(Repeats to additional subscribers, no changes to text) -----------------------(07:13 / 2013 GMT)----------------------- Stock Markets
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120.42 120.71 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
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15.52 Gold (NY)
1,142.00
Light Crude
46.59 TRJCRB Index
195.61 +1.45 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Friday's market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - U.S. stock indexes finished with their strongest monthly performances in four years on Friday, even as they dipped for the day amid a mixed bag of earnings reports.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI fell 92.26 points, or 0.52 percent, to 17,663.54, the S&P 500 .SPX lost 10.05 points, or 0.48 percent, to 2,079.36 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 20.53 points, or 0.4 percent, to 5,053.75.
For a full report, double click on .N
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LONDON - Disappointing company results depressed UK shares on Friday, and energy firms fell as the price of crude oil retreated after weak U.S. economic growth data.
The blue-chip FTSE 100 index .FTSE ended 0.5 percent lower at 6,361.09 points, although it registered its biggest monthly gains since July 2013.
For a full report, double click on .L
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TOKYO - Tokyo shares rose to more than a two-month high on Friday after the market digested the Bank of Japan's decision to stand pat on policy, while a media report that the government is considering a budget of over 3 trillion yen buoyed sentiment.
The Nikkei .N225 ended 0.8 percent higher at 19,083.10, the highest close since Aug. 28.
For a full report, double click on .T
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SYDNEY - Australian shares are poised to open lower, following a week of losses, with results from Westpac Banking Corp WBC.AX likely to set the tone as it rounds off a disappointing reporting season for the country's top banks.
Local share price index futures YAPcm1 slipped 0.5 percent to 5,211.0 to sit at a 28.4-point discount to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO close. The benchmark fell 2 percent last week.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar fell on Friday, reducing its monthly gain against a basket of currencies, as traders who favored commodity-linked currencies booked profits on gains tied to the U.S. Federal Reserve's unexpected hint it may raise rates in December.
The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major currencies, fell 0.3 percent to 96.995 DXY= . For October, the dollar was up 0.6 percent, for its second straight monthly gain.
For a full report, double click on USD/
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasuries prices rose on Friday, with benchmark yields retreating from one-month peaks as soft domestic and overseas data renewed traders' outlook on tepid global growth and month-end buying boosted longer-dated Treasuries prices.
Benchmark 10-year Treasuries US10YT=RR rose 7/32 in price to yield 2.146 percent, down over 2 basis points from Thursday.
For a full report, double click on US/
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold fell to a three-week low on Friday, extending two days of losses and heading for its biggest weekly drop since August on the chance the U.S. Federal Reserve may still raise interest rates this year.
Spot gold XAU= was down 0.4 percent at $1,141.36 an ounce at 3:23 p.m. EDT (1923 GMT), after slipping to its lowest since Oct. 9 at $1,139.11, just above the 100-day moving average. It was on track to close October up 2.4 percent.
For a full report, double click on GOL/
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper, zinc and lead dropped to three-week lows on Friday as investors zeroed in on a combination of oversupply and weak demand in major metals consumer China.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange CMCU3 closed down 0.4 percent at $5,110 a tonne, the weakest since Oct. 8, after dropping 1.4 percent in the previous session when prices also hit a three-week trough.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices rose on Friday, finishing higher for the week and month as well, after another decline in the U.S. oil rig count indicated domestic crude production could fall in coming months.
U.S. crude futures CLc1 rose by 53 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $46.56, gaining 3 percent on the week and 4 percent on the month.
For a full report, double click on O/R
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