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NetChng S&P/ASX 200
5,145.99 -1.07 NZSX 50
6,888.57 +1.78 DJIA
17,729.06 +88.89 Nikkei
15,434.14 -485.44 NASDAQ
4,840.01 +5.08 FTSE
5,950.48 -16.32 S&P 500
2,076.24 +4.74 Hang Seng
20,038.42 -429.10 SPI 200 Fut
5,100.00 +26.00 STI
2,751.56 -22.69 SSEC
2,873.48 -13.73 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
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NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
2.032 +0.013 US 10 YR Bond
1.572 -0.022 NZ 10 YR Bond
2.455 -0.005 US 30 YR Bond
2.387 -0.036 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
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1700GMT AUD US$
0.7363 0.7347 NZD US$
0.7036 0.7041 EUR US$
1.1226 1.1289 Yen US$
104.30 103.66 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,310.75
Silver (Lon)
17.22 Gold (NY)
1,291.11
Light Crude
45.96 TRJCRB Index
188.89 -2.85 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - Wall Street erased losses on Thursday as investors sought to digest the implications of a British lawmaker's death on the country's impending referendum to leave the European Union.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was up 55.81 points, or 0.32 percent, at 17,695.98, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 1.02 points, or 0.05 percent, at 2,072.52 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dipped 6.32 points, or 0.13 percent, at 4,828.62.
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LONDON - Britain's main share index slipped to its lowest level in nearly four months on Thursday due to growing nervousness about next week's vote on UK membership of the European Union.
The blue-chip FTSE 100 index .FTSE closed down 0.3 percent to 5,922.12 points, after falling to 5,899.97, its lowest since late February.
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TOKYO - Japanese share prices tumbled to four-month lows on Thursday, as the Bank of Japan's inaction, a cautious Fed that fuels the yen's strength and worries over Britain's possible departure from Europe all made for reasons to sell.
The Nikkei average .N225 fell 3.1 percent to 15,434.14, its lowest level since mid-April. It is the sixth time it fell more than 3 percent this quarter. Until mid-2015, a fall of over 3 percent was rare.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - Sterling rallied from a two-month low against the euro on Thursday, extending gains after British police said Jo Cox, a lawmaker for Britain's opposition Labour Party, had died after being attacked earlier in the day.
Sterling was flat on the day against the dollar at $1.4200 GBP= after trading lower for most of the session.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK Yields on most U.S. Treasury yields rose to session highs on Thursday as markets reversed course following an announcement from British politicians that they would suspend campaigning for a vote on whether to leave the European Union after the death of Member of Parliament Jo Cox.
Yields on benchmark 10-year Treasury notes US10YT=RR rose to a session high of 1.581 percent, after earlier falling to 1.518 percent, the lowest level since August 2012.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold turned lower on Thursday, as sterling bounced higher and U.S. stock markets came well off their lows following the suspension of Britain's campaign for next week's referendum after a member of Parliament was shot dead.
U.S. gold futures GCv1 for August delivery settled up 0.8 percent at $1,298.40 an ounce.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper prices fell on Thursday alongside oil and equities in volatile trade fuelled by worries about the British referendum on European Union membership, but a weaker dollar helped provide some support.
Benchmark copper CMCU3 on the London Metal Exchange ended down 2.1 percent at $4,537 a tonne. The metal used in power and construction rose to $4,690 a tonne on Wednesday, its highest in more than a week.
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices slumped about 3 percent to hit one-month lows on Thursday, down a sixth straight day, as the dollar's rally on fears of Britain's exit from the European Union hammered commodities priced in the currency.
Crude futures bounced slightly off session lows as sterling GBP= briefly turned positive against the dollar after campaigning was suspended for next week's EU membership referendum following a deadly attack on a lawmaker for Britain's opposition Labour Party.
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