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161.89 -0.65 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - Wall Street edged lower on Thursday as Wal-Mart (N:WMT) shares dragged on major stock indexes after a lackluster earnings report and investors locked in gains after a three-day rally.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was up 9.49 points, or 0.06 percent, to 16,463.32, the S&P 500 .SPX had lost 2.13 points, or 0.11 percent, to 1,924.69 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC had dropped 21.35 points, or 0.47 percent, to 4,512.71.
For a full report, double click on .N
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LONDON - Britain's top share index rallied for a fourth straight session on Wednesday as appetite grew for underperformers in the mining sector, led by a surge in miner Glencore GLEN.L .
The FTSE 100 .FTSE was up 2.9 percent at 6,030.32 points at its close, taking gains over the last four sessions to almost 9 percent.
For a full report, double click on .L
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TOKYO - Japanese stocks fell in choppy trade on Wednesday as the yen broke from its fragile weakening trend against the U.S. dollar after a rebound in crude oil prices fizzled and revived demand for the safe-haven Japanese currency.
The broader Topix .TOPX slid 1.1 percent to end the session at 1,282.40 with all but two of its 33 subindexes in negative territory.
The JPX-Nikkei Index 400 .JPXNK400 declined 1.2 percent to 11,586.63.
For a full report, double click on .T
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SYDNEY - Australian stocks are poised to open slightly lower on Friday, edging lower after touching a two-week high in the previous session.
Stock index futures YAPcm1 were a touch lower at 4,942.0, a 48.1-point discount to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO . The benchmark rose 2.1 percent on Thursday.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The yen and Swiss franc on Wednesday surrendered gains and turned lower as a rise in oil prices and a recovery in European stock markets and U.S. equity futures dimmed the appeal of these safe-haven currencies.
Against the yen, the dollar was up 0.1 percent at 114.23 yen JPY= , recovering from a low of 113.37 yen struck early in the London session.
The dollar also rose against the Swiss franc, up 0.4 percent on the day at 0.9924 CHF= .
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury prices fell on Wednesday, with benchmark yields rising to their highest levels in 1-1/2 weeks, as gains on Wall Street stocks and encouraging data on producer prices and factory production reduced the appeal of low-yielding bonds.
Benchmark 10-year Treasury notes US10YT=RR were down 17/32 in price for a yield of 1.840 percent, up 6 basis points from Tuesday.
The 30-year bond US30YT=RR last traded 1-6/32 lower in price, yielding 2.701 percent, up 6 basis points on the day.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold prices rose just over 2 percent on Thursday afternoon, reversing earlier losses and lifting silver, as U.S. equities resumed their downward spiral, renewing bullion's safe-haven appeal that has spurred the market's biggest rally in years.
Spot gold XAU= was up 2.1 percent at $1,234.50 an ounce at 2:57 EST (1957 GMT), after steadily rising $35 off the intraday lows. The recovery put it closer to the one-year highs around $1,260 hit a week ago.
U.S. gold futures GCv1 for April delivery settled up 1.2 percent at $1,226.30.
For a full report, double click on GOL/
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Lead suffered its biggest one-day loss in nine months on Wednesday, dropping more than 3 percent after a surge in inventories highlighted the market was well supplied.
Other metals were mixed.
Three-month LME lead CMPB3 slid 3.1 percent to close at $1,734.50 a tonne, its weakest since Feb. 2. It fell 2.2 percent in the previous session.
LME copper CMCU3 climbed 0.7 percent to finish at $4,589 a tonne after closing little changed on Tuesday.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Brent settled lower on Thursday after data showing U.S. crude inventories rose to record highs overshadowed production freeze plans by oil major producers that had sharply boosted the market this week.
Brent LCOc1 , the global benchmark for crude, settled down 22 cents at $34.28 a barrel, having risen more than $1.20 before the data. It had gained a total of more than $4 between Friday and Wednesday.
U.S. crude CLc1 settled up by a modest 11 cents at $30.77 a barrel, after an earlier peak at $31.98. Reuters data showed the daily volume in U.S. crude futures at just over 200 million barrels, down 75 percent from two weeks ago.
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