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5,650.03 -17.81 DJIA
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18,322.98 +136.88 NASDAQ
4,775.02 +26.66 FTSE
6,336.35 +10.19 S&P 500
1,988.91 +8.99 Hang Seng
22,515.76 +684.14 SPI 200 Fut
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2.067 +0.032 NZ 10 YR Bond
3.405 -0.010 US 30 YR Bond
2.889 +0.017 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
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0.7209 0.7194 NZD US$
0.6608 0.6603 EUR US$
1.1252 1.1254 Yen US$
119.91 119.94 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,144.60
Silver (Lon)
15.98 Gold (NY)
1,146.70
Light Crude
47.86 TRJCRB Index
199.59 -0.54 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks were marginally higher in volatile trading on Wednesday as investor worries about corporate earnings grew and a rally in crude oil prices ended.
The S&P energy index .SPNY, earlier the best performing among the 10 major S&P sectors, was up 0.13 percent - the smallest gain among the six advancing S&P sectors.
At 12:48 p.m. ET (1648 GMT) the Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was up 24.89 points, or 0.15 percent, at 16,815.08. The S&P 500 .SPX was up 4.04 points, or 0.2 percent, at 1,983.96 and the Nasdaq composite index .IXIC was up 3.35 points, or 0.07 percent, at 4,751.71.
For a full report, double click on .N
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LONDON - Britain's top equity index ended at its highest closing level since August on Wednesday, buoyed by surging mining stocks while supermarket group Tesco (LONDON:TSCO) TSCO.L also climbed after a smaller-than-expected plunge in profits.
The blue-chip FTSE 100 .FTSE index finished up 0.2 percent at 6,336.35 points - its highest closing level since Aug. 20.
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TOKYO - Japanese stocks gained for a sixth day in choppy trade on Wednesday as the Bank of Japan's decision to keep policy unchanged at its policy meeting only raised expectations that the central bank would ease when it next meets on Oct. 30.
The Nikkei share average .N225 rose 0.8 percent to 18,322.98 after dipping into negative territory. It was the highest closing level since Sept. 17 and was the longest winning streak in three months.
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SYDNEY - Australian stocks are likely to have a cautious start on Thursday after Wall Street had a mixed session, but miners may take heart from signs of stabilisation in prices of copper and iron ore.
Stock index futures YAPcm1 edged up 0.4 percent to 5,211.0, a 16.1-point premium to the close of the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO on Wednesday. The index ended 0.6 percent in the last session, not far from a one-month peak touched earlier in the week.
BHP Billiton (LONDON:BLT) BHP.AX is expected to open around 1.5 percent higher after a gain in its U.S. ADRs BHP.N .
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - Optimism toward global economic growth boosted risk appetite and drove the U.S. dollar higher against the euro and Swiss franc on Wednesday, while the yen gained against the dollar after the Bank of Japan left monetary policy unchanged.
The dollar slipped slightly against the yen after the Bank of Japan left monetary policy steady despite talk the central bank would ease. The dollar was last down 0.2 percent against the yen at 120.005 yen JPY=EBS .
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasuries prices fell on Wednesday as a recovery in oil prices spread to global stock markets and a failed German debt auction encouraged investors to move into stocks from bonds, ahead of a $21 billion 10-year note auction.
On the open market, benchmark 10-year Treasuries US10YT=RR were down 9/32 in price to yield 2.067 percent, up 3 basis points from late Tuesday. The 30-year bond US30YT=RR was down 16/32 in price to yield 2.898 percent, up 2.5 basis points from Tuesday.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold eased on Wednesday, falling from a two-week high on the firmer dollar while losses were capped on expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will delay raising interest rates until next year. Spot gold XAU= fell 0.1 percent to $1,145.86 an ounce by 2:53 p.m. EDT (1853 GMT), after touching $1,153.30, its highest level since Sept. 24.
For a full report, double click on GOL/
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper hit two-week highs on Wednesday but ended flat as investors saw oil prices give back their gains and weighed a weak demand outlook against an industry group's forecast for a deficit of metal next year.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices seesawed in volatile trading on Wednesday, barely hanging onto a third day of gains after government data showing a large U.S. crude inventory build surprised traders the morning after an industry group had reported a draw.
Brent LCOc1 , the global crude benchmark, was down 24 cents at $51.68 a barrel by 2:22 p.m. EDT (1822 GMT). At its session high, Brent was up more than $1; then it turned negative before edging slightly higher.
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