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4,617.13 +91.06 FTSE
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1,093.11
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EQUITIES
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks rebounded sharply in late Thursday trading as investors snapped up battered energy and other shares, while financials rose after upbeat results from JPMorgan (N:JPM).
At 2:56 p.m., the Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was up 300.38 points, or 1.86 percent, to 16,451.79, the S&P 500 .SPX had gained 40.04 points, or 2.12 percent, to 1,930.32 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC had added 116.68 points, or 2.58 percent, to 4,642.75.
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LONDON - Britain's top share index fell to its lowest level in almost five months on Thursday, hit by falls in downgraded travel and leisure stocks, though an oil price recovery and strength on Wall Street helped it end off its lows.
The blue-chip FTSE 100 index .FTSE was down 42.74 points, or 0.7 percent at 5,918.23 by the close, having hit its lowest intraday level since late August 2015 in early trade.
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TOKYO - Japanese stocks fell on Thursday, giving up most of the previous day's gains as weak oil prices fanned fears about a slowdown in the global economy.
The Nikkei share average .N225 slid 2.7 percent to 17,240.95 for its lowest closing in 3-1/2 months. The benchmark index recovered slightly after a midday foray below 17,000 points, but still gave up most of Wednesday's 2.9 percent gain.
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SYDNEY - Australian stocks are set to open higher on Friday following an inspiring performance on Wall Street.
Pointing to a positive start, stock index futures YAPcm1 rose 1.1 percent to 4,931.0, a 21.6-point premium to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO .
The benchmark slumped to its lowest since July 2013 on Thursday, before closing the session down 1.6 percent.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar rose on Thursday, bolstered by gains in the U.S. stock market and a rebound in oil prices, suggesting that the Federal Reserve will not be as constrained to push ahead with its plan to raise interest rates several times this year.
In late morning trading, the euro fell 0.3 percent against the dollar at $1.0838 EUR= . It was flat versus the yen at 128.03 yen EURJPY= . The dollar rose 0.3 percent against the yen to 117.99 yen JPY= .
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasuries prices fell on Thursday in volatile trading as oil prices and stocks recovered from a drastic sell-off ahead of a $13 billion sale of 30-year bonds by the Treasury.
Benchmark 10-year notes US10YT=RR were last down 4/32 in price to yield 2.080 percent, up from 2.066 percent late on Wednesday.
The 30-year bond US30YT=RR price fell 15/32 for a yield of 2.869 percent, up from 2.847 percent on Wednesday.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK/LONDON - Gold fell sharply to a 1-1/2-week low on Thursday, pressured by a U.S. Federal Reserve president's comments about potentially rethinking further rate hikes, triggering technical sell signals while shrugging off a rebound from 12-year lows in oil prices.
Spot gold XAU= was down 1.5 percent at $1,076.35 an ounce by 2010 GMT, its weakest session since Dec. 17 after falling 2 percent to $1,071, the lowest since Jan. 4.
U.S. gold futures GCv1 for February delivery settled down 1.2 percent at $1,073.60 an ounce.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper bounced after hitting fresh 6-1/2-year lows on Thursday following a rebound in the oil price gave pause to investors' worries about the state of the global economy.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange CMCU3 slumped to a low of $4,329.50 a tonne, the weakest since May 2009, before erasing losses and closing at $4,415.50, up 0.6 percent.
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil rebounded on Thursday, snapping an eight-day rout, as investors covered short positions but the market settled not far from 12-year lows on worries Iran may add barrels to a glutted global market sooner than expected.
Brent LCOc1 settled up 72 cents, or 2.4 percent, at $31.03 a barrel. Earlier in the session, it rose to $31.23 after falling to $29.73, its weakest since February 2004. Over the past eight sessions, Brent had lost about $7 a barrel, almost 20 percent.
U.S. crude's West Texas Intermediate CLc1 also settled up 72 cents, or 2.4 percent, at $31.20. It hit a 12-year low of $29.93 earlier this week.
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