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WELLINGTON, April 29 (Reuters) - - --------------------------------------------------------------- Snapshot at: 07:24 / 1924 GMT ---------------------------------------------------------------- Stock Markets
NetChng
NetChng S&P/ASX 200
5,225.43 +37.72 NZSX 50
6,789.98 +38.58 DJIA
17,830.76 -210.79 Nikkei
16,666.05 -624.44 NASDAQ
4,805.29 -57.85 FTSE
6,322.40 +2.49 S&P 500
2,075.81 -19.34 Hang Seng
21,388.03 +26.43 SPI 200 Fut
5,193.00 -8.00 STI
2,862.30 -12.42 SSEC
2,946.20 -7.47 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
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NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
2.540 +0.008 US 10 YR Bond
1.824 -0.036 NZ 10 YR Bond
2.890 +0.010 US 30 YR Bond
2.682 -0.016 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
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1700GMT AUD US$
0.7626 0.7647 NZD US$
0.6957 0.6970 EUR US$
1.1348 1.1342 Yen US$
108.10 108.20 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,256.00
Silver (Lon)
17.53 Gold (NY)
1,266.08
Light Crude
46.03 TRJCRB Index
183.16 +0.67 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks closed down on Thursday as the Bank of Japan's shocking call to cap monetary stimulus continued to rattle investors while a late day decline in Apple shares (NASDAQ:AAPL) on remarks by billionaire investor Carl Icahn added to selling pressure.
The benchmark S&P 500 .SPX had its worst day in three weeks, losing 19.26 points, or 0.92 percent, to 2,075.89, the Dow Jones industrial average .DJI fell 208.81 points, or 1.16 percent, to 17,832.74 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 57.85 points, or 1.19 percent, to 4,805.29.
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LONDON - Britain's top share index steadied on Thursday after a rally in miner Anglo American AAL.L , although a drop in financial stocks kept the market under pressure.
The blue-chip FTSE 100 index .FTSE was flat in percentage terms at 6,322.40 points at its close. The index has been largely flat so far in 2016, but down around 11 percent from a record high reached in April 2015.
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TOKYO - Japanese stocks gave up early gains and took a u-turn that wiped out much of the previous week's four-day rally in a single afternoon after the Bank of Japan disappointed investors by holding off on expanding monetary stimulus.
The Nikkei share average .N225 shed 3.6 percent to end the day at 16,666.05, resulting in a 5.1 percent decline for the shortened trading week, with the market closed for a national holiday on Friday.
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SYDNEY - Australian shares are expected to open weaker on Friday following a soft lead from Wall St.
The local share price index futures YAPcm1 fell 8.0 points to 5,193.0, a 32.4-point discount to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO close. The benchmark rose 37.69 points, or 0.7 percent, to 5225.40 on Thursday.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The U.S. dollar and euro were on track to post their biggest daily losses against the yen in more than five years on Thursday in the wake of the Bank of Japan's surprise decision not to further ease monetary policy.
The dollar was last down more than 3 percent against the yen, at 108.06 yen JPY= , near a 10-day low of 107.93 yen touched earlier and ushering in the dollar's biggest daily decline against the yen since mid-March 2011.
The euro was last down 2.8 percent against the yen, at 122.70 yen EURJPY= , after hitting a 10-day low of 122.56 yen. The euro was also set for its biggest daily drop against the Japanese currency since mid-March 2011.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury prices rose on Thursday with the two-year yield hitting one-week lows as news of anemic first-quarter economic growth increased traders' skepticism over whether the Federal Reserve would raise interest rates in June.
Benchmark 10-year Treasury notes US10YT=RR were up 8/32 in price for a yield of 1.831 percent, down 3 basis points from Wednesday and below a near five-week high of 1.941 percent set on Tuesday.
The 30-year yield US30YT=RR fell nearly 1 basis point to 2.690 percent, retreating from a session high of 2.725 percent.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold rose more than 1 percent on Thursday as the Bank of Japan held off from expanding monetary stimulus, boosting the yen versus the U.S. dollar, and after the Federal Reserve signaled it was in no rush to tighten monetary policy.
Spot gold XAU= was up 1.6 percent at $1,266.50 an ounce, a one-week high, while U.S. gold futures GCv1 for May delivery settled up 1.3 percent at $1,265.50 an ounce.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper prices rose on Thursday due to a lower dollar after the U.S. central bank left interest rates on hold and as the market waited for confirmation of stronger demand in top consumer China.
Benchmark copper CMCU3 on the London Metal Exchange ended up 0.8 percent at $4,942, with most of the gains coming after the New York open. The metal used widely in power and construction fell to a one-week low of $4,873 on Wednesday.
Three-month aluminium CMAL3 was up 1.3 percent at $1,664 a tonne. Zinc CMZN3 gained 1.4 percent to $1,912, lead CMPB3 rose 0.9 percent to $1,751, tin CMSN3 slid 0.5 percent to $17,090 and nickel CMNI3 rose 1.1 percent to $9,290 a tonne.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil markets jumped 2 percent on Thursday, hitting 2016 highs for a third straight day as a weaker dollar had investors shrugging off record high U.S. crude inventories and relentless pumping by major producers.
Brent LCOc1 settled up 96 cents at $48.14 a barrel, after hitting a 2016 high of $48.19.
U.S. crude CLc1 finished up 70 cents at $46.03, after a year-to-date peak at $46.14.
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