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NetChng S&P/ASX 200
5,187.71 -32.94 NZSX 50
6,750.40 -45.32 DJIA
18,060.18 +69.86 Nikkei
17,290.49 -62.79 NASDAQ
4,856.97 -31.32 FTSE
6,319.91 +35.39 S&P 500
2,095.94 +4.24 Hang Seng
21,361.60 -45.67 SPI 200 Fut
5,204.00 +50.00 STI
2,874.72 -19.94 SSEC
2,954.01 -10.69 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
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NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
2.596 -0.026 US 10 YR Bond
1.869 -0.063 NZ 10 YR Bond
2.915 -0.020 US 30 YR Bond
2.710 -0.045 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
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1700GMT AUD US$
0.7581 0.7609 NZD US$
0.6844 0.6878 EUR US$
1.1317 1.1323 Yen US$
111.38 111.14 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,247.40
Silver (Lon)
17.23 Gold (NY)
1,242.59
Light Crude
45.37 TRJCRB Index
182.49 +1.01 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks were little changed on Wednesday after fears eased that the Federal Reserve would strongly signal it would raise interest rates in June, though a slump in Apple shares (NASDAQ:AAPL) weighed on the Nasdaq index.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI rose 37.64 points, or 0.21 percent, to 18,027.96, the S&P 500 .SPX lost 0.12 points, or 0.01 percent, to 2,091.58 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 45.60 points, or 0.93 percent, to 4,842.68.
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LONDON - Britain's top share index edged up on Wednesday, boosted by strong results from drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline GSK.L , while banking stocks were mixed as traders digested latest figures from Barclays (LON:BARC) BARC.L and Standard Chartered STAN.L .
The benchmark FTSE 100 index .FTSE was up 35.39 points, or 0.6 percent, at 6,319.91 points by the close. That is 1.7 percent below a 2016 high hit last week.
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TOKYO - Japanese stocks fell for a third straight day on Wednesday as disappointing corporate earnings came into sharp focus amid uncertainty over whether the Bank of Japan will deliver further stimulus at this week's policy meeting.
The Nikkei share average .N225 declined 0.4 percent to 17,290.49.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The U.S. dollar erased a brief rally and retraced modest losses against the euro on Wednesday, hitting a nearly one-week low against the currency in the process, after a Federal Reserve statement reinforced expectations for just two interest rate increases this year.
The U.S. central bank held interest rates unchanged and, while it left the door open to a hike in June, its statement implied it was in no hurry to follow on from its December rate rise.
The U.S. dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of six major currencies .DXY , was last down 0.11 percent at 94.474. That level was roughly unchanged from where the index stood before the Fed statement.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - Longer-dated U.S. Treasury debt prices jumped on Wednesday, snapping a seven-day streak of increases, as the Federal Reserve left the door open for an interest rate increase in June, making shorter-dated government debt less appealing.
Benchmark 10-year Treasury notes US10YT=RR were up 20/32 in price, yielding 1.856 percent, down 7.5 basis points from late on Tuesday. The 10-year yield on Tuesday touched 1.941 percent, its highest level since March 23, according to Reuters.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold rose for a third straight session on Wednesday, but pared gains after the U.S. Federal Reserve held interest rates unchanged but left the door ajar to a hike in June.
Spot gold XAU= was up 0.3 percent at $1,246.65 an ounce at 2:44 p.m. EDT (1844 GMT).
U.S. gold futures for April delivery GCc1 settled up 0.6 percent at $1,249.20 an ounce prior to the Fed's statement.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper dipped to the lowest in a week on its third straight day of losses as a crackdown on speculators in China dampened sentiment, though metals markets were supported by a weaker dollar and strong oil prices.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange CMCU3 closed down 1.2 percent at $4,904 a tonne after earlier touching $4,873, the weakest since April 19.
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OIL
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