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NetChng
NetChng S&P/ASX 200
5,556.56 +16.86 NZSX 50
7,306.35 +4.45 DJIA
18,452.89 -19.28 Nikkei
16,476.84 -187.98 NASDAQ
5,151.70 +11.89 FTSE
6,721.06 -29.37 S&P 500
2,169.33 +2.75 Hang Seng
22,174.34 -44.65 SPI 200 Fut
5,516.00 -1.00 STI
2,918.62 -22.87 SSEC
2,994.98 +2.98 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
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NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
1.870 -0.010 US 10 YR Bond
1.510 -0.005 NZ 10 YR Bond
2.245 -0.010 US 30 YR Bond
2.228 +0.000 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
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1700GMT AUD US$
0.7503 0.7529 NZD US$
0.7070 0.7103 EUR US$
1.1069 1.1088 Yen US$
105.42 104.63 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,341.75
Silver (Lon)
20.21 Gold (NY)
1,339.42
Light Crude
41.15 TRJCRB Index
179.21 -0.40 ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - Wall Street was mixed on Thursday as investors fretted about disappointing earnings from Ford and awaited quarterly scorecards from technology heavyweights Alphabet GOOGL.O and Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN).
At 2:40 pm, the Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was down 0.11 percent at 18,451.04 points and the S&P 500 .SPX had risen 0.12 percent to 2,169.26. The Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 0.24 percent to 5,152.36.
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LONDON - Britain's top share index dipped on Thursday after hitting a one-year high in the previous session, with Lloyds (LON:LLOY), Smith & Nephew (LON:SN) and Royal Dutch Shell (LON:RDSa) falling after poorly received trading updates.
The blue-chip FTSE 100 .FTSE index was down 0.4 percent at 6,721.06 points at its close.
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share average fell on Thursday as the market took a breather after the yen strengthened, while most investors stayed cautious awaiting decisions from the two-day Bank Of Japan policy meeting ending Friday.
The Nikkei .N225 dropped 1.1 percent to 16,476.84.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The yen gained against the dollar on Thursday as investors feared that the Bank of Japan will not meet high expectations for a large stimulus package when it concludes its two-day meeting on Friday, and after the U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday stopped short of flagging a near-term rate rise.
The dollar fell 0.48 percent to 104.87 yen JPY= . The dollar index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of six major rivals, fell 0.50 percent to 96.573, after earlier dropping to a two-week low of 96.287 .DXY .
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury prices turned flat, paring earlier gains on Thursday after Reuters reported that the Bank of Japan, under pressure from the government, is mulling concrete measures for expanding monetary stimulus on Friday.
Benchmark 10-year Treasury notes US10YT=RR was last up 1/32 in price to yield 1.510 percent, down half a basis point from late Wednesday.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold rose on Thursday after the Federal Reserve stopped short at this week's policy meeting of indicating that a further increase in U.S. interest rates is on the cards for later this year.
Spot gold XAU= was 0.2 percent higher at $1,341.81 an ounce at 1340 GMT, having ended Wednesday up 1.5 percent in the wake of the Fed statement. U.S. gold futures GCv1 for August delivery were up 1.1 percent at $1,341.10.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper climbed on Thursday, boosted by a lower dollar after the U.S. central bank left rates unchanged and some expectations of steady demand in top consumer China.
Benchmark copper CMCU3 on the London Metal Exchange ended up one percent at $4,896.5 a tonne. The metal used widely in power and construction touched a two-week low of $4,830 a tonne on Wednesday.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices fell nearly 2 percent on Thursday, hitting three-month lows, after a fresh stock build at the delivery hub for U.S. crude futures added to concerns that producers were pumping more than needed.
U.S. crude's West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures fell 63 cents, or 1.5 percent, to $41.29 a barrel by 11:48 a.m. Brent crude futures LCOc1 were down 73 cents, or 1.7 percent, at $42.74, after falling earlier to $42.71, the lowest since April 19.
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