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Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks dipped on Friday as investors were cautious ahead of the first round of the closely contested French presidential election, but the S&P 500 managed to notch its first weekly gain in three.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI fell 30.95 points, or 0.15 percent, to 20,547.76, the S&P 500 .SPX lost 7.15 points, or 0.30 percent, to 2,348.69 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 6.26 points, or 0.11 percent, to 5,910.52.
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LONDON - British shares inched lower on Friday, scoring their worst weekly losses since early November after Tuesday's surprise call for an national election caused equities to fall.
The FTSE 100 .FTSE fell 0.1 percent, ending the week with a fall of 2.9 percent.
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TOKYO - Japanese stocks rose to 1-1/2 week highs on Friday as global investors bet that U.S. tax reforms are gaining traction, but Fujifilm Holdings tumbled after delaying the release of its earnings because of an accounting probe.
The Nikkei 225 share average .N225 gained 1.0 percent to 18,620.75, its highest closing level since April 11.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - Early indications showed the euro hitting a four-week high of $1.09 on Sunday, according to Reuters data, after pollsters' projections from partial results showed Emmanuel Macron had won the first round of France's presidential election. Reuters data showed the euro jumping to $1.09 EUR= , up from a close of $1.0726 on Friday, though liquidity was low ahead of the market open in Asia.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury debt prices gained on Friday ahead of Sunday's presidential election in France, with no major U.S. economic releases due to set market direction.
Ten-year notes US10YT=RR gained 4/32 in price to yield 2.23 percent. The 10-year yield briefly dipped to 2.165 percent on Tuesday, the lowest since Nov. 10, and has tumbled from 2.63 percent on March 14.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold prices rose slightly on Friday as investors awaited the first-round of voting in the presidential French election at the weekend and possible announcements about tax changes in the United States.
Spot gold XAU= was up 0.3 percent at $1,284.62 an ounce by 2:30 p.m. EDT (1830 GMT), on track to close the week little changed after five straight weeks higher.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper suffered a third week of losses amid a broad decline for industrial metals on Friday as worries over political instability and global demand prompted investors to cut bets on higher prices.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange CMCU3 closed flat at $5,622.50 a tonne, leaving it down 1.2 percent this week. The metal used in the power and construction sectors went as low as $5,530 on Wednesday, its weakest since Jan. 4.
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OIL
NEW YORK -
Oil prices tumbled more than 2 percent on Friday, notching the biggest weekly decline in more than a month on mounting evidence that U.S. production and inventory growth were offsetting OPEC's attempts to reduce the global crude glut.
Brent futures LCOc1 settled at $51.96 a barrel, down $1.03, or 2 percent at the market's close. U.S. crude futures CLc1 ended at $49.62 a barrel, down 2.2 percent, or $1.09.
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