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NetChng S&P/ASX 200
5,239.90 +12.21 NZSX 50
7,196.24 -14.48 DJIA
18,212.48 +177.71 Nikkei
16,405.01 -209.23 NASDAQ
5,249.69 +75.92 FTSE
6,730.30 +56.99 S&P 500
2,147.26 +21.49 Hang Seng
23,335.59 +144.95 SPI 200 Fut
5,262.00 +33.00 STI
2,805.52 -3.83 SSEC
3,002.67 -20.84 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
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NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
2.174 +0.010 US 10 YR Bond
1.698 +0.011 NZ 10 YR Bond
2.575 +0.020 US 30 YR Bond
2.470 +0.026 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
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1700GMT AUD US$
0.7516 0.7456 NZD US$
0.7311 0.7248 EUR US$
1.1250 1.1233 Yen US$
102.08 102.32 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,310.80
Silver (Lon)
18.94 Gold (NY)
1,322.60
Light Crude
43.91 TRJCRB Index
180.68 +1.18 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - Wall Street rallied on Thursday, buoyed by Apple's best four-day run since 2014, higher oil prices and lackluster economic data that further dimmed expectations for an interest rate hike next week.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI jumped 0.99 percent to end the day at 18,212.48 points and the S&P 500 .SPX rallied 1.01 percent to 2,147.26. The Nasdaq Composite .IXIC climbed 1.47 percent to 5,249.69.
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LONDON - Britain's top equity index rose on Thursday, led higher by a jump in Morrisons MRW.L after a rise in its first-half profit for the first time in four years, but Next NXT.Ls lumped following poor results. The blue-chip FTSE 100 index .FTSE closed slightly higher for the second session in a row, up 0.9 percent at 6,730.30 points though still near a one-month low after a shaky start to the week.
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share average fell to a near three-week closing low on Thursday as uncertainty over the Bank Of Japan's policy review next week continued to take a toll on financial stocks.
The Nikkei .N225 dropped 1.3 percent to 16,405.01, the lowest closing level since Aug. 26.
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SYDNEY - Australian shares are set for a third straight day of gains on Friday tracking Wall Street but are still on track to end the week lower.
Local share price index YAPcm1 rose 0.6 percent overnight to 5,262 points, sitting at a 22.1-point premium to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO . The benchmark rose 0.2 percent on Thursday.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The U.S. dollar reversed earlier gains against the yen on Thursday as traders doubted that the Bank of Japan (BOJ) would be able to weaken the yen with more policy stimulus, while profit-taking and gains in commodity currencies also weighed on the greenback.
The dollar was last down 0.22 percent against the yen at 102.18 yen JPY= after hitting a session high in morning trading of 102.74 yen.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - The U.S. Treasury yield curve surged to its steepest levels in 2-1/2 months on Thursday after U.S. retail sales fell more than expected in August, further reducing the odds that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates when it meets next week.
U.S. benchmark 10-year Treasury notes US10YT=RR fell 4/32 in price to yield 1.70 percent, up from 1.69 percent on Wednesday.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold slipped to a two-week low on Thursday as the dollar edged upwards despite a mixed bag of U.S. economic data ahead of next week's U.S. Federal Reserve policy meeting.
Spot gold XAU= fell as much as 1 percent to $1,309.25 an ounce and was down 0.7 percent at $1,313.43 by 1422 GMT, with U.S. gold futures GCcv1 down 0.8 percent at $1,316.20.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Nickel slumped to the lowest in more than two months on Thursday after worries eased that an environmental crackdown in the Philippines would create shortages.
Benchmark copper CMCU3 rose 0.2 percent to $4,781 an ounce, after touching its highest since Aug. 22 on a spate of upbeat Chinese data.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices rose about 1 percent or more on Thursday after tracking a rally in gasoline futures sparked by a delayed restart of the main gasoline line at Colonial Pipeline, the No. 1 carrier for the motor fuel in the United States.
Brent crude futures LCOc1 settled up 74 cents, or 1.6 percent, at $46.59 a barrel, after a session high at $47.
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