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NetChng
NetChng S&P/ASX 200
5,359.30 -12.99 NZSX 50
6,923.17 -21.17 DJIA
17,720.50 +9.38 Nikkei
16,646.34 +67.33 NASDAQ
4,737.33 -23.35 FTSE
6,104.19 -58.30 S&P 500
2,064.11 -0.35 Hang Seng
19,915.46 -139.83 SPI 200 Fut
5,358.00 -11.00 STI
2,745.39 +12.52 SSEC
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1.748 +0.019 NZ 10 YR Bond
2.680 +0.045 US 30 YR Bond
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0.7319 0.7323 NZD US$
0.6818 0.6819 EUR US$
1.1373 1.1409 Yen US$
109.06 108.97 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,279.25
Silver (Lon)
16.96 Gold (NY)
1,277.31
Light Crude
46.39 TRJCRB Index
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EQUITIES
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks ended mixed on Thursday, with gains in telecommunications and consumer staples helping make up for a tumble in Apple to a two-year low.
Apple Inc AAPL.O , a mainstay in many portfolios, was the heaviest drag on the three major indexes, slumping 2.35 percent to $90.34, its lowest since June 2014, as worries festered about slowing demand for iPhones.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI finished 0.05 percent higher at 17,720.5 points and the S&P 500 .SPX ended down 0.02 percent at 2,064.11. The Nasdaq Composite .IXIC fell 0.49 percent to 4,737.33.
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LONDON - Britain's top share index fell on Thursday in choppy trade, pulled lower by declines among mining companies and major firms trading without the attraction of their latest dividend payouts.
The FTSE 100 index .FTSE was down 1 percent at 6,104.19 points at its close, reversing oil-related gains made earlier on in the session.
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei rose for a fourth straight day on Thursday after the yen weakened, but gains were capped by dismal earnings from companies such as Toyota Motor Corp 7203.T .
The Nikkei share average .N225 gained 0.4 percent to 16,646.34 points, the highest closing level since April 28.
The broader Topix .TOPX added 0.2 percent to 1,337.27 and the JPX-Nikkei Index 400 .JPXNK400 advanced 0.2 percent to 12,087.30.
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SYDNEY - Australian stocks are poised for a lacklustre start on Friday following a subdued performance on Wall Street and mixed action in commodity markets.
Pointing to a flat open, stock index futures YAPcm1 edged down 0.2 percent to 5,358.0, a small discount to the underlying benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO which ended 0.2 percent lower at 5,359.3 on Thursday.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The yen fell to a two-week low against the dollar on Thursday, pressured by speculation that the Bank of Japan could expand its monetary stimulus as soon as next month.
The dollar rose 0.6 percent to 109.06 yen JPY= in late trading, after earlier hitting a two-week peak of 109.39 yen and recovering from a 18-month low of 105.55 yen on May 3. That low was struck after the BOJ held off from expanding its monetary stimulus in late April.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury prices fell on Thursday after a Federal Reserve official said the U.S. central bank should raise interest rates if data confirms a stronger jobs market and inflation outlook in the second quarter, noting that markets are too pessimistic on the economy.
Benchmark 10-year notes US10YT=RR ended down 9/32 in price to yield 1.76 percent, up from 1.73 percent late on Wednesday. The yields have fallen from 1.94 percent on April 26.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold fell on Thursday as a strengthening dollar prompted some buyers to cash in gains after its biggest daily rise this month.
Spot gold XAU= was down 0.6 percent at $1,269.76 an ounce at 1844 GMT. The metal had touched a 15-month high last week at $1,303.60, before slipping back below $1,300. U.S. gold futures for June delivery GCv1 settled down 0.3 percent at $1,271.20.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper slid to the weakest levels in 2-1/2 months on Thursday on worries about global demand for industrial metals after worse-than-expected data on U.S. jobs and European industrial output.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange CMCU3 closed down 2 percent at $4,613 a tonne after touching a low of $4,600, the weakest since Feb. 25.
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices rose 1 percent in volatile trade on Thursday, with U.S. crude hitting six-month highs as investors weighed a forecast for tighter global supplies against signs of another storage build at the hub for U.S. crude futures.
Brent crude futures LCOc1 settled up 48 cents at $48.08 per barrel. U.S. crude's West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures CLc1 rose 47 cents to settle at $46.70. It hit a six-month high of $47.02.
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