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S&P/ASX 200
5,492.04 +21.06 NZSX 50
5,725.34 -12.10 DJIA
17,760.41 +211.79 Nikkei
19,779.83 -75.67 NASDAQ
4,997.70 +75.30 FTSE
6,673.38 +91.75 S&P 500
2,076.62 +25.31 Hang Seng
24,901.28 +508.49 SPI 200 Fut
5,472.00 +35.00 TRJCRB Index
218.25 +0.66 Bonds
AU 10 YR Bond
3.021 +0.071 US 10 YR Bond
2.401 +0.000 NZ 10 YR Bond
3.520 +0.000 US 30 YR Bond
3.192 +0.000 Currencies (Prev at 7pm NZST)
AUD US$
0.7430 0.7470 NZD US$
0.6722 0.6759 EUR US$
1.1116 1.1093 Yen US$
122.20 121.89 Commodities
Gold (Lon)
1159.30
Silver (Lon)
15.59
Gold (NY)
1163.56
Light Crude
52.74
--------------------------------------------------------------- - Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks closed broadly higher on Friday, with major indexes ending up more than 1 percent on hopes Greece would be able to secure fresh funding at an upcoming meeting, which would allow it to avert bankruptcy and remain in the euro zone.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI rose 211.79 points, or 1.21 percent, to 17,760.41, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 25.31 points, or 1.23 percent, to 2,076.62 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 75.30 points, or 1.53 percent, to 4,997.70.
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LONDON - Britain's top share index climbed to its highest level in more than a week on Friday after Greece presented a tough reform package in its bid to seal a debt agreement, with insurance stocks featuring among top gainers.
The FTSE 100 .FTSE index closed 1.4 percent higher at 6,6673.38 points after hitting an intra-day high of 6,687.57 points, the highest since late June. The benchmark index closed 1.4 percent higher in the previous session.
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TOKYO - The Nikkei share average edged down on Friday, hit by sharp losses in index-heavyweight Fast Retailing Co 9983.T on its weak domestic sales outlook for the current quarter.
A second-day rally by China markets helped limit the decline, however, as the Nikkei share average .N225 shed 0.4 percent to 19,779.83 in choppy trade. For the week, the Nikkei declined 3.7 percent, the biggest weekly drop since last October.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The euro advanced broadly on Friday, jumping more than 2 percent against the yen, on optimism Greece would be able to forge a debt deal with its creditors, enabling the troubled nation to stay in the euro zone.
Against the dollar, the euro was up 1.0 percent at $1.1145 EUR= as Athens sent a proposal for reforms to its creditors. It hit a one-week high of $1.1215 and had its best daily performance in a month.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasuries prices fell on Friday with yields hitting their highest in a week as a second-day recovery of Chinese stock prices and hopes of a Greece debt deal reduced the safehaven allure of U.S. government debt.
Benchmark 10-year Treasuries prices US10YT=RR fell 30/32 in price for a yield of 2.410 percent, up 11 basis points from Thursday.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK/LONDON - Gold gave up earlier gains on Friday after U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said she expected the central bank to raise interest rates sometime this year but pointed to concerns that U.S. labor markets remain weak.
Spot gold XAU= was up 0.1 percent at $1,160.33 an ounce at 1833 GMT. Prices remained near a four-month low of $1,146.75 reached on Wednesday.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper slipped on Friday and clocked a weekly fall of nearly 3 percent as concerns persisted over top consumer China's demand for the metal even as stock markets there recovered and in Europe hopes grew for a deal between Greece and its creditors.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange CMCU3 ended down 0.8 percent at $5,590 a tonne. Prices dropped to six-year lows of $5,240 on Wednesday.
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OIL
NEW YORK - Crude futures settled little changed on Friday after data showed the U.S. oil rig count barely rose this week, allaying fears of an acceleration in drilling that could bring on a surfeit of new supply to the market.
U.S. crude futures CLc1 settled down 4 cents at $52.74 a barrel. It rose more than $1 at its height and fell nearly 80 cents at its low.
Brent crude LCOc1 , the more important global benchmark, settled up 12 cents, or 0.2 percent, at $58.573 a barrel. Brent jumped 3 percent on Thursday, rebounding from three-month lows.
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