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NetChng
NetChng S&P/ASX 200
5,359.42 +20.88 NZSX 50
0.00 +0.00 DJIA
18,867.93 -35.89 Nikkei
17,967.41 +104.78 NASDAQ
5,321.51 -12.46 FTSE
6,775.77 -18.94 S&P 500
2,181.90 -5.22 Hang Seng
22,344.21 +81.33 SPI 200 Fut
5,369.00 +7.00 STI
2,838.65 +25.17 SSEC
3,193.27 -15.18 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
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NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
2.721 -0.007 US 10 YR Bond
2.348 +0.000 NZ 10 YR Bond
3.115 +0.005 US 30 YR Bond
3.026 +0.000 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
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1700GMT AUD US$
0.7320 0.7395 NZD US$
0.7008 0.7023 EUR US$
1.0610 1.0598 Yen US$
110.85 110.65 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,211.00
Silver (Lon)
16.58 Gold (NY)
1,208.61
Light Crude
45.69 TRJCRB Index
183.14 +0.70 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks ended lower on Friday, with healthcare stocks leading the declines, as investors cashed in on a post-election rally and waited for clarity on the next administration's policies.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI fell 35.89 points, or 0.19 percent, to 18,867.93 while the S&P 500 .SPX dropped 5.22 points, or 0.24 percent, to 2,181.9.
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LONDON - Britain's top share index fell on Friday, with miners leading the market lower after base and precious metals prices slipped due to a stronger dollar, which made metals costlier for holders of other currencies.
The blue-chip FTSE 100 index .FTSE closed 0.3 percent lower at 6,775.77 points. The index, however, posted a small rise for the week, its second week in a row of gains.
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share average rose to a 10-1/2-month high on Friday as the yen weakened further against the surging dollar, raising prospects for better-than-expected exporters' earnings.
The Nikkei .N225 ended 0.6 percent higher at 17,967.41, its highest level since Jan. 6.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar rose to its highest level since April 2003 against a basket of currencies on Friday, marking its biggest two-week increase since March 2015 as traders piled bets on a massive dose of fiscal stimulus under a Trump U.S. presidency.
The gauge of the greenback against a basket of six major currencies was on track for a 4.2 percent two-week gain, its biggest since March 2015. .DXY
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury yields rose to their highest levels of the year on Friday, spurred by technical positioning and expectations of higher inflation and interest rates after the election of Republican Donald Trump as U.S. president.
The yield on U.S. benchmark 10-year Treasury notes US10YT=RR rose to 2.355 percent, which was the highest since Dec. 4, 2015. Yields on the 10-year note looked set to post their largest two-week rise since November 2001.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold on Friday fell to its lowest level since late May as the dollar surged to its highest in more than 13-1/2 years on expectations for a U.S. rate hike next month and higher fiscal spending from U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's incoming administration.
Spot gold XAU= was down 0.6 percent at $1,208.71 by 3:06 p.m. EST (2006 GMT). The 50-day moving average appeared on track to cross below the 200-day moving average above the market, potentially forming a "death cross," which technical traders often consider a bearish signal.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper clocked its biggest weekly fall in a month on Friday as the dollar soared to a 14-year high and traders decided a rally driven by U.S. president-elect Donald Trump's economic policies was overdone, for now.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange CMCU3 ended down 1.3 percent at $5,423 a tonne, marking a weekly fall of 2 percent.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices settled higher on Friday, closing out a strong week that saw crude buoyed by growing expectations that OPEC will find a way to cap production at the end of the month.
Brent LCOc1 notched a daily rise of 37 cents, or 0.8 percent, to $46.86 per barrel. Brent also had its first weekly increase in five weeks.
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