(Updates prices, table) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Snapshot at: 07:42 / 2042 GMT ---------------------------------------------------------------- Stock Markets
NetChng
NetChng S&P/ASX 200
5,896.23 +22.71 NZSX 50
7154.39 +20.82 DJIA
20,728.49 +69.17 Nikkei
19,063.22 -154.26 NASDAQ
5,912.26 +14.71 FTSE
7,369.52 -4.20 S&P 500
2,368.06 +6.93 Hang Seng
24,301.09 -90.96 SPI 200 Fut
5,889.00 +9.00 STI
3,173.24 -11.33 SSEC
3,208.93 -32.39 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
NetChg
NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
2.714 +0.010 US 10 YR Bond
2.422 +0.034 NZ 10 YR Bond
3.230 +0.015 US 30 YR Bond
3.034 +0.040 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
1700GMT
1700GMT AUD US$
0.7643 0.7655 NZD US$
0.6990 0.7017 EUR US$
1.0673 1.0760 Yen US$
111.85 111.08 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,248.80
Silver (Lon)
18.12 Gold (NY)
1,251.95
Light Crude
50.40 TRJCRB Index
185.52 +0.31 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - Wall Street gained on Thursday, led by financial shares, after data showed U.S. economic growth was stronger than previously reported last quarter, helped by robust consumer spending, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq set a record closing high.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 69.17 points, or 0.33 percent, to 20,728.49, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 6.93 points, or 0.29 percent, to 2,368.06 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 16.80 points, or 0.28 percent, to 5,914.34.
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LONDON - European shares climbed on Thursday, helped by gains among industrials and commodity stocks, while German blue chips came within striking distance of their all-time highs.
The pan-European STOXX 600 .STOXX rose 0.5 percent to 380.4 points, its highest level in nearly 16 months, while Germany's DAX .GDAXI added 0.4 percent to 12,256 points, just 1.1 percent below a record high hit almost two years ago.
For a full report, double click on .L
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share average dropped on Thursday pressured by a pause in the weakening yen trend, while semiconductor equipment makers firmed on gains in the Nasdaq market overnight.
The Nikkei .N225 shed 0.8 percent to 19,063.22.
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SYDNEY - Australian shares are expected to open little changed on Friday, lingering near a two-year high.
Local share price index futures YAPcm1 rose 0.1 percent to sit at 5,889a 7.2-point discount to the underlying market. The benchmark .AXJO rose 0.4 percent on Thursday, having hit a high of 5,899.2 - the highest finish since April 2015.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar rose to a two-week high on Thursday as a combination of technical trading and strong U.S. economic data and potential weakness in the euro zone weighed down the continental currency.
The move added to the dollar's gains against a basket of major currencies .DXY . The dollar index was modestly higher before the euro's selloff, and it rose to 100.52, its highest level since March 16.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury debt yields rose on Thursday after the final fourth-quarter U.S. grossdomestic product number was revised higher, reflecting steady but less spectacular growth than in the prior quarter for the world's largest economy.
In late trading, benchmark 10-year notes US10YT=RR fell 9/32 in price to yield 2.419 percent, compared with 2.387 percent late on Wednesday.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold dipped on Thursday as the dollar strengthened, but losses were capped by continuing economic uncertainty around Britain's departure from the European Union and approaching French elections.
Spot gold XAU= was down 0.5 percent at $1,245.41 an ounce by 1:54 p.m. EDT (1754 GMT) and U.S. gold futures GCcv1 settled down 0.7 percent at $1,245.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Aluminium climbed to its highest in 27 months on Thursday while copper hit a four-week peak as speculators resumed buying ahead of fresh economic data from top metals consumer China.
London Metal Exchange aluminium CMAL3 closed 0.6 percent higher at $1,972 after hitting $1,981, the highest since December 2014, amid a background of worries about shutdowns in China due to environmental issues.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices jumped for a third day on Thursday to their highest in three weeks after Kuwait backed an extension of OPEC production cuts to reduce a global glut.
Brent crude oil LCOc1 settled up 54 cents, or about 1 percent, to $52.96 a barrel after hitting $53.10. U.S. crude CLc1 settled up 84 cents, or 1.7 percent, higher at $50.35 a barrel, after touching $50.47.
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