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NetChng
NetChng S&P/ASX 200
5,775.62 +34.41 NZSX 50
7,177.59 +36.61 DJIA
20,902.98 +44.79 Nikkei
19,604.61 +286.03 NASDAQ
5,861.73 +22.92 FTSE
7,343.08 +28.12 S&P 500
2,372.60 +7.73 Hang Seng
23,568.67 +67.11 SPI 200 Fut
5,782.00 +3.00 STI
3,133.35 +14.51 SSEC
3,212.43 -4.32 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
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NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
2.980 -0.006 US 10 YR Bond
2.575 +0.000 NZ 10 YR Bond
3.420 -0.010 US 30 YR Bond
3.162 +0.000 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
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1700GMT AUD US$
0.7536 0.7525 NZD US$
0.6929 0.6913 EUR US$
1.0683 1.0590 Yen US$
114.62 115.41 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,202.65
Silver (Lon)
17.03 Gold (NY)
1,204.47
Light Crude
48.49 TRJCRB Index
182.65 -0.57 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks rose on Friday after a solid jobs report pointed to strength in the domestic economy and supported expectations the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates next week.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI ended up 44.79 points, or 0.21 percent, at 20,902.98, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 7.73 points, or 0.33 percent, to 2,372.6 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 22.92 points, or 0.39 percent, to 5,861.73.
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LONDON - British shares gained on Friday, led by BT BT.L as investors cheered the resolution of a long-running regulatory battle over its broadband unit.
The blue-chip FTSE 100 .FTSE ended up 0.4 percent, bouncing back from Thursday's losses.
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share average closed at its highest since December 2015 on Friday as exporters benefitted from the dollar hitting a six-week high against the yen, while investors waited for a U.S. jobs report that could pave the way for a rate hike as early as next week.
The Nikkei .N225 added 1.5 percent to 19,604.61, the highest closing level since Dec. 7, 2015. For the week, the benchmark index climbed 0.7 percent.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The euro hit a more than four-week high against the dollar on Friday after a report that the European Central Bank had discussed the possibility of raising interest rates before the end of its quantitative easing program.
The euro EUR= rose more than 1.1 percent against the dollar to a high of $1.0698, its strongest since Feb. 9. It was the euro's largest one-day gain since June 3, 2016. That helped the continental currency to its second consecutive weekly gain against the dollar. The dollar index .DXY , which tracks the greenback against six major world currencies, fell to its lowest since Feb. 28.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury yields fell on Friday, with benchmark yields receding from 12-week highs after data on domestic hiring last month came in stronger than consensus forecasts but fell short of the most optimistic views.
In choppy trading, benchmark 10-year Treasury yields US10YT=RR were last at 2.578 percent, down 2.0 basis points from late on Thursday. They rose to 2.624 percent earlier on Friday, a level last seen in mid-December, Reuters data showed. The two-year yield US2YT=RR , which is most sensitive to traders' views on Fed policy, was down nearly 1 basis point at 1.364 percent. It reached 1.388 percent earlier on Friday, which was its highest since August 2009.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold recovered on Friday from an early drop to five-week lows after a U.S. non-farm payrolls report for February failed to meet elevated expectations, prompting a drop in the dollar and Treasury yields.
Spot gold XAU= was up 0.1 percent at $1,202.36 an ounce by 2:56 p.m. EST (1956 GMT), after falling to $1,194.55, its weakest since Jan. 31. U.S. gold futures GCv1 for April delivery settled down 0.2 percent at $1,201.40.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper rose on Friday after six straight sessions of decline as a surge in inventories halted and workers began an indefinite strike at the Cerro Verde mine in Peru, raising supply fears.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange CMCU3 closed up 0.7 percent at $5,732 a tonne. Prices had fallen to $5,652, their lowest since Jan. 10, in the previous session.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil skidded again on Friday, pushing prices to three-month lows as investors continued to flee bullish positions on worries that OPEC-led production cuts have not yet reduced a global glut of crude.
U.S. crude CLc1 settled down 79 cents, or 1.6 percent, to $48.49 a barrel, while Brent crude LCOc1 ended down 82 cents, or 1.6 percent, to $51.37 a barrel.
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