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122.40 123.44 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
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Light Crude
41.10 TRJCRB Index
183.30 +2.46 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks dropped more than 1 percent late Thursday afternoon as the European Central Bank's announcements failed to impress investors, while Janet Yellen's comments suggested the Federal Reserve was on track to raise rates this month.
At 2:50 p.m., the Dow Jones industrial average .DJI fell 272.45 points, or 1.54 percent, to 17,457.23, the S&P 500 .SPX lost 33.85 points, or 1.63 percent, to 2,045.66 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 102.03 points, or 1.99 percent, to 5,021.20.
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LONDON - Britain's top share index dropped sharply to a one-week low on Thursday after some new measures announced by European Central Bank President Mario Draghi to support the region's economy fell short of analysts' expectations.
The blue-chip FTSE 100 index .FTSE ended 2.3 percent weaker at 6,275.00 points, the lowest level since late November. However, the index outperformed the European market, which was down about 3 percent, as Britain is not a member of the euro zone and many firms in the UK index have an international exposure and are less affected by European policies.
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TOKYO - Japanese stocks ended little changed in choppy trade on Thursday as investors were content to adopt a conservative approach before the European Central Bank's policy decision later in the day.
The Nikkei share average .N225 closed flat at 19,939.90 after a small decline in the morning session was wiped out with help from a softer yen.
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SYDNEY - Australian stocks are set to open lower on Friday, taking a negative lead from Wall Street but a rebound in oil prices could help underpin energy shares.
Pointing to a weak start, stock index futures YAPcm1 shed 1.4 percent to 5,157.0, a 71.7-point discount to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO . The benchmark fell 0.6 percent on Thursday.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The U.S. dollar hit a roughly one-month low against the euro on Thursday after the European Central Bank cut its interest rate on deposits by just 10 basis points, stinging some euro short-sellers who were expecting a sharper move.
The U.S. dollar index .DXY hit 97.955, its lowest level in nearly a month, before paring losses slightly. The dollar index was last down 1.79 percent at 98.205. Against the yen, the greenback was last down 0.23 percent at 122.96 JPY= .
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - Yields on U.S. Treasuries rose sharply on Thursday, following rising European yields, after the European Central Bank disappointed investors with a less-than-robust round of stimulus at its latest policy meeting.
U.S. benchmark 10-year Treasury notes US10YT=RR were last down 27/32 in price to yield 2.272 percent, up from 2.180 percent on Wednesday.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
LONDON - Gold bounced from near six-year lows on Thursday in line with a rebound in the euro, after the European Central Bank announced the minimum cut in its deposit rate that investors had been expecting.
Spot gold XAU= was up 0.4 percent at $1,056.85 at 1435 GMT, while U.S. gold futures GCv1 for February delivery were up $2.80 an ounce at $1,056.60.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper, zinc and nickel hit one-week lows on Thursday as bearish speculators shrugged off a retreat in the dollar and instead focused on weaker demand in top metals user China.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange CMCU3 closed down 0.1 percent to $4,556 a tonne, having recovered from its lowest in a week at $4,513. Prices are mired near a 6-1/2 year trough of $4,443.50 hit on Nov. 23.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Crude oil futures surged more than 4 percent on Thursday, recouping all of the previous session's losses on hedging ahead of a meeting of the world's largest oil producers while a tumbling dollar boosted demand for most commodities.
Brent futures LCOc1 were up $2.05, or 4.8 percent, at $44.54 per barrel by 1630 GMT. Brent fell to $42.43 on Wednesday, just about 20 cents from making a new low since March 2009.
U.S. crude's West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures CLc1 jumped $1.60, or 4 percent, to $41.54. WTI's front-month January futures CLF6 hit a contract low of $39.84 on Wednesday.
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