(Updates prices, table) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Snapshot at: 07:45 / 2045 GMT ---------------------------------------------------------------- Stock Markets
NetChng
NetChng &P/ASX 200
0.00 +0.00 NZSX 50
7,180.03 +21.90 DJIA
20,610.99 +106.58 Nikkei
19,437.98 +199.00 NASDAQ
5,808.49 +25.92 FTSE
7,302.41 +33.85 S&P 500
2,349.63 +12.05 Hang Seng
23,994.87 +291.86 SPI 200 Fut
5,758.00 -1.00 STI
3,088.48 +16.01 SSEC
3,212.72 -5.21 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
NetChg
NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
2.816 +0.011 US 10 YR Bond
2.500 +0.030 NZ 10 YR Bond
3.375 +0.050 US 30 YR Bond
3.088 +0.026 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
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1700GMT AUD US$
0.7713 0.7674 NZD US$
0.7216 0.7180 EUR US$
1.0600 1.0580 Yen US$
114.11 114.33 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,224.40
Silver (Lon)
17.92 Gold (NY)
1,228.20
Light Crude
53.09 TRJCRB Index
193.26 +0.98 ----------------------------------------------------------------
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - Wall Street pushed further into record-high territory on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 on track for a seven-session winning streak for the first time since 2013 after President Donald Trump repeated his promise of tax cuts.
At 2:41 p.m. (1941 GMT), the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI was up 0.47 percent at 20,600.88, while the S&P 500 .SPX had gained 0.39 percent to 2,346.81.
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LONDON - Britain's top share index climbed to a new one-month high on Wednesday as investors bet on financial stocks after U.S. Federal Reserve Chief Janet Yellen's hawkish tone suggested U.S. interest rates would rise.
The blue-chip FTSE 100 index .FTSE closed 0.5 percent higher after setting its highest level since mid-January.
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share average rose near six-week highs touched earlier in the week on Wednesday, as shares of insurers soared after comments from U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen boosted U.S. and global bond yields.
The Nikkei .N225 gained 1 percent to 19,437.98, near Monday's intraday high of 19,519.44. The broader Topix .TOPX rose 1.0 percent to 1,553.69.
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SYDNEY - Australian shares are set to open flat on Thursday, holding steady at near a five-week touched in the previous session.
Local share price index futures YAPcm1 were unchanged at 5,760.0, but that was a 49.1-point discount to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO close. The benchmark rose nearly 1 percent on Wednesday.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar was flat on Wednesday as investors took profits after reaching a one-month high early in the session versus a group of currencies as U.S. data showed robust growth in retail sales and consumer prices in January.
The dollar index .DXY, which measures the currency against its six major peers, was flat at 101.21. It had rallied to a session high of 101.76, its highest since Jan. 12 as data showed a stronger-than-forecast 0.4 percent increase in retail sales in January and a 0.6 percent jump in consumer prices last month, their biggest gain in nearly four years.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - Benchmark U.S. Treasury yields rose to 2-1/2-week highs on Wednesday after data showing surging consumer price inflation in January bolstered expectations that the Federal Reserve is closer to raising interest rates.
Benchmark 10-year notes US10YT=RR were last down 11/32 in price to yield 2.51 percent. Those yields earlier rose as high as 2.52 percent, the highest since Jan. 27.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold fell after stronger than expected U.S. inflation and retail sales on Wednesday added to expectations of near-term U.S. interest rate rises, driving the dollar to a one-month high.
Spot gold XAU= was down 0.2 percent at $1,226.35 an ounce at 1511 GMT.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper rose on Wednesday on upbeat signals for the U.S. economy and as talks to end a major strike in Chile were delayed, while nickel rose on continued supply disruptions in the Philippines.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange CMCU3 closed up 0.7 percent at $6,065 a tonne, after hitting its highest since May 2015 on Monday following a force majeure was declared on Escondida shipments.
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices eased slightly on Wednesday in choppy trade as record high U.S. crude and gasoline inventories fed concerns about a global glut.
Brent futures LCOc1 ended down 22 cents, or 0.4 percent, at $55.75 a barrel and U.S. crude CLc1 fell 9 cents, or 0.2 percent, to $53.11 a barrel.
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