(Updates throughout) -----------------------(07:29 / 1929 GMT)----------------------- Stock Markets
S&P/ASX 200
5,590.29 -24.28 NZSX 50
5,901.30 -26.45 DJIA
17,731.92 -119.12 Nikkei
20,683.95 +90.28 NASDAQ
5,146.41 -25.36 FTSE
6,655.01 -12.33 S&P 500
2,102.15 -12.00 Hang Seng
25,398.85 +116.23 SPI 200 Fut
5,514.00 -19.00 TRJCRB Index
206.97 -2.32 Bonds
AU 10 YR Bond
2.831 -0.044 US 10 YR Bond
2.270 -0.053 NZ 10 YR Bond
3.400 -0.035 US 30 YR Bond
2.969 -0.068 Currencies (Prev at 7pm NZST)
AUD US$
0.7354 0.7362 NZD US$
0.6601 0.6634 EUR US$
1.0986 1.0928 Yen US$
123.88 124.02 Commodities
Gold (Lon)
1097.40
Silver (Lon)
14.65
Gold (NY)
1092.95
Light Crude
48.85
--------------------------------------------------------------- - Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - Wall Street fell for the third straight day, with the Dow Jones industrial average lower for the year after disappointing results from bellwethers such as 3M MMM.N and Caterpillar CAT.N .
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI dropped 119.09 points, or 0.67 percent, to 17,731.95, the S&P 500 .SPX lost 12 points, or 0.57 percent, to 2,102.15 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 25.36 points, or 0.49 percent, to 5,146.41.
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LONDON - Britain's top share index edged lower on Thursday, hit by weak earnings reports from Aberdeen Asset Management and SSE, Pearson PSON.L rallied after it said it had agreed to sell the FT Group to Japan's Nikkei.
Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE was down 12.33 points, 0.2 percent lower at 6,655.01 at the close.
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TOKYO - Japanese shares rose on Thursday, driven by domestic earnings optimism.
The Nikkei share average .N225 ended 0.4 percent higher at 20,683.95. The broader Topix .TOPX climbed 0.6 percent to 1,664.88, and the JPX-Nikkei Index 400 .JPXNK400 rose 0.6 percent to 15,019.88.
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SYDNEY - Australian shares are expected to fall for a third consecutive session on Friday as a declines on overseas equities markets and weaker commodities prices give investors little reason to buy.
Local share price index futures YAPcm1 were down 19.0 points at 5514.0, a 76.0-point discount to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO close. The benchmark dipped 24.3 points to 5590.3 on Thursday.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The euro strengthened on Thursday, briefly rising above $1.10 for the first time in a week, as the Greek parliament approved a second set of reforms required to start negotiations with lenders in a bid to avert bankruptcy.
The euro was last up 0.6 percent against the dollar and yen at $1.1000 EUR= and 136.19 yen EURJPY= , respectively.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury long debt yields dropped to two-week lows in choppy trading, as investors sought a safe haven from weak U.S. corporate earning and slumping commodities prices.
In late trading, benchmark 10-year Treasury notes US10YT=RR were up 14/32 in price to yield 2.271 percent, from a yield of 2.325 percent late Wednesday. Yields fell to a two-week trough of 2.268 percent. U.S. 30-year yields US30YT=RR were up more than a point to yield 2.973 percent.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK/LONDON - Gold turned lower on Thursday, dipping back below $1,100 an ounce as a steeper-than-forecast drop in U.S. jobless claims helped the dollar recover from earlier lows, though prices remained under pressure after this week's plunge.
Spot gold XAU= was down 0.3 percent at $1,089.34 an ounce at 1853 GMT, off a high of $1,105.60. U.S. gold futures GCv1 for August delivery settled up 0.2 percent at $1,094.10.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper and aluminium slid to new two-week lows on Thursday as speculators resumed selling on persistent concern about growing global surpluses and weakness in China.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange CMCU3 hit a low of $5,267.50 a tonne, its weakest since July 8, after shedding 1.7 percent in the previous session. It failed to trade in closing open-outcry activity and was bid down 1.7 percent at $5,270 a tonne.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil tumbled on Thursday with Brent settling at its lowest since April and U.S. crude ending below $49 per barrel for the first time since late March, as persistent concerns about ample supply and shaky demand offset any support from the dollar's weakness.
U.S. September crude CLc1 fell 74 cents to settle at $48.45 a barrel, the lowest settlement since March 31.
Brent September crude LCOc1 fell 86 cents to settle at $55.27, the lowest since April 2. Thursday's intraday low $55.10 low matched the low from July 7.
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