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WELLINGTON, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Snapshot at: 07:36 / 1936 GMT ---------------------------------------------------------------- Stock Markets
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7,348.10 +41.8 DJIA
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16,569.27 +92.43 NASDAQ
5,162.13 +7.15 FTSE
6,724.43 +3.37 S&P 500
2,173.60 +3.54 Hang Seng
21,891.37 -282.97 SPI 200 Fut
5,536.00 +17.00 STI
2,868.69 -49.93 SSEC
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102.15 103.42 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,342.00
Silver (Lon)
20.31 Gold (NY)
1,350.59
Light Crude
41.60 TRJCRB Index
181.01 +1.80 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - Wall Street rose on Friday, with the S&P 500 index hitting a record intraday high for the seventh time this month as gains in technology heavyweights Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) and Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) more than made up for losses in energy shares.
However, the Dow was dragged down by a 1.48 percent drop in McDonald's MCD.Nand a 1.39 percent fall in Exxon (NYSE:XOM) XOM.N , which reported a lower-than-expected quarterly profit. The stock was the top percentage loser on that index.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI ended down 0.13 percent at 18,432.24 while the S&P 500 .SPX gained 0.16 percent to 2,173.6.
The Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 0.14 percent to 5,162.13.
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LONDON - British shares ended little changed on Friday, with the FTSE 100 .FTSE index ending a five-week winning streak as education publisher Pearson (LON:PSON) slumped after posting results.
The index was down 0.05 percent at its close, underperforming the broader European market. The index ended the week down 0.1 percent after five straight weeks of gains, as it fell from Wednesday's year-high.
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TOKYO - Tokyo stocks rose in volatile trade on Friday as banks and insurers gained, offsetting disappointment the Bank of Japan's policy easing fell short of investors' high expectations.
The Nikkei .N225 ended 0.6 percent higher to 16,569.27, recovering from an 1.8 percent drop to 16,174.35 after the BOJ's policy decision was released.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar dropped on Friday after data showed that the U.S. economy grew at a slower pace than expected in the second quarter, while the Japanese yen soared after the Bank of Japan's stimulus plans underwhelmed investors.
The dollar index .DXY , which tracks the greenback against a basket of six major rivals, dropped 1.22 percent to 96.566, the lowest level since July 5.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury prices jumped on Friday, with benchmark yields touching two-week lows, as disappointing U.S. economic growth data caused traders to scale back expectations for an interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve in the next few months.
Benchmark 10-year Treasury notes US10YT=RR were up 17/32 in price for a yield of 1.451 percent, the lowest since July 12.
The two-year Treasury yield US2YT=RR , which is sensitive to traders' views on Fed policy, was down 5.5 basis points at 0.663 percent, its lowest in over a week.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold rose to its highest level in nearly three weeks on Friday after much slower-than-expected U.S. economic growth weighed on the dollar, and was on track for a second monthly gain in a row.
Spot gold XAU= , down initially, reached its highest level since July 12 at $1,353.90 an ounce after the U.S. data and was up 1.4 percent at $1,353.44 by 2:59 p.m. EDT (1859 GMT).
U.S. gold GCcv1 settled up 1.3 percent at $1,349 per ounce.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Nickel fell on Friday as funds and traders squaring their books reversed bets on higher prices and the market fretted about whether the recent rally based on worries about supplies from the Philippines had been overdone.
Benchmark nickel CMNI3 on the London Metal Exchange ended down 0.6 percent at $10,630 a tonne.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices steadied on Friday after touching three-month lows during a week-long selloff fueled by a persistent global supply glut, bringing the monthly decline to nearly 15 percent, the biggest monthly loss in a year for U.S. crude.
The September Brent contract LCOU6 , which expired as the front-month, settled at $42.46 a barrel, down 0.6 percent on the day. Brent's more actively traded October contract LCOV6 rose 30 cents to settle at $43.53.
WTI's front-month contract, September CLU6 , rose 46 cents, or 1 percent, to settle at $41.60 a barrel.
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