(Adds Australian shares) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Snapshot at: 07:33 / 2033 GMT ---------------------------------------------------------------- Stock Markets
NetChng
NetChng S&P/ASX 200
5,721.12 -45.74 NZSX 50
7,046.97 -16.62 DJIA
19,885.73 -5.27 Nikkei
19,287.28 +152.58 NASDAQ
5,574.12 +26.63 FTSE
7,337.81 +45.44 S&P 500
2,274.64 +4.20 Hang Seng
22,937.38 +108.36 SPI 200 Fut
5,707.00 +18.00 STI
3,025.07 +32.07 SSEC
3,112.33 -6.96 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
NetChg
NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
2.715 +0.010 US 10 YR Bond
2.398 +0.000 NZ 10 YR Bond
3.165 +0.020 US 30 YR Bond
2.990 +0.000 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
1700GMT
1700GMT AUD US$
0.7484 0.7492 NZD US$
0.7105 0.7111 EUR US$
1.0605 1.0628 Yen US$
114.24 114.72 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,190.35
Silver (Lon)
16.79 Gold (NY)
1,197.26
Light Crude
52.37 TRJCRB Index
194.54 -0.43 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - An increase in Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) pushed the Nasdaq to a record high on Friday and the S&P 500 also rose after major U.S. banks kicked off the fourth-quarter earnings season with strong results.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI slipped 0.03 percent to 19,885.73, while the S&P 500 .SPX gained 0.18 percent to 2,274.64.
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LONDON - Britain's blue-chip share index reached record highs on Friday, extending its historic winning streak to a 14th straight day of gains.
The index's longest winning run since its inception in 1984 has also been notable for the relatively modest daily gains. After touching an all-time record high of 7,338.49 points, it ended the session at a record closing level of 7,337.81 points, up 0.6 percent.
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TOKYO -
Japan's Nikkei share average bounced back from two-week lows on Friday, supported by optimism on the domestic economic and earnings outlook, with retailer Seven & i Holdings 3382.T surging after posting strong earnings.
The Nikkei .N225 rose 0.8 percent to 19,287.28 while the broader Topix .TOPX gained 0.6 percent to 1,544.89, with advancers outnumbering decliners by 2-1.
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SYDNEY - Australian shares are seen ticking higher at the open, with a positive lead from Friday trade on Wall St and rising iron ore prices likely to outweigh the effect of a fall in the oil price.
Local share price futures YAPcm1 added 18 points overnight, rising 0.3 percent to 5,707 points. That is a 0.2 percent discount to the underling S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO . The benchmark lost 0.6 percent last week.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The U.S. dollar edged lower on Friday, putting in on track for its worst week since early November against a basket of currencies as traders grew uneasy about the scarcity of new information regarding U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's economic policies.
The dollar index .DXY , which measures the greenback against a basket of six major currencies, was last down 0.16 percent at 101.190. The minor gains combined with losses on Wednesday and Thursday to lead to a roughly 1 percent drop for the week.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury yields rose Friday as data supporting the notion of a steady U.S. economic expansion and rising Wall Street stock prices stoked selling in low-risk government bonds.
The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield US10YT=RR was up 3 basis points at 2.391 percent after it fell to 2.307 percent, its lowest in six weeks.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - The price of gold turned higher on Friday, hovering below the prior session's seven-week top as the U.S. dollar weakened and U.S. Treasury yields came off their highs, with the metal on track for a third straight weekly gain.
Spot gold XAU= was 0.2 percent higher at $1,197.99 an ounce by 3:09 p.m. EST (2009 GMT). It was up 2.1 percent on the week.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper hit a five-week high on Friday while aluminium climbed to its highest in nearly 20 months on optimism about metals demand following strong economic data from top metals consumer China and the United States.
Benchmark copper CMCU3 on the London Metal Exchange surged to an intraday peak of $5,912 a tonne, the highest since Dec. 7. At the close it was bid up 1.2 percent at $5,909, having failed to trade in closing open outcry activity.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices fell on Friday and ended the week 3 percent lower on lingering doubts over the extent of OPEC cuts, with sentiment worsened by concerns over the economic health of the world's second-largest oil consumer, China, after it reported the steepest falls in overall exports since 2009.
Brent crude futures LCOc1 settled 56 cents lower at $55.45 a barrel, ending the week with a loss of about 3 percent.
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