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Stock Markets
5,233.32 +60.55 NZSX 50
5,634.94 +57.16 DJIA
16,406.20 +120.69 Nikkei
18,574.44 +197.61 NASDAQ
4,744.54 +47.00 FTSE
6,192.03 +212.83 S&P 500
1,958.66 +18.15 Hang Seng
21,838.54 +758.15 SPI 200 Fut
5,240.00 +54.00 TRJCRB Index
192.63 +7.36 Bonds
AU 10 YR Bond
2.714 +0.003 US 10 YR Bond
2.177 +0.005 NZ 10 YR Bond
3.220 -0.010 US 30 YR Bond
2.918 -0.014 Currencies (Prev at 7pm NZST)
AUD US$
0.7158 0.7111 NZD US$
0.6451 0.6443 EUR US$
1.1265 1.1329 Yen US$
120.66 120.20 Commodities
Gold (Lon)
1119.00
Silver (Lon)
14.38
Gold (NY)
1125.15
Light Crude
41.95
---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - Wall Street rallied on Thursday as investors grew optimistic that the worst of recent market turmoil was over after strong U.S. economic data and hints that a September interest-rate hike was unlikely.
At 2:36 p.m., the Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was up 1.54 percent at to 16,536.11 and the S&P 500 .SPX was 1.72 percent higher at 1,973.91. The Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 1.72 percent to 4,778.28.
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LONDON - Britain's top share index rose on Thursday, recouping all of its losses from this week's bruising sell-off after strong U.S. data calmed global markets rocked by concerns over Chinese growth.
Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE closed up 212.83 points, or 3.6 percent, at 6,192.03, shadowing gains made on Wall Street and in Chinese stocks. It was broadly in line with the pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index .FTEU3 , up 3.7 percent.
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share average extended the previous day's gains on Thursday after a strong rebound on Wall Street and continued calm in Chinese markets eased investors' fears of a prolonged global market rout.
The Nikkei .N225 rose 1.1 percent to 18,574.44, recouping some of the huge losses it suffered in the six-day losing streak that lasted through Tuesday.
The broader Topix .TOPX gained 1.5 percent to 1,500.41 and the JPX-Nikkei Index 400 .JPXNK400 rose 1.4 percent to 13,504.86.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar advanced for a third consecutive session on Thursday, bolstered by data showing a much stronger U.S. economy than had been thought and by gains in global equities, which benefited from improving risk sentiment.
In mid-morning trading, the dollar was up 0.6 percent against a currency basket .DXY at 95.663. The index has risen roughly 2.5 percent the last three days.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - Most U.S. Treasuries prices fell on Thursday, with benchmark yields hitting one-week highs as a recovery in global stock markets and a surprisingly strong revision to second-quarter U.S. growth stoked selling in low-risk government debt.
On the open market, benchmark 10-year Treasuries notes US10YT=RR were down 3/32 in price to yield 2.184 percent, up 1 basis point from Wednesday, while two-year notes US2YT=RR fell 2/32 to yield 0.703 percent, up 4 basis points.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold eased on Thursday, headed for its biggest weekly rout since March, as upbeat U.S. growth and jobs data drove up stocks and the dollar, though uncertainty over the timing of a U.S. rate rise held losses in check.
Spot gold XAU= was down 0.2 percent at $1,122.86 an ounce at 1829 GMT (2:29 p.m. EST) after seeing its biggest down day in five weeks on Wednesday. U.S. gold futures GCv1 for December delivery finished down $2 an ounce at $1,122.60.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper and zinc scored the biggest one-day gains in over two years on Thursday after comments by U.S. Federal Reserve officials helped calm global markets, including hard-hit stocks in top metals consumer China.
Benchmark LME copper CMCU3 closed up 4.2 percent at $5,140 a tonne, the biggest one-day percentage gain since May 2013. The metal is down more than 18 percent this year.
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil rocketed as much as 10 percent higher on Thursday, posting its biggest one-day rally since 2009 as recovering equity markets and news of diminished crude supplies set off a short-covering surge by bearish traders.
More than reversing the past week's losses, front month Brent crude LCOc1 for October rose $4.07 to $47.21 a barrel, a 9.43 percent gain. Gains accelerated toward the close, heading toward the biggest one-day rally since early 2009, when prices were bouncing back after the financial crisis. The contract traded on Monday at a March 2009 low of $42.23.
U.S. crude CLc1 rose $4.00 to $42.60 per barrel, showing its biggest one-day percent gain since early 2009. It had hit a February 2009 low of $37.75 on Monday.
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