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6,991,51 -47.32 DJIA
18,005.05 +66.77 Nikkei
16,830.92 +155.47 NASDAQ
4,974.64 +12.89 FTSE
6,301.52 +16.99 S&P 500
2,119.12 +6.99 Hang Seng
21,297.88 -30.36 SPI 200 Fut
5,381.00 +7.00 STI
2,862.38 +14.29 SSEC
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2.630 +0.000 US 30 YR Bond
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106.98 107.10 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,263.00
Silver (Lon)
17.03 Gold (NY)
1,243.39
Light Crude
51.53 TRJCRB Index
195.82 +3.39 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - The Dow ended above 18,000 for the first time since April on Wednesday as declines in the dollar lifted some commodity-related shares and boosted the outlook for multinationals.
The S&P 500 materials index .SPLRCM climbed 0.6 percent following gains in copper and gold prices. Energy shares .SPNY were lower despite a jump in oil prices.
The benchmark S&P 500 is now about 12 points shy of its all-time closing high of 2,130.82.
For a full report, double click on .N
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LONDON - Britain's top share index outperformed European shares on Wednesday, with a recovery in commodities prices underpinning basic resources and energy stocks.
The blue-chip FTSE 100 index .FTSE closed up 16.99 points, or 0.3 percent, at 6,285.21 points after gaining in the previous three sessions.
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share average rose on Wednesday in choppy trade, erasing its earlier losses after China's relatively benign trade data offset investor nerves over the strong yen.
The Nikkei .N225 rose 0.9 percent to 16,830.92 after earlier traversing positive and negative territory.
The broader Topix .TOPX gained 0.8 percent to 1,350.97 and the JPX-Nikkei Index 400 .JPXNK400 added 0.8 percent to 12,174.51.
For a full report, double click on .T
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SYDNEY - Australian shares are expected to inch higher on Thursday tracking Wall Street.
The share price index futures YAPcm1 rose 0.1 percent to 5,381 points, a 11-point premium to the underlying S&P/ASX200 index .AXJO
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar fell to a five-week low against a basket of currencies on Wednesday as traders reduced bets of an imminent U.S. interest rate increase following a poor jobs report and perceived dovish comments from the Federal Reserve chief.
The euro strengthened to $1.1397, up 0.4 percent on the day EUR= . Its gain was limited by persistent worries that the single currency is likely to struggle if Britain votes on June 23 to leave the European Union. Meanwhile, the greenback weakened 0.4 percent to 106.86 yen JPY= , holding above a 4-week low set earlier this week.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. 10-year Treasury yields fell on Wednesday after the government sold $20 billion in 10-year notes to strong demand, the second tranche of a total $56 billion in coupon-bearing supply this week.
Benchmark U.S. 10-year notes US10YT=RR ended up 2/32 in price to yield 1.707 percent, after falling to 1.697 percent immediately after the auction, matching a two-month low that was reached on Friday after the weak jobs report.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold rose more than 1 percent to a three-week high on Wednesday, bolstered by a weaker dollar on declining expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will raise interest rates any time soon.
Spot gold XAU= rose by as much as 1.6 percent to $1,263.81 an ounce, its strongest since May 20, and was up 1.4 percent at $1,260.57 by 2:48 p.m. EDT (1848 GMT).
U.S. gold GCcv1 settled up 1.2 percent at $1,262.30 an ounce.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Aluminium climbed to the highest level in a month on Wednesday, bolstered by buying from industrial consumers, while copper was boosted by a weaker dollar and strong Chinese imports.
Three-month aluminium on the London Metal Exchange CMAL3 closed up 2.6 percent at $1,604 a tonne, the strongest since May 6, building on a rise of 0.7 percent on Tuesday.
Copper CMCU3 ended 0.2 percent higher at $4,478 a tonne after China's May copper imports jumped 19.4 percent year on year to 430,000 tonnes.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Crude futures rose on Wednesday, hitting 2016 highs above $50 a barrel and settling up for a third straight day on worries about sabotage of oil facilities in Nigeria, although a build in U.S. gasoline stocks amid peak summer demand could pressure prices.
Brent crude LCOc1 settled up $1.07 at $52.51 a barrel. It rose to $52.57 earlier, its highest since October.
U.S. crude futures CLc1 rose 87 cents, or 1.7 percent, to settle at $51.23 a barrel. The session high was $51.34, a peak since July.
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