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NetChng
NetChng S&P/ASX 200
5,862.47 +6.18 NZSX 50
7,243.76 -45.76 DJIA
20,656.10 -6.85 Nikkei
18,664.63 +67.57 NASDAQ
5,877.81 -1.14 FTSE
7,349.37 +46.17 S&P 500
2,355.54 -1.95 Hang Seng
24,267.30 -6.42 SPI 200 Fut
5,866.00 +14.00 STI
3,177.27 +1.68 SSEC
3,287.02 +6.02 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
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NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
2.553 +0.013 US 10 YR Bond
2.382 +0.000 NZ 10 YR Bond
3.080 +0.000 US 30 YR Bond
3.009 +0.000 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
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1700GMT AUD US$
0.7489 0.7524 NZD US$
0.6930 0.6971 EUR US$
1.0592 1.0645 Yen US$
111.08 110.48 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,266.45
Silver (Lon)
17.96 Gold (NY)
1,253.55
Light Crude
52.24 TRJCRB Index
187.11 +0.32 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - Wall Street's three major indexes edged lower on Friday in a choppy session as investors grappled with a weaker-than-expected job report, the U.S. airstrike in Syria and a top Federal Reserve official's comments on trimming the U.S. central bank's balance sheet.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI was down 6.85 points, or 0.03 percent, at 20,656.1, the S&P 500 .SPX lost 1.95 points, or 0.08 percent, to 2,355.54 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 1.14 points, or 0.02 percent, to 5,877.81.
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LONDON - European shares inched up on Friday, reversing earlier weakness as oil stocks climbed after a U.S. cruise missile strike in Syria sent crude prices near to one-month highs.
The pan-European STOXX 600 index .STOXX ended up 0.1 percent, also supported by precious metal miners which benefited from a rise in prices of gold, which is seen as a safe-haven asset. On the week the STOXX 600 was flat.
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share average edged up in choppy trade on Friday but gains were limited as the U.S. missile strike on Syria curbed investors' risk appetite.
The Nikkei .N225 rose 0.4 percent to 18,664.63 after traversing positive and negative trade. In the morning, it slipped to as low as 18,517.43, its weakest since Dec. 7.
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SYDNEY - Australian shares are seen slightly higher at the open, as a U.S. missile strike on a Syrian airbase has so far not dented traders' optimism.
Local share price futures YAPcm1 added 14 points overnight to 5,866 points, a 0.1 percent premium to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO . The benchmark was volatile, but ultimately flat for the week at Friday's close.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar rose to three-week highs on Friday after an influential Federal Reserve official said the U.S. central bank's plan to shrink its bond portfolio this year would not significantly delay its interest rate-hiking cycle.
The dollar index rose to three-week peaks of 101.26 .DXY and last traded a up 0.5 percent at 101.16.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury yields rose on Friday, reversing a plunge sparked by weaker-than-expected U.S. jobs growth data, after a top Federal Reserve official boosted expectations for interest rate increases.
U.S. 30-year yields US30YT=RR hit a session high of 3.009 percent after hitting 2.939 percent, their lowest since mid-January, while five-year yields touched 1.921 percent after touching 1.784 percent, their lowest since Nov. 30, 2016.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold hit a five-month high on Friday after U.S. jobs data dampened expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will raise interest rates, but the metal gave up most gains as the dollar rose and safe haven demand ebbed.
Spot gold XAU= rose 0.2 percent to $1,253.71 an ounce by 2:44 p.m. EDT (1844 GMT )after touching its highest since Nov. 10 at $1,270.46, putting it on track for a fourth consecutive week of gains. U.S. gold futures GCcv1 climbed 0.3 percent to settle at $1,257.30 an ounce.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper fell on Friday after a U.S. missile strike on Syria prompted investors to move out of riskier assets while the biggest sell-off in Chinese steel futures in two months spilled over into industrial metals.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange CMCU3 closed down 0.4 percent at $5,834 a tonne, ending the week barely changed.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices rose on Friday, trading near a one-month high and closing the week up 3 percent after the United States fired missiles at a Syrian government air base, raising concern that the conflict could spread in the oil-rich region.
Brent crude futures LCOc1 settled up 35 cents at $55.24. Brent reached a session high of $56.08, the highest since March 7, shortly after the U.S. missile strike was announced. For the week, Brent was up 4.4 percent.
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