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4,779.25 +87.38 FTSE
6,360.06 +219.67 S&P 500
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EQUITIES
NEW YORK - Wall Street recorded big gains for a second day on Wednesday as investors continued to scour for bargains and digest the fallout from Britain's stunning vote to leave the European Union.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI rose 284.96 points, or 1.64 percent, to 17,694.68, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 34.68 points, or 1.7 percent, to 2,070.77 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 87.38 points, or 1.86 percent, to 4,779.25.
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LONDON - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE closed at its highest level since April on Wednesday, as a two-day rally recouped the losses it suffered after Britain voted to leave the European Union.
Britain's FTSE 100 settled up 219.67 points, 3.6 percent higher, at 6,360.06 points. The gains lifted the FTSE above last Thursday's close of 6,338.10.
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SYDNEY - Australian shares are poised to open up more than 1 percent on Thursday as market anxiety over global economic growth eases slightly.
Local share price index futures YAPcm1 jumped 1.4 percent overnight to 5,166 points, swinging to a premium of 23.6 points to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO . The benchmark closed 0.7 percent higher on Wednesday.
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TOKYO - Japanese stocks rose on Wednesday, tracking a recovery in global equities as Brexit concerns eased somewhat for the time being.
Capping its third day of gains, Japan's Nikkei share average .N225 jumped 1.6 percent to close at 15,566.83. The index has reclaimed roughly half of the territory lost Friday when it tanked 7.9 percent to its lowest since Feb. 12 on the Brexit shock.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The U.S. dollar slipped against the euro and sterling for a second straight day on Wednesday on potential profit-taking and a rebound in risk appetite stemming from reduced concerns surrounding Britain's vote to exit the European Union.
Sterling GBP=D4 , which suffered its biggest one-day fall in modern history on Friday, was last up 0.7 percent against the greenback at $1.3434. In earlier U.S. trading, sterling hit a session high of $1.3534, marking a more than four-cent rebound from a 31-year low of $1.3122 touched on Monday.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury debt prices fell on Wednesday, with the 30-year yield flirting with all-time lows, as investors reduced bond holdings on a further rebound in stocks and commodities following a rout triggered by Britain's vote to leave the European Union.
Benchmark 10-year Treasuries US10YT=RR were down 12/32 in price with a yield of 1.495 percent, up 3 basis points.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold rose on Wednesday as the dollar retreated and investor appetite for safe assets remained strong because of longer-term financial uncertainty after Britain's surprise vote to leave the European Union.
Spot gold XAU= was up 1 percent at $1,324.90 an ounce by 2:30 p.m. EDT (1830 GMT), while U.S. gold GCcv1 settled up 0.7 percent at $1,326.90.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper and nickel climbed to the highest levels in nearly eight weeks on Wednesday, bolstered by a softer dollar and fading fears about Britain's vote to exit the European Union.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange CMCU3 hit a peak of $4,847.50 a tonne, the highest since May 5, building on a 2.3 percent gain in the previous session.
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices surged 4 percent on Wednesday, with Brent settling above the psychological $50 a barrel mark, after a larger-than-expected drawdown in U.S. crude inventories.
Brent crude futures LCOc1 settled up $2.03, or 4.2 percent, at $50.61 per barrel. It hit a near one-week high of $50.74 during the session.
U.S. crude's West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures CLc1 also closed up $2.03, or 4.2 percent, at $49.88. WTI's session high was $50.
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