(Repeats to additional subscribers with no changes to text) -----------------------(07:03 / 2003 )----------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Stock Markets
NetChng
NetChng S&P/ASX 200
5,122.62 +23.39 NZSX 50
6,013.50 +10.70 DJIA
17,714.15 -44.06 Nikkei
19,691.39 +20.13 NASDAQ
5,085.76 +2.51 FTSE
6,297.20 +21.92 S&P 500
2,076.05 -5.67 Hang Seng
22,352.17 -49.53 SPI 200 Fut
5,107.00 -21.00 STI
2,981.59 -16.13 SSEC
3,650.25 +9.76 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
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NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
2.892 +0.004 US 10 YR Bond
2.336 +0.000 NZ 10 YR Bond
3.540 -0.010 US 30 YR Bond
3.109 +0.000 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
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1700GMT AUD US$
0.7055 0.7059 NZD US$
0.6555 0.6565 EUR US$
1.0739 1.0741 Yen US$
122.86 122.98 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,085.90
Silver (Lon)
14.27 Gold (NY)
1,089.51
Light Crude
43.00 TRJCRB Index
188.35 -1.07 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - U.S. stock indexes were mixed on Wednesday as investors bought Amazon.com (O:AMZN) and dumped brick-and-mortar retailers after a disappointing full-year forecast from Macy's.
At 2:18 pm, the Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was down 0.1 percent at 17,741.24 points and the S&P 500 .SPX was 0.09 percent lower at 2,079.86. The Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 0.08 percent to 5,087.09.
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LONDON - Britain's top equity index advanced on Wednesday, lifted by credit data company Experian EXPN.L and SABMiller SAB.L , which rose after AB InBev ABI.BR launched its $100 billion-plus bid for SAB.
The blue-chip FTSE 100 index .FTSE ended up 0.4 percent at 6,297.20 points. The index is down around 4 percent since the start of 2015, and nearly 12 percent below a record high reached in April after concerns about a slowdown in China, the world's second-biggest economy, knocked back global stock markets.
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TOKYO - Japanese stocks were marginally higher after a day of light trading as fresh economic indicators from China arrived in line with expectations.
he Nikkei share average .N225 rose 0.1 percent to end the day at 19,691.39. It was the sixth consecutive day of gains for the benchmark index.
The broader Topix .TOPX added 0.4 percent to end the day at 1,595.32 and the JPX-Nikkei Index 400 .JPXNK400 gained 0.4 percent to 14,368.05.
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SYDNEY - Australian shares are likely to fall on Thursday weighed down by weaker commodities and on lack of direction from a muted Wall Street.
Local share price index futures YAPcm1 were down 0.4 percent overnight at 5,109 points, a 13.6 point discount to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO . The benchmark rose 0.5 percent on Wednesday.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar retreated on Wednesday from the previous day's multi-month highs against the euro and other major currencies in a lightly traded session due to the U.S. Veterans Day holiday.
The dollar index .DXY was down 0.2 percent to 99.052 after touching its highest in seven months Tuesday.
The euro was up slightly against the dollar EUR= , last trading at $1.0731, after dropping below $1.07 for the first time in more than six months Tuesday morning.
For a full report, double click on USD/
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - There will be no U.S. Treasuries reports on Wednesday with the U.S. bond market closed due the Veterans Day holiday. They will resume on Thursday when the market reopens.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK/LONDON - Gold edged down towards a three-month low on Wednesday, failing to benefit from a softer dollar, as pressure from an anticipated U.S. rate hike as soon as next month persisted.
Spot gold XAU= was down 0.5 percent at $1,084.61 an ounce at 2:41 p.m. EST (1941 GMT), the lowest since Aug. 7 and not far from the 5-1/2-year low reached in July at $1,077, a level viewed as key support.
U.S. gold futures GCZ5 for December delivery settled down $3.60 an ounce at $1,084.90.
For a full report, double click on GOL/
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Zinc and lead recovered from multi-year lows on Wednesday and copper steadied, having earlier veered towards a six-year trough after a gauge of top metals consumer China's factory health showed ongoing weakness in the world's top metals consumer.
Three-month London Metal Exchange zinc CMZN3 hit a six-year low of $1,553.50 a tonne, but recovered to end up 1.1 percent at $1,623. Lead CMPB3 ended down 0.9 percent at $1,620, having hit a five-year low of $1,582.
Copper CMCU3 ended up 0.4 percent at $4,943, having hit $4,885 a tonne earlier, its weakest since a six-year low of $4,855 in August.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices fell more than 3 percent on Wednesday to their lowest since August on worries that U.S. government data will show a seventh weekly build in crude inventories.
Brent crude LCOc1 was down $1.58, or 3.3 percent, at $45.86 a barrel by 1:23 p.m. EST (1823 GMT). The session low was $45.83, the lowest price since Aug. 27.
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