(Add Australian stock market trend) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Snapshot at: 07:31 / 2131 GMT ---------------------------------------------------------------- Stock Markets
NetChng
NetChng S&P/ASX 200
5,296.70 +56.84 NZSX 50
7,250.510 +9.0 DJIA
18,123.80 -88.68 Nikkei
16,519.29 +114.28
FTSE
6,710.28 -20.02 S&P 500
2,139.16 -8.10 Hang Seng
23,335.59 +144.95 SPI 200 Fut
5,275.00 +0.00 STI
2,827.45 +21.93 SSEC
3,002.67 -20.84 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
NetChg
NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
2.166 +0.005 US 10 YR Bond
1.694 +0.000 NZ 10 YR Bond
2.580 -0.010 US 30 YR Bond
2.445 +0.000 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
1700GMT
1700GMT AUD US$
0.7478 0.7513 NZD US$
0.7255 0.7305 EUR US$
1.1155 1.1231 Yen US$
102.18 101.90 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,308.35
Silver (Lon)
18.77 Gold (NY)
1,310.06
Light Crude
TRJCRB Index
180.78 +0.11 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks fell on Friday as the possibility of a $14 billion fine against Deutsche Bank (DE:DBKGn) weighed on big banks and investors wrestled with lingering uncertainty about when the U.S. Federal Reserve will hike interest rates.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI lost 0.49 percent to finish at 18,123.80 points and the S&P 500 .SPX fell 0.38 percent to 2,139.16. The Nasdaq Composite .IXIC declined 0.1 percent to 5,244.57.
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LONDON - Britain's top share index fell on Friday to record a second straight week of losses as heavyweight bank stocks dropped after U.S. regulators demanded $14 billion from Deutsche Bank to settle claims over misselling mortgage-backed bonds.
The blue-chip FTSE 100 index .FTSE closed down 0.3 percent at 6,710.28 points, posting a loss of around 1 percent over the week.
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share average bounced back from three-week lows on Friday as Apple-related shares rose on strong sales of new iPhone 7 and as bank shares were bought back after heavy selling earlier this week.
The Nikkei share average .N225 rose 0.7 percent to 16,519.29, a day after it hit a three-week low, while the broader Topix .TOPX gained 0.8 percent to 1,311.50. On the week, the Nikkei fell 2.6 percent, its biggest weekly fall since early July.
For a full report, double click on .T
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SYDNEY- Australian shares are poised to open lower following a decline on Wall Street and some weakness in key commodity prices.
Local share price index futures .YAPcm1 eased 0.2 percent to 5,275 points, a 21.7-point discount to the close of the underlying S&P/ASX200 index .AXJO on Friday. The benchmark bounced 1 percent in the last session, but was still near its lowest in more than two months.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The U.S. dollar hit a more than two-week high against a basket of major currencies on Friday after U.S. inflation data boosted bets the Federal Reserve would raise interest rates in December, and touched a one-month high against sterling on worries over Britain's Brexit vote.
The dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of six major currencies, rose 0.8 percent to 96.063 .DXY . The euro EUR= hit a 10-day low against the dollar of $1.1149, while the dollar hit a two-week high against the Swiss franc CHF= of 0.9817 franc.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasuries yields rose on Friday after data showed that U.S. consumer prices increased more than expected in August, raising the odds that the Federal Reserve will raise rates later this year.
Benchmark 10-year notes US10YT=RR ended up 1/32 in price to yield 1.70 percent, after trading at 1.67 percent before the data.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold fell to a two-week low on Friday after data showing faster-than-expected growth in U.S. consumer prices last month helped support the case for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates later this year and the dollar jumped.
Spot gold XAU= slid to its lowest since Sept. 1 in after the data at $1,306.26 an ounce, and was down 0.4 percent at $1,308.33 by 2:31 p.m EDT (1831 GMT). U.S. gold futures GCv1 for December delivery settled down 0.6 percent at $1,310.20.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper hit a three-week peak on Friday before retreating on a steadier dollar, but managed to log its largest weekly rise in two months after Chinese economic data suggested stronger growth in the next few months.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange CMCU3 closed 0.1 percent higher at $4,787 a tonne.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Crude oil prices fell 2 percent on Friday to multi-week lows as swelling Iranian exports reinforced fears of a global glut, while gasoline rallied on refinery and pipeline outages.
Brent crude futures LCOc1 settled down 82 cents, or 1.8 percent, at $45.77 a barrel, hitting a two-week bottom of $45.48.
U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures CLc1 fell 88 cents, or 2 percent, to settle at $43.03 a barrel. WTI hit a five-week low of $42.74.
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