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NetChng
NetChng S&P/ASX 200
5,805.82 -10.50 NZSX 50
7093.52 -6.46 DJIA
20,624.05 +4.28 Nikkei
19,234.62 -112.91 NASDAQ
5,838.58 +23.68 FTSE
7,299.96 +22.04 S&P 500
2,351.16 +3.94 Hang Seng
24,033.74 -73.96 SPI 200 Fut
5,760.00 +5.00 STI
3,107.65 +10.96 SSEC
3,201.97 -27.65 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
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NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
2.806 -0.012 US 10 YR Bond
2.420 +0.000 NZ 10 YR Bond
3.360 +0.000 US 30 YR Bond
3.026 +0.000 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
1700GMT
1700GMT AUD US$
0.7669 0.7693 NZD US$
0.7175 0.7195 EUR US$
1.0613 1.0665 Yen US$
112.85 113.37 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,241.95
Silver (Lon)
17.97 Gold (NY)
1,235.22
Light Crude
53.40 TRJCRB Index
192.12 -0.64 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - The Dow Jones Industrial Average barely reached a seventh straight record high on Friday and the S&P 500 and Nasdaq also closed at a record as gains in Kraft Heinz helped offset selling in energy stocks.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose a marginal 0.02 percent to end at 20,624.05, while the S&P 500 .SPX gained 0.17 percent to 2,351.16. The Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 0.41 percent to 5,838.58.
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LONDON - European shares posted their second week of gains on Friday with personal and household goods stocks led by a leap in Unilever (LON:ULVR)'s ULVR.L shares after a takeover bid, though banking and resources stocks saw a pull-back.
The pan-European STOXX 600 .STOXX index was flat in percentage terms at its close, but ended near a 13-month high reached on Wednesday.
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share average fell on Friday with the market wary of a stronger yen and financials weakened as U.S. bond yields fell after comments by a senior U.S. Federal Reserve official were viewed as relatively dovish.
The Nikkei .N225 ended down 0.6 percent at 19,234.62 points. For the week, the benchmark index fell 0.7 percent.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The yen rose against major currencies on Friday as concerns about the upcoming French elections and the lack of movement in fiscal changes in the United States kindled safe-haven demand for the Japanese currency. The yen was up 0.3 percent against the dollar at 112.87 yen JPY= and was 0.9 percent higher versus the euro at 119.78 yen EURJPY= .
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury prices gained on Friday as concerns over the French presidential election and weak data in Britain added to risk aversion, hurting stocks and boosting demand for safe haven U.S. debt.
Benchmark 10-year notes US10YT=RR were last up 8/32 in price to yield 2.42 percent, down from 2.45 percent late on Thursday. The yields earlier dropped to 2.40 percent, the lowest since Feb. 10.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold prices eased on Friday but notched a weekly gain as investors opted for the safe-haven qualities of bullion due to uncertainty about U.S. and European politics as well as the direction of stock markets.
Spot gold XAU= was 0.14 percent lower at $1,237 per ounce by 2:44 p.m. EST (1944 GMT), while U.S. gold futures GCcv1 ended the session down 0.2 percent at $1,239.10.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - The price of copper slid on Friday as a failure to sustain levels above $6,000 a tonne triggered profit-taking, although a prospect of strong demand from top consumer China and supply disruptions are expected to support prices.
Benchmark copper CMCU3 on the London Metal Exchange closed down 0.7 percent at $5,960 a tonne. Prices hit a 21-month high of $6,204 on Monday.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK -
Oil prices ended steady on Friday but lower on the week, with U.S. crude notching its first weekly decline in five weeks, as the market weighed rising U.S. drilling and record stockpiles against efforts by major producers to cut output to reduce a global glut.
Brent futures LCOc1 settled 16 cents, or 0.3 percent, firmer at $55.81 a barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude CLc1 settled up 4 cents at $53.40 a barrel.
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