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159.14 +2.82 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - Wall Street staged a modest rally on Thursday as oil prices recorded their biggest gain this year and ECB President Mario Draghi raised hopes of further stimulus.
At 2:47 pm, the Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was up 0.75 percent at 15,884.23 points and the S&P 500 .SPX gained 0.55 percent to 1,869.6.
The Nasdaq Composite .IXIC was up 0.16 percent at 4,478.87.
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LONDON - Britain's top share index bounced from its lowest in more than three years on Thursday, after the head of the European Central Bank implied further monetary stimulus was coming.
The ECB will review its monetary policy in March, the central bank's president, Mario Draghi, said after the bank's policy meeting on Thursday.
Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE rose 100.21 points, or 1.8 percent, to close at 5,773.79. The index had entered bear-market territory on Wednesday, down more than 20 percent from last April's record high, as slowing growth in China and a slide in oil prices took their toll.
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TOKYO - Japanese stocks suffered another big sell-off on Thursday in a rollercoaster session, as foreign investors bailed out in the afternoon after a rebound in oil petered out.
A rising yen also dented sentiment, sending the Nikkei share average .N225 tumbling 2.4 percent to 16,017.26, after a steep fall in the previous day. The benchmark index has fallen more than 15 percent since the beginning of the year.
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SYDNEY - Australian shares are set to climb on Friday taking their cue from a rally on Wall Street and rebounds in oil and metals prices on hints of more monetary stimulus in Europe to offset growing economic risks.
Local share price futures YAPcm1 rose 0.3 percent to 4,842.0, pointing to a stronger start, with top miner BHP Billiton (L:BLT) BHP.AX poised to jump more than 5 percent, as indicated by trade in its U.S. ADRs.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The euro turned positive against the U.S. dollar to trade at $1.0886 EUR= in the afternoon, reversing earlier losses.
The dollar had risen to its strongest against the euro in two weeks after European Central Bank President Mario Draghi suggested the bank could soon launch additional stimulus.
The dollar also made strides against the yen JPY= after Draghi's comments, rising 0.2 percent and moving comfortably above 117 yen.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasuries prices extended their earlier drop on Thursday after weak investor demand at a $15 billion auction of 10-year Treasury Inflation Protected Securities resulted in their highest yield since May 2011.
The 30-year bond US30YT=RR was down as much as 1 point in price with a yield of 2.808 percent. It was last down 24/32 in price, yielding 2.793 percent, up 4 basis points from late on Wednesday.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
LONDON - Gold fell on Thursday after posting its biggest one-day gain in two weeks the day before, as hints of further stimulus from the European Central Bank hurt the euro and a rebound in European equities curbed risk aversion.
Spot gold XAU= was down 0.4 percent at $1,096.10 an ounce at 1434 GMT, while U.S. gold futures GCv1 for February delivery were down $9.90 an ounce at $1,096.30.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper and other base metals rebounded on Thursday after the head of the European Central Bank raised hopes of more monetary stimulus, prompting investors to buy back bearish positions.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange CMCU3 closed up 1.6 percent at $4,430 a tonne. Prices had been languishing near the 6-1/2 year low of $4,318 a tonne hit on Jan. 15.
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices rebounded over $1 a barrel from 12-year lows on Thursday, their biggest daily gain this year, as rallying financial markets gave some bearish traders reason to take profits on record short positions.
Benchmark Brent LCOc1 futures for March delivery rose $1.37 to settle at $29.25 a barrel, a 4.9 percent gain. U.S. crude CLc1 rose $1.18 to settle 4.2 percent higher at $29.53 per barrel.
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