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19,520.69 -73.47 FTSE
7,195.31 +5.57 S&P 500
2,268.43 -2.32 Hang Seng
22,456.69 +322.22 SPI 200 Fut
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115.57 115.69 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,176.70
Silver (Lon)
16.57 Gold (NY)
1,163.40
Light Crude
53.73 TRJCRB Index 193.71 +0.73 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - Major U.S. stock indexes were poised for their first loss of the year on Thursday as investors dumped Macy's and Kohl's after the department stores reported dismal holiday sales.
At 2:43 p.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI was down 0.29 percent at 19,884.52 points, while the S&P 500 .SPX had lost 0.17 percent to 2,266.82. The Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 0.07 percent to 5,480.94.
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LONDON - Britain's top share index rose to a fresh record high on Thursday, boosted by a bullish update from housebuilder Persimmon PSN.L , which reported a rise in sales despite Britain's vote last year to leave the European Union.
Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE touched a new record at 7,211.96 points as it gained in early trading. The index closed 0.1 percent higher at 7,195.31 points.
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei fell as the dollar fell against the yen on uncertainy over what the new U.S. presidency will bring, while Sharp Corp jumped after a report that it will consider listing its LCD joint venture between it and Hon Hai.
The Nikkei share average .N225 dropped 0.4 percent to 19,520.69 points.
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SYDNEY - Australian shares are expected to trade flat at Friday's open, as a rebound in oil prices encourages investors to buy despite a dip in U.S. equities.
Local share market futures were up 0.1 percent at 5,723.0, although that was a 30.3-point discount to the close of the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO. on Thursday. The benchmark has risen for the past three sessions, last trading at a 19-month high.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar fell to a three-week low against a basket of major currencies after U.S. inflation and unemployment data failed to reverse a downtrend that followed some of the biggest gains on record for China's yuan.
The dollar index .DXY , a measure of the greenback against six world currencies, dropped 1.3 percent to 101.370. The index is on pace for its worst one-day percentage loss since Sept. 6.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury debt yields dropped broadly, falling for a third straight session, as investors grew uncertain about the incoming Trump administration and waited for more clarity about its policies before taking more positions.
The U.S. 10-year note US10YT=RR was up 13/32 in price to yield 2.402 percent, compared with 2.452 percent a day earlier.
U.S. 30-year bond prices were up 21/32, yielding 3.012 percent US30YT=RR , down from the previous day's 3.048 percent. Yields touched a five-week trough of 3.004 percent.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold touched its highest in four weeks as the dollar slipped further from a 14-year peak hit earlier this week, while palladium and platinum extended weekly gains.
Spot gold XAU= rose as much as 1.5 percent to its highest since Dec. 5 at $1,179.91 an ounce and was up 1.3 percent at $1,179.18 in late trading.
U.S. gold futures GCcv1 climbed $14.50 to $1,179.60.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper slipped as investors cut bets on higher prices, although expectations of robust growth in China and a surge in the yuan supported optimism about demand in the world's largest consumer of industrial metals.
Benchmark copper CMCU3 on the London Metal Exchange closed down 1.2 percent at $5,580 a tonne. Lead CMPB3 closed 1.2 percent lower at $2,053.5 a tonne, while nickel CMNI3 gained 0.7 percent to $10,290. Aluminium CMAL3 closed 1 percent higher at $1,702 a tonne.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices rose in an up-and-down session, lifted by news that Saudi Arabia had cut production to meet OPEC's agreement to cut output after falling on data showing a surprisingly large increase in U.S. gasoline and distillate inventories.
West Texas Intermediate crude CLc1 was up 28 cents, or 0.5 percent, to $53.55 a barrel. Brent crude LCOc1 rose 30 cents, or 0.5 percent, to $56.76 a barrel, after hitting a high of $57.35 earlier.
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