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NetChng
NetChng S&P/ASX 200
5,498.19 -14.21 NZSX 50
7,226.05 +12.0 DJIA
18,570.85 +53.62 Nikkei
16,627.25 -182.97 NASDAQ
5,100.16 +26.26 FTSE
6,730.48 +30.59 S&P 500
2,175.03 +9.86 Hang Seng
21,964.27 -36.22 SPI 200 Fut
5,471.00 +4.00 STI
2,945.35 +4.87 SSEC
3,012.43 -26.58 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
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NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
1.913 +0.023 US 10 YR Bond
1.566 +0.000 NZ 10 YR Bond
2.220 -0.020 US 30 YR Bond
2.284 +0.000 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
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1700GMT AUD US$
0.7458 0.7480 NZD US$
0.6986 0.6995 EUR US$
1.0982 1.1021 Yen US$
106.27 105.93 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,320.75
Silver (Lon)
19.61 Gold (NY)
1,322.01
Light Crude
44.19 TRJCRB Index
182.90 -0.77 ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - Wall Street rose on Friday, clinching the fourth straight positive week for the stock market, boosted by strength in telecom stalwarts AT&T (NYSE:T) and Verizon.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI rose 53.62 points, or 0.29 percent, to 18,570.85, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 9.86 points, or 0.46 percent, to 2,175.03 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 26.26 points, or 0.52 percent, to 5,100.16.
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LONDON - Britain's top share index edged higher on Friday on hopes of further action from the country's central bank following poor UK economic data, with companies like Vodafone VOD.L and CRH CRH.L gaining on positive updates.
The blue-chip FTSE 100 .FTSE was up 0.5 percent at 6,730.48 points at its close, having opened lower, with the benchmark index posting its fifth straight week of gains following a gradual recovery after a post-Brexit sell-off.
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TOKYO - Japanese stocks dropped on Friday in thin trade, with investors taking profit after recent gains as the yen strengthened on waning expectations of radical monetary policy easing from the Bank of Japan.
The Nikkei .N225 shed 1.1 percent at 16,627.25. For the week, it added 0.8 percent.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar index rose to a more than four-month high on Friday as positive U.S. data and weak readings from overseas prompted investors to re-evaluate the likelihood of a rate increase from the U.S. Federal Reserve while other central banks are seen cutting rates or adding stimulus.
The dollar index .DXY rose 0.5 percent, touching a high of 97.487, its highest since March 10.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - Yields on long-dated U.S. Treasury debt slipped on Friday in choppy trading although the outlook remained upbeat given generally solid U.S. economic data over the last few weeks that support expectations of at least one interest rate hike this year.
U.S. 30-year bond prices US30YT=RR rose 12/32 in price to yield 2.283 percent, down from 2.301 percent late on Thursday.
U.S. two-year notes US2YT=RR were down 1/32, yielding 0.706 percent, up from 0.69 percent late on Thursday.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold prices fell on Friday, reflecting tension between a global backdrop of easier interest rates and the chance of U.S. monetary policy being tightened before the end of the year.
Spot gold XAU= was down 0.6 percent at $1,323.16 an ounce by 3:16 p.m. EDT, on course for a weekly decline of about 1 percent. U.S. gold GCcv1 futures settled down 0.6 percent at $1,323.4.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - A stronger dollar knocked industrial metals prices on Friday while nickel was also hit as some investors locked in profits from a recent rally.
Copper CMCU3 slipped by 1.1 percent to close at $4,920 a tonne, having hit its highest since July 15 at $5,000 a tonne this week.
Benchmark nickel CMNI3 on the London Metal Exchange slid 3.2 percent to close at $10,420 per tonne, after gaining 1.7 percent on Thursday when it hit a 10-month high of $10,900.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices settled lower on Friday, losing 4 percent on the week, after the fourth weekly rise in the U.S. oil rig count added to worries about a global crude glut.
Crude futures were already down, with Brent at two-month lows, on fears of more Iraqi supply before a report by energy services firm Baker Hughes showed U.S. oil drillers added 14 rigs this week to bring the total rig count to 371.
Brent LCOc1 settled down 51 cents, or 1.1 percent, at $45.69 a barrel, after falling to $45.17, the lowest since May 11. For the week, Brent lost 4 percent.
U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude CLc1 closed down 56 cents, or 1.3 percent, at $44.19. It fell 3.8 percent on the week.
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