index edged higher on Thursday, though without matching the gains seen across the eurozone after Greece's parliament approved austerity measures, with U.S.-exposed stocks getting a lift.
The FTSE 100 index .FTSE closed up 0.6 percent, at 6,796.45 points, lagging a 1.5 percent rise for the Euro STOXX 50 .STOXX50E , with peripheral euro zone markets benefitting from a drop in yields after the dramatic vote in the Greek parliament.
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TOKYO - Nikkei shares rose to a near three-week high on Thursday as overnight comments from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen lifted the dollar against the yen, while news that Greek parliament approved a bailout plan buoyed risk appetites.
The Nikkei share average .N225 ended 0.7 percent higher to 20,600.12, the highest closing level since June 26, as investors expected Japanese exporters to benefit from the weaker yen.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar index rallied to a seven-week peak on Thursday, with an easing in jobless claims reinforcing market expectations of a 2015 U.S. interest rate hike.
The U.S. dollar index .DXY , composed of the euro and five other currencies traded against the greenback, touched a high last seen May 27 and was last up 0.33 percent.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - The U.S. Treasury yield curve flattened on Thursday on expectations the Federal Reserve is on track to raise interest rates this year.
Two-year year notes US2YT=RR was last down 1/32 in price to yield 0.67 percent, up from 0.63 percent late on Wednesday. Benchmark 10-year notes US10YT=RR were flat to yield 2.36 percent.
The yield curve between five-year notes and 30-year bonds US5US30=TWEB flattened to 146 basis points from 151 basis points.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK/LONDON - Gold fell to an eight-month low on Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve's reiteration that interest rates were likely to rise this year pushed the dollar index to a seven-week high.
Spot gold XAU= was down 0.4 percent at $1,144.65 an ounce at 1841 GMT, after falling to the lowest since November at $1,142.10 following Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's statement on Wednesday that the central bank will likely raise interest rates later this year if the U.S. economy expands as expected.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper rose on Thursday after Greek lawmakers passed a tough bailout programme and the Chinese stock market stabilised, but a stronger dollar and uncertainty over global growth capped gains.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange CMCU3 ended up at $5,560 a tonne, from $5,531 at Wednesday's close. Prices are struggling to regain upward momentum after plunging to a six-year low of $5,240 a tonne last week.
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OIL
NEW YORK - Front-month Brent crude prices rose on Thursday after a power outage shut production at Britain's largest oilfield and as the August contract approached expiration.
Expiring Brent August crude LCOQ5 rose 46 cents to settle and go off the board at $57.51 a barrel, having reached $58.21.
U.S. August CLc1 crude fell 50 cents to settle at $50.91, having swung from $50.34 to $52.71.
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