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177.92 +0.92 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - Major U.S. stock indexes gained on Friday, with the S&P 500 ending at a record high close, as energy stocks bounced back along with oil prices and U.S. job growth rebounded.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 55.47 points, or 0.26 percent, to 21,006.94, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 9.77 points, or 0.41 percent, to 2,399.29 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 25.42 points, or 0.42 percent, to 6,100.76.
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LONDON - Robust earnings and strength in resources-linked stocks helped Britain's top share index rise on Friday, sealing its best week in two months, with Pearson (LON:PSON) PSON.L the standout performer.
Britain's blue chip FTSE 100 .FTSE index rose 0.7 percent, reversing earlier losses as the oil price paused its slide, supporting mining firms and energy stocks.
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TOKYO -Japan's Nikkei share average rose to six-week highs on Tuesday in a holiday-shortened week, getting a lift from robust earnings and gains on Wall Street.
The Nikkei .N225 finished 0.7 percent higher at 19,445.70, its highest close since March 21.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - Early indicators on Sunday showed the euro topping $1.10 for the first time since the U.S. election results, according to data from trading platform EBS, on reports of polls showing Emmanuel Macron on course to win the French presidential election.
EBS data showed the euro jumping to $1.1030 EUR=EBS , the highest level since Nov. 9, and up from a close of $1.09995 on Friday. Liquidity was, however, very thin ahead of the market open in Asia.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - The U.S. Treasury yield curve flattened on Friday after jobs growth in April rebounded and the unemployment rate fell to a near 10-year low, reinforcing the view that the Federal Reserve is likely to raise interest rates again in June.
Benchmark 10-year notes gained 2/32 in price to yield 2.35 percent, down from 2.36 percent on Thursday. The yield curve between two-year notes and 10-year notes US2US10=TWEB flattened to 103 basis points, from 105 basis points before the data.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold pared gains on Friday after data showed U.S. job growth rebounded in April and stayed on track for its biggest weekly loss in six months as expectations for a U.S. interest rate hike in June grew and euro zone political risk receded.
Spot gold XAU= was up 0.05 percent at $1,227.89 an ounce by 2:35 p.m. EDT (1835 GMT), but set to end the week down 3.2 percent, its biggest weekly drop since November. U.S. June gold futures GCv1 settled down 0.14 percent at $1,226.90.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper recovered on Friday from a five-month low as mine workers in Peru considered launching a new strike and some investors regarded the lower prices as good value.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange CMCU3 closed 0.8 percent higher at $5,585 a tonne. In the previous session, copper sank to $5,494, the lowest since Jan. 4.
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices closed 1.5 percent higher on Friday, rebounding from five-month lows, following positive U.S. jobs data and assurances by Saudi Arabia that Russia is ready to join OPEC in extending supply cuts to reduce a persistent glut.
Brent COc1 futures gained 72 cents, or 1.5 percent, to settle at $49.10 a barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude CLc1 climbed 70 cents, or 1.5 percent, to close at $46.22 per barrel.
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