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NetChng S&P/ASX 200
5,645.80 -37.40 NZSX 50
7,048.47 -13.89 DJIA
19,827.25 +94.85 Nikkei
19,137.91 +65.66 NASDAQ
5,555.33 +15.25 FTSE
7,198.44 -10.00 S&P 500
2,271.31 +7.62 Hang Seng
22,885.91 -164.05 SPI 200 Fut
5,628.00 +27.00 STI
3,011.08 +2.86 SSEC
3,122.83 +21.53 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
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NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
2.797 +0.009 US 10 YR Bond
2.467 +0.000 NZ 10 YR Bond
3.270 +0.000 US 30 YR Bond
3.049 +0.000 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
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0.7556 0.7564 NZD US$
0.7157 0.7199 EUR US$
1.0708 1.0682 Yen US$
114.25 114.63 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,200.55
Silver (Lon)
17.07 Gold (NY)
1,209.31
Light Crude
53.22 TRJCRB Index
194.02 +1.05 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks closed higher on Friday in a modest but broad-based advance as Donald Trump was sworn in as U.S. President, marking the first time in more than 50 years that a new commander-in-chief has been welcomed by a rising equity market on his first day in office.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI snapped a five-session losing streak, closing up 94.85 points, or 0.48 percent, to 19,827.25. The S&P 500 .SPX gained 7.62 points, or 0.3 percent, to 2,271.31 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 15.25 points, or 0.28 percent, to 5,555.33.
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LONDON - European shares fell on Friday, posting their biggest weekly loss since before Donald Trump won the U.S presidential election in November, as investors grew cautious before his inauguration.
The STOXX 600 closed 0.1 percent lower, marking a five-day loss of almost 1 percent. Britain's FTSE .FTSE slipped 0.1 percent and posted a weekly decline of 1.9 percent. European markets closed before Trump's inauguration speech.
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TOKYO - Japanese stocks edged up on Friday as investors covered their short positions, but gains were tempered and volume was low as markets remained cautious before the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump.
The Nikkei .225 ended 0.3 percent higher at 19,137.91. For the week, it dropped 0.8 percent. The broader Topix .TOPX gained 0.4 percent to 1,533.46, with only 1.79 billion shares changing hands, compared to average trading volume of 2.06 billion shares in the past 30 days.
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SYDNEY - Australian shares are seen edging higher on Monday, in their first trading session since the inauguration of U.S. President Donald Trump, although a positive lead from Wall Street will likely be tempered by a dip in iron ore futures DCIOcv1 .
Local share price futures gained 27 points or 0.5 percent overnight, rising to 5,628 points. That is a 0.5 percent discount to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO . The benchmark fell 1.2 percent last week, extending losses into a second week.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar edged down on Friday as investors were underwhelmed by the limited scope of executive actions and the lack of concrete policy reforms in the inauguration speech of newly sworn-in U.S. President Donald Trump.
The dollar index .DXY fell 0.3 percent. It has risen about 3 percent since Trump's Nov. 8 election victory, but has shed about 1.3 percent so far in January on growing concerns about Trump's protectionist rhetoric and recent comments about his dissatisfaction with the strong dollar. The dollar fell against the euro EUR= , Japanese yen JPY= and British pound GBP= , touching session lows against each at around 3 p.m. The dollar was lower against each currency for the week as well.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury yields fell from two-and-a-half-week highs on Friday after Donald Trump adopted a populist tone as he was sworn in as U.S. president, raising some concerns that fiscal stimulus efforts may be delayed.
Benchmark 10-year notes US10YT=RR fell 3/32 in price to yield 2.47 percent, after earlier rising to 2.51 percent, the highest since Jan. 3. The yields have jumped from a low of 2.31 percent on Tuesday.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold prices turned up on Friday, as the dollar fell and U.S. Treasury yields came off their highs after Donald Trump was sworn in as U.S. president.
Spot gold XAU= was up 0.5 percent at $1,211.30 an ounce by 3:04 p.m. EST (2004 GMT), while U.S. gold futures GCcv1 settled up 0.3 percent at $1,204.90 per ounce. The U.S. dollar index .DXY , which measures the greenback against a basket of currencies, fell 0.4 percent after trading higher earlier in the session. USD/
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper prices rose on Friday as the dollar slipped, but gains were capped by weak investment and industrial production data from top consumer China fuelling worries about demand.
Benchmark copper CMCU3 on the London Metal Exchange closed 0.2 percent up at $5,748 a tonne but is on course for its first weekly loss since before the Christmas break. Three-month aluminium CMAL3 closed with a 1 percent gain at $1,845 a tonne, having earlier touched a 20-month high of $1,852.50 on talk that China might have to cut smelting capacity because of environmental concerns.
Zinc CMZN3 closed 0.1 percent down at $2,767, lead CMPB3 rose 1.1 percent to $2,309 and nickel CMNI3 ended 2.3 percent lower at $9,700. Tin CMSN3 slid 2.3 percent to $20,210, up from an earlier two-month low of $20,020. Traders said tin was coming under pressure from expectations of higher supplies and rising stocks in LME-approved warehouses.
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices rose more than 2 percent on Friday on expectations that this weekend's meeting of the world's top oil producers would demonstrate compliance to a global output cut deal, but rising U.S. drilling activity limited gains.
Brent crude LCOc1 ended the session up $1.33, or 2.5 percent, at $55.49 a barrel. U.S. crude for February delivery CLc1 closed up by $1.05, or 2 percent, at $52.42 a barrel before expiring. The more active March contract settled up 2.1 percent at $53.22.
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