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NetChng S&P/ASX 200
4,964.08 +18.17 NZSX 50
6,755.23 +21.00 DJIA
17,498.65 -217.40 Nikkei
15,749.84 +34.48 NASDAQ
4,835.02 -85.70 FTSE
6,136.89 -24.74 S&P 500
2,035.25 -31.41 Hang Seng
20,266.05 +59.38 SPI 200 Fut
4,894.00 -51.00 STI
2,813.59 +2.34 SSEC
3,009.51 -41.08 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
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NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
2.429 -0.029 US 10 YR Bond
1.692 -0.061 NZ 10 YR Bond
2.880 +0.015 US 30 YR Bond
2.516 -0.067 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
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1700GMT AUD US$
0.7504 0.7614 NZD US$
0.6767 0.6848 EUR US$
1.1372 1.1445 Yen US$
108.30 108.76 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,242.10
Silver (Lon)
15.19 Gold (NY)
1,221.85
Light Crude
37.38 TRJCRB Index
166.84 -0.69 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - Wall Street was lower on Thursday as oil prices slid and investors worried that measures taken by central banks may not be enough to put the global economy back on track.
At 12:40 p.m. ET, the Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was down 158.44 points, or 0.89 percent, at 17,557.61, the S&P 500 .SPX was down 21.19 points, or 1.03 percent, at 2,045.47 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC was down 58.73 points, or 1.19 percent, at 4,861.98.
For a full report, double click on .N
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LONDON - Britain's top share index dipped on Thursday, although rises in pharmaceutical stocks and retailers after a well-received update from Marks and Spencer MKS.L supported UK equities.
The FTSE 100 was down 24.74 points, or 0.4 percent, at 6,136.89 points at its close, outperforming the broader European market which extended losses after Wall Street fell.
For a full report, double click on .L
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TOKYO - Japanese stocks edged up on Thursday in choppy trade, snapping a seven-day losing streak as buying in defensive stocks offset weakness in exporters which lost ground on the yen's strength.
The Nikkei share average .N225 gained 0.2 percent to 15,749.84.
For a full report, double click on .T
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The U.S. dollar fell below 108 yen for the first time in 17 months on Thursday on continued expectations the Bank of Japan was unlikely to intervene, while the euro fell against the dollar on the potential for a more dovish European Central Bank.
The dollar fell more than 1.6 percent against the yen JPY= to 107.94 yen, its lowest level since late October 2014. Analysts said the BOJ was not indicating it would step in to halt the yen's rally.
For a full report, double click on USD/
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury yields fell broadly on Thursday to their lowest levels since late February as declining oil prices and global growth fears underpinned bond prices.
Benchmark 10-year Treasuries US10YT=RR rose 12/32 in price to yield 1.711 percent, their lowest since March 1 and down over 3 basis points from late on Wednesday.
For a full report, double click on US/
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold jumped almost two percent on Thursday as the dollar fell to a 17-month low against the Japanese yen following minutes from the U.S. Federal Reserve's latest meeting and global shares fell, rekindling investor appetite for safer assets.
Spot gold XAU= hit a two-week high of $1,243.50 an ounce, a rise of 1.8 percent, and was up 1.3 percent at $1,237.60 at 2:23 p.m. EDT (1823 GMT). U.S. gold futures for June delivery GCv1 settled up 1.1 percent at $1,223.80 an ounce.
For a full report, double click on GOL/
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper fell 3 percent to its lowest in a month on Thursday as concerns over demand from major consumer China helped push the metal through key chart support, triggering further selling.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange CMCU3 closed at $4,650.50 a tonne, down 2.9 percent.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices fell around 2 percent on Thursday after industry data suggested a key pipeline shutdown had not reduced crude flows to the U.S. storage base by as much as expected.
Brent futures LCOc1 were down 85 cents, or 2.1 percent, at $38.99 a barrel by 10:41 a.m. EDT (1441 GMT).
For a full report, double click on O/R
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