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5,170.50 +23.7 NZSX 50
5,712.040 +17.81 DJIA
16,384.58 -290.16 Nikkei
18,432.27 -362.06 NASDAQ
4,827.23 -66.72 FTSE
6,104.11 -82.88 S&P 500
1,958.03 -32.17 Hang Seng
21,920.83 +66.20 SPI 200 Fut
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2.134 +0.000 NZ 10 YR Bond
3.345 -0.005 US 30 YR Bond
2.934 +0.000 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
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1700GMT AUD US$
0.7179 0.7225 NZD US$
0.6396 0.6383 EUR US$
1.1276 1.1395 Yen US$
120.10 119.67 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,141.50
Silver (Lon)
15.16 Gold (NY)
1,139.00
Light Crude
44.68 TRJCRB Index
194.18 -4.03 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - Wall Street stocks closed lower on Friday in heavy trading as the Federal Reserve's decision to keep interest rates near zero fueled concerns about the potential impact of continuing weak global growth on U.S. corporate earnings.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI closed down 289.95 points, or 1.74 percent, to 16,384.79, the S&P 500 .SPX lost 32.12 points, or 1.61 percent, to 1,958.08 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 66.72 points, or 1.36 percent, to 4,827.23.
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LONDON - Britain's top share index fell sharply on Friday, led lower by commodities stocks, after the U.S. Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged on concerns about the health of the global economy.
The blue-chip FTSE 100 index .FTSE ended 1.3 percent lower at 6,104.11 points. It is down about 7 percent so far this year.
For a full report, double click on .L
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TOKYO - Japanese stocks snapped a three-day winning streak on Friday after the Federal Reserve kept interest rates at a record low, raising worries about the health of both the U.S. and global economies.
The Nikkei share average .N225 dropped 2 percent to 18,070.21 pointed, ending the week down 1.1 percent.
For a full report, double click on .T
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar rebounded from a three-week low on Friday, a day after the Federal Reserve kept U.S. interest rates on hold, in a late technical rally after a steep sell-off the previous session.
In late trading, the dollar index was up 0.7 percent at 95.191, after dropping to a three-week low of 94.063 .DXY
The euro was down 1.2 percent against the dollar at $1.1294 EUR= after hitting a three-week high of $1.1459. Against the yen, the dollar was flat at 119.96 yen JPY= .
For a full report, double click on USD/
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury yields fell on Friday, extending the previous day's declines after the Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged Thursday and doubts grew as to whether it would tighten policy at all this year.
U.S. two-, five-, and seven-year note yields hit their lowest levels in over three weeks Friday of 0.66 percent, 1.43 percent, and 1.83 percent, respectively, while benchmark 10-year yields hit their lowest in a week-and-a-half at 2.13 percent. Three-year yields hit their lowest in two weeks at 0.96 percent.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold rose to a near three-week high on Friday as the Federal Reserve's decision to leave U.S. interest rates unchanged rattled investors' outlook on the global economy and weighed on equity markets in developed economies. Spot gold XAU= was up 0.5 percent at $1,137.34 an ounce at 2:49 p.m. (1849 GMT), after earlier touching its highest level since Sept. 2, at $1,141.50. Gold was on track to finish the week up around 2.7 percent, snapping a three-week losing streak.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper fell to its lowest for a week on Friday as the U.S. Federal Reserve's decision not to raise rates yet left traders on edge, outweighing reports of potential supply disruptions.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange CMCU3 ended down 2.7 percent at $5,254 a tonne, having hit its lowest since Sept. 8 at $5,233. It struck an eight-week high on Thursday on expected supply hitches in Chile.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices tumbled on Friday, with U.S. crude falling 5 percent, after a selloff in Wall Street equities offset the positive impact of a third weekly decline in the U.S. oil rig count.
U.S. crude futures' front-month CLc1 settled down $2.22, or 4.8 percent, at $44.68 a barrel.
The front-month in Brent LCOc1 , the global oil benchmark, fell $1.61, or 3.3 percent, at $47.47.
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