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NetChng
NetChng S&P/ASX 200
5,556.56 +16.86 NZSX 50
7,306.35 +4.45 DJIA
18,456.35 -15.82 Nikkei
16,476.84 -187.98 NASDAQ
5,154.98 +15.17 FTSE
6,721.06 -29.37 S&P 500
2,170.06 +3.48 Hang Seng
22,174.34 -44.65 SPI 200 Fut
5,525.00 +8.00 STI
2,918.62 -22.87 SSEC
2,994.98 +2.98 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
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NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
1.865 -0.015 US 10 YR Bond
1.508 -0.007 NZ 10 YR Bond
2.240 -0.015 US 30 YR Bond
2.234 +0.006 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
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1700GMT AUD US$
0.7502 0.7529 NZD US$
0.7080 0.7103 EUR US$
1.1072 1.1088 Yen US$
105.29 104.63 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,341.75
Silver (Lon)
20.15 Gold (NY)
1,339.42
Light Crude
41.10 TRJCRB Index
179.21 -0.40 ----------------------------------------------------------------
Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - Wall Street edged higher on Thursday as investors looked beyond disappointing earnings from Ford and bought shares in Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), while Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) surged after the bell following its quarterly report.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI edged down 0.09 percent to end at 18,456.35 points and the S&P 500 .SPX gained 0.16 percent to 2,170.06. The Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 0.3 percent to 5,154.98.
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LONDON - Britain's top share index dipped on Thursday after hitting a one-year high in the previous session, with Lloyds (LON:LLOY), Smith & Nephew (LON:SN) and Royal Dutch Shell (LON:RDSa) falling after poorly received trading updates.
The blue-chip FTSE 100 .FTSE index was down 0.4 percent at 6,721.06 points at its close.
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share average fell on Thursday as the market took a breather after the yen strengthened, while most investors stayed cautious awaiting decisions from the two-day Bank Of Japan policy meeting ending Friday.
The Nikkei .N225 dropped 1.1 percent to 16,476.84.
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SYDNEY - Australian shares are set to drift higher on Friday, tracking global markets after Wall Street edged higher overnight.
Local share price index futures YAPcm1 rose 0.1 percent at 5,525 points, although that was a 31.6 point discount to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO close. The benchmark closed at 5,556.6 points, just shy of a one-year high on Thursday.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The yen weakened on Thursday after Reuters reported that the Bank of Japan, under pressure from the Japanese government, was considering specific steps for expanding monetary stimulus on Friday to address signs of weakness in inflation.
The yen weakened to U.S. session lows of 105.50 on the report, from 104.79 earlier JPY= . The yen had gained earlier on Thursday on expectations that the BOJ could disappoint investors.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury prices were little changed on Thursday, with longer-dated yields dropping to two-week lows, as the possibility of more stimulus from the Bank of Japan offset softer-than-expected readings on traded goods and jobless claims.
Benchmark 10-year Treasury notes US10YT=RR were up 1/32 in price for a yield of 1.506 percent, down 1 basis point from Wednesday, while the 30-year bond US30YT=RR was flat, yielding 2.228 percent.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold turned lower after hitting a two-week peak on Thursday as the dollar pared losses and U.S. stocks climbed from their lows ahead of a possible Bank of Japan announcement to expand monetary stimulus on Friday.
Spot gold XAU= was down 0.3 percent at $1,335.60 an ounce at 3:28 p.m. EDT (1938 GMT), after rising to a two-week top at $1,345.21. U.S. gold futures GCv1 for August delivery settled up 0.4 percent at $1,332.30.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper climbed on Thursday, boosted by a lower dollar after the U.S. central bank left rates unchanged and some expectations of steady demand in top consumer China.
Benchmark copper CMCU3 on the London Metal Exchange ended up one percent at $4,896.5 a tonne. The metal used widely in power and construction touched a two-week low of $4,830 a tonne on Wednesday.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices settled down nearly 2 percent on Thursday, hitting April lows and with U.S. crude headed for its biggest monthly loss in a year, on growing worries that the world was pumping more crude than needed.
U.S. crude's West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures settled down 78 cents, or 1.9 percent, at $41.14 a barrel. WTI earlier fell to $41.04, its lowest since April 20. Brent crude futures LCOc1 fell 77 cents, or 1.8 percent, to settle at $42.70, after falling earlier to $42.56, the lowest since April 18.
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