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NetChng
NetChng S&P/ASX 200
5,095.02 -23.93 NZSX 50
5,648.23 -22.76 DJIA
16,433.09 +102.69 Nikkei
18,299.62 -35.40 NASDAQ
4,822.34 +26.09 FTSE
6,117.76 -38.05 S&P 500
1,961.05 +8.76 Hang Seng
21,504.37 -58.13 SPI 200 Fut
5,093.00 +25.00 FTSTI
2,888.03 -40.15 SSEC
3,200.45 +2.56 ---------------------------------------------------------------- - Bonds
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NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
2.735 -0.004 US 10 YR Bond
2.187 +0.000 NZ 10 YR Bond
3.295 -0.010 US 30 YR Bond
2.952 +0.000 ---------------------------------------------------------------- - Currencies
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1700GMT AUD US$
0.7077 0.7060 NZD US$
0.6301 0.6312 EUR US$
1.1340 1.1285 Yen US$
120.47 120.69 ---------------------------------------------------------------- - Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,100.25
Silver (Lon)
14.61 Gold (NY)
1,107.50
Light Crude
44.63 TRJCRB Index
196.72 -1.29 ---------------------------------------------------------------- - ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks rose on Friday and the S&P 500 posted its biggest weekly gain since July as investors weighed whether the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates next week.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI rose 102.69 points, or 0.63 percent, to 16,433.09, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 8.76 points, or 0.45 percent, to 1,961.05 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 26.09 points, or 0.54 percent, to 4,822.34.
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LONDON - Britain's top share index fell on Friday, led lower by a drop in housebuilders after weak UK construction data for July, and by struggling supermarket operators.
Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE ended 0.6 percent lower at 6,117.76 points, with investors displaying caution ahead of a U.S. Federal Reserve meeting next week to make a decision on interest rates.
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TOKYO - Japanese stocks fell amid choppy trade on Friday as investors remained focused on next week's U.S. Federal Reserve monetary policy meeting, which could potentially see the first U.S. interest rise in almost a decade.
The Nikkei share average .N225 edged down 0.2 percent to 18,264.22 but managed to snap a 4-week losing streak by gaining 2.7 percent throughout a week of volatility and short-covering.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar drifted lower on Friday in thin, listless trading ahead of next week's Federal Reserve policymaking meeting that may yield the first interest rate increase in the United States in nearly a decade.
The dollar index .DXY , a basket of currencies valued against the dollar, traded in a small range and rose briefly when the government reported U.S. producer prices were unexpectedly flat during August.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury prices gained on Friday as investors focused on whether the Federal Reserve is likely to raise interest rates for the first time in almost a decade when it meets next week.
Benchmark 10-year notes US10YT=RR were last up 10/32 in price to yield 2.19 percent, down from 2.22 percent late on Thursday. Thirty-year bonds US30YT=RR gained 24/32 in price to yield 2.95 percent, down from 2.99 percent.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK/LONDON - Gold fell to a one-month low on Friday, heading for a third successive weekly loss, as uncertainty over the timing of the U.S. Federal Reserve's first interest rate increase in nearly a decade weighed on appetite for the metal.
Spot gold XAU= was down 0.6 percent at $1,104.96 an ounce at 2:37 p.m. EDT (1837 GMT), while U.S. gold futures GCv1 for December delivery settled down 0.5 percent at $1,103.30 an ounce.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper fell on Friday on persistent fears of a hard landing in top consumer China and a possible U.S. rate rise next week, but the metal still set its biggest weekly gain since May thanks to output cut announcements.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange CMCU3 ended down 0.5 percent at $5,370 a tonne, but closed the week up 5 percent. The metal has risen about 10 percent since hitting a six-year low of $4,855 on Aug. 24.
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OIL
NEW YORK - Crude futures fell 2 percent or more on Friday after influential Wall Street trader Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) cut its outlook on oil, but positive sentiment from rebounding U.S. stock prices and less drilling for oil helped the market pare losses.
U.S. crude CLc1 settled down $1.29, or 2.8 percent, at $44.63 a barrel. Brent LCOc1 , the global benchmark for oil, closed down 75 cents, or 1.5 percent, at $48.59.
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