(Adds Australian shares and updates with new figures throughout) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Snapshot at: 07:34 / 2034 GMT ---------------------------------------------------------------- Stock Markets
NetChng
NetChng S&P/ASX 200
5,771.48 +10.78 NZSX 50
7,069.59 +32.01 DJIA
19,928.57 +73.04 Nikkei
19,364.67 +63.23 NASDAQ
5,559.03 +7.21 FTSE
7,290.49 +15.02 S&P 500
2,272.73 +3.83 Hang Seng
22,935.35 +190.50 SPI 200 Fut
5,744.00 +15.00 STI
3,000.94 -5.08 SSEC
3,137.42 -24.25 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
NetChg
NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
2.731 -0.018 US 10 YR Bond
2.369 -0.010 NZ 10 YR Bond
3.200 -0.005 US 30 YR Bond
2.953 -0.018 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
1700GMT
1700GMT AUD US$
0.7444 0.7393 NZD US$
0.7052 0.7007 EUR US$
1.0575 1.0562 Yen US$
115.46 115.90 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,178.55
Silver (Lon)
16.74 Gold (NY)
1,187.64
Light Crude
52.16 TRJCRB Index
192.29 +1.15 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks swung between gains and losses in a choppy day of trading, with the market mainly driven by a press conference held by U.S. President Elect Donald Trump in New York.
At 2013 GMT the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI was up 69.68 points or 0.35 percent. The S&P 500 .SPX was up 0.1 percent, at 2,272 points and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC was up 6.3 points, or 0.11 percent, at 5,558 points.
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LONDON - European shares ended off highs on Wednesday as pharma stocks turned lower on worries over pricing pressure in the U.S. following remarks by Donald Trump in his first news conference.
Europe's index of healthcare stocks .SXDP fell 0.7 percent, weighing on the region's benchmark STOXX Europe 600 index .STOXX which inched up 0.2 percent at the close.
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TOKYO - Japanese stocks ticked up slightly on Wednesday with gains limited ahead of a much-anticipated press conference by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump later in the day.
The Nikkei share average .N225 rose 0.3 percent to 19,364.67, after falling for the past three days.
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SYDNEY - Australian shares are set to edge slightly higher at Thursday's opening of trade, as overnight rises in commodity prices seem expected to offset a bumpy session of U.S. trading on Wall Street.
Local share price futures YAPcm1 added 16 points overnight, or 0.3 percent, rising to 5,745 points. That represents a 0.5 percent discount to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO . The benchmark rose 0.19 percent on Wednesday.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The U.S. dollar hit its highest level in a week against a basket of major currencies on Wednesday on expectations that Donald Trump would sound a pro-growth message in his first news conference as U.S. president-elect.
The euro fell about 0.9 percent against the dollar to a one-week low of $1.0455 EUR= . The dollar rose about 0.9 percent against the yen JPY= to a session high of 116.85 yen after falling against the Japanese currency for the past two days.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - Yields on longer-dated U.S. Treasuries fell to session lows on Wednesday following strong investor demand for a $20 billion auction of an older 10-year government note issue.
On the open market, the 10-year Treasury note yield US10YT=RR last traded at 2.338 percent, down 4 basis points from late on Tuesday, while the 30-year Treasury yield US30YT=RR was down over 3 basis points at 2.939 percent, according to Reuters data.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold rose to a seven-week high on Wednesday, turning positive as the dollar dropped and Treasury yields fell after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump spoke in his first formal news conference just days before taking office.
Spot gold XAU= was up 0.4 percent at $1,192.61 an ounce by 2:32 p.m. EST (1932 GMT), after a choppy session that traded from $1,176.94 to $1,198.40, the highest since Nov. 23.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper slipped on Wednesday after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump gave little guidance on new infrastructure spending at a press conference in New York, disappointing some who had hoped for a clearer view on policy.
LME zinc CMZN3 closed at $2,699 a tonne, down 0.8 percent, while lead CMPB3 ended the day down 2.6 percent at $2,134 a tonne, having rallied nearly 6 percent in the last two sessions.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices rose on Wednesday by the most in over a month, boosted as the U.S. dollar weakened following a news conference by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, and on news that Saudi Arabia had cut exports to Asia.
Brent LCOc1 futures were up $1.76, or 3.3 percent, at $55.40 a barrel by 2:06 p.m. EST (1906 GMT). U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude CLc1 rose $1.73, or 3.4 percent, to $52.55 per barrel.
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