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5,090.03 +8.91 NZSX 50
6,418.1 +37.3 DJIA
17,006.77 +62.87 Nikkei
17,014.78 +54.62 NASDAQ
4,717.02 +9.60 FTSE
6,199.43 +68.97 S&P 500
1,999.99 +6.59 Hang Seng
20,176.70 +234.94 SPI 200 Fut
5,121.00 +36.00 STI
2,837.00 +49.38 SSEC
2,874.06 +14.30 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
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2.584 +0.027 US 10 YR Bond
1.876 +0.000 NZ 10 YR Bond
3.070 +0.000 US 30 YR Bond
2.696 +0.000 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
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1700GMT AUD US$
0.7405 0.7363 NZD US$
0.6793 0.6751 EUR US$
1.1000 1.0945 Yen US$
113.86 113.89 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,277.50
Silver (Lon)
15.49 Gold (NY)
1,258.71
Light Crude
35.92 TRJCRB Index
168.55 +3.51 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - Wall Street ended higher on Friday after employment data allayed investors' concerns about a sluggish economy without bolstering fears of an imminent interest rate hike.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI rose 0.37 percent, to end at 17,006.77 points. The S&P 500 .SPX gained 0.33 percent to 1,999.99, closing above its 100-day moving average for the first time this year.
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LONDON - Britain's mining index climbed to a four-month high on Friday, boosted by a rally in the prices of major industrial metals.
The advance by mining shares helped the blue-chip FTSE 100 .FTSE to close 1.1 percent higher at 6,199.43 points, outperforming the broader European market
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TOKYO - Japanese stocks rose on Friday in choppy trade, but gains were limited as investors cautiously waited on a key U.S. jobs report after unexpected signs of unemployment rising in the service sector.
The Nikkei share average .N225 ended 0.3 percent higher at 17,014.78 after trading in negative territory. The index rose for a fourth day, the longest winning streak since November 2015.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The U.S. dollar fell, hitting one-week lows against the euro on Friday after a drop in U.S. wages in February overshadowed strong jobs growth and supported views that the Federal Reserve was in no hurry to hike interest rates.
The dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of six major rivals, hit a nearly two-week low of 97.019 .DXY . The dollar reversed losses against the safe-haven yen in afternoon trading and hit a session high of 114.25 yen, however, a move analysts attributed to greater risk appetite.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury prices tumbled on Friday after data showed a surge in jobs growth in February, but gains in yields were limited by weak wages data and continued safety bids.
Yields initially soared with the three-year US3YT=RR , five-year US5YT=RR and seven-year US7YT=RR note yields jumping to their highest levels in about a month.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold prices were flat on Friday, late in a seesaw session that took prices to a 13-month high twice on technical and underlying investment demand, with a sharp drop in between due to forecast-beating U.S. payrolls data.
Strong investor interest continued to underpin gold prices even after the payrolls data. Spot gold XAU= was down 0.2 percent at $1,260.80 an ounce at 3:19 p.m. EST (2019 GMT), after falling 1.1 percent to $1,249.90.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper prices climbed to their highest in four months on Friday after U.S. data showed strong jobs growth combined with low wages, lessening the threat of a early interest rate rise.
Benchmark copper CMCU3 on the London Metal Exchange surged 3.5 percent to close at $5,027 a tonne after touching $5,059, its highest since Nov. 5. It scored a weekly gain of nearly 7 percent, the most since December 2011.
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil jumped on Friday, settling 4 percent higher as strong U.S. jobs data and technical factors encouraged buying that revived this week's rally after a one-day pause.
Brent futures LCOc1 , the global benchmark for crude, settled up $1.65, or 4.5 percent, at $38.72 a barrel.
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