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07:18 / 1818 GMT ---------------------------------------------------------------- Stock Markets
NetChng
NetChng S&P/ASX 200
5,766.85 -4.63 NZSX 50
7,063.59 -6.00 DJIA
19,858.73 -95.55 Nikkei
19,134.70 NASDAQ
5,533.95 -29.70 FTSE
7,292.37 +1.88 S&P 500
2,265.74 -9.58 Hang Seng
22,829.02 -106.33 SPI 200 Fut
5,721.00 -7.00 STI
2,993.00 -7.94 SSEC
3,119.63 -17.13 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
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NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
2.662 -0.016 US 10 YR Bond
2.334 -0.036 NZ 10 YR Bond
3.125 -0.005 US 30 YR Bond
2.928 -0.029 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
1700GMT
1700GMT AUD US$
0.7498 0.7478 NZD US$
0.7127 0.7094 EUR US$
1.0637 1.0636 Yen US$
114.28 114.25 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,205.05
Silver (Lon)
16.77 Gold (NY)
1,191.46
Light Crude
53.05 TRJCRB Index
194.70 +2.40 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - U.S. stock moved off their session lows around midday on Thursday, but were still set for their worst day this year as the lack of details on economic policy in Donald Trump's speech hit investors optimism and winded a post-election rally.
At 12:31 a.m. ET (1731 GMT), the Dow Jones .DJI was down 115.9 points, or 0.58 percent, at 19,838.38 and the S&P 500 .SPX was down 11.4 points, or 0.50 percent, at 2,263.92.
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LONDON - European shares fell on Thursday weighed down by Fiat Chrysler, which wiped out one sixth of its value in a late session slide after the U.S. accused the car maker of excess diesel emissions, raising worries of heavy fines.
The STOXX 600 .STOXX fell 0.7 percent with the auto sector index .SXAP leading sectoral fallers, dragged down by 16.1 percent slump in Fiat Chrysler shares, the biggest faller on the pan-European benchmark index.
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share average dropped to a near two-week low on Thursday after President-elect Donald Trump failed at a highly-anticipated media briefing to provide clarity on future fiscal policies.
The Nikkei .N225 fell 1.2 percent to 19,134.70, the lowest closing level since Dec. 30.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The U.S. dollar hit its lowest level in five weeks against a basket of major currencies on Thursday and was on course for its worst week since November, hit by a loss of confidence in the U.S. reflation trade a day after a news conference by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump.
The dollar weakened as much as 1.4 percent against the yen to 113.76 yen JPY= , its weakest level in five weeks, while the euro hit its highest in five weeks against the dollar of $1.0684 EUR= . Sterling GBP=D4 hit a six-day high against the dollar of $1.2317, rebounding from a three-month low of $1.2038 touched Wednesday before Trump's news conference.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury debt yields declined on Thursday, with the 30-year yield hitting a two-month low in advance of $12 billion of 30-year bond supply, the final leg of this week's $56 billion in longer-dated government debt supply.
The 30-year bond yield US30YT=RR was down nearly 4 basis points at 2.921 percent after touching 2.902 percent, the lowest in two months.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold surged above $1,200 an ounce to its highest in seven weeks on Thursday as the dollar fell following U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's long-awaited news briefing the day before.
Spot gold XAU= was up 1.1 percent at $1,205.02 per ounce by 1515 GMT, after touching $1,206.98, its loftiest since Nov. 23. U.S. gold futures GCcv1 rose 0.7 percent to $1,205.00 per ounce.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper hit a one-month high on Thursday, leading gains across most base metals as the dollar weakened on U.S. president-elect Donald Trump's failure to give clear policy details at his first news conference since November.
Three-month copper CMCU3 on the London Metal Exchange closed up 2.2 percent at $5,842 a tonne.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices rose nearly 2 percent on Thursday on news that key crude exporters, including Saudi Arabia and Russia, were cutting production as promised in a deal to reduce a global glut and on forecasts of record demand in China.
Brent crude oil LCOc1 hit a high of $56.43 a barrel before easing slightly, and it was up 95 cents at $56.05 by 1:00 p.m. ET (1800 GMT). U.S. crude CLc1 rose 78 cents to $53.03 a barrel.
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