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Stock Markets
S&P/ASX 200 3,899.60 +7.50 NZSX 50 2,784.27 -13.97
DJIA 8,539.73 -15.87 Nikkei 9,786.26 +82.54
NASDAQ 1,827.47 +19.75 FTSE 4,345.93 +65.07
S&P 500 0,921.23 +2.86 Hang Seng 17,776.66 +144.27
SPI 200 Fut 3,863.00 +0.00 CRB Index 252.79 -4.06
Bonds
AU 10 YR Bond 94.250 +0.100 US 10 YR Bond 3.773 +0.000
NZ 10 YR Bond 4.930 +0.095 US 30 YR Bond 4.506 +0.000
Currencies (Prev at 7pm NZST)
AUD US$ 0.8060 0.8045 NZD US$ 0.6422 0.6389
EUR US$ 1.3940 1.3923 Yen US$ 96.26 96.91
Commodities
Gold (Lon) 935.25 Silver (Lon) 14.230
Gold (NY) 933.80 Light Crude 69.40
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Market action to the close of New York markets on Friday.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - The S&P 500 and Nasdaq rose on Friday as positive broker comments on Microsoft boosted technology shares, but the major averages lost ground for the week for the first time in five weeks.
Microsoft Corp jumped 2.4 percent to $24.07 after Goldman Sachs added shares of the world's largest software company to its Americas 'conviction buy' list and said new products and an increase in information technology spending should underpin growth. For details see
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 15.87 points, or 0.19 percent, to 8,539.73. But the Standard & Poor's 500 Index added 2.86 points, or 0.31 percent, to 921.23. And the Nasdaq Composite Index rose 19.75 points, or 1.09 percent, to 1,827.47.
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LONDON - Britain's leading share index ended 1.5 percent higher on Friday, recovering some of the week's sharp falls as heavyweight oils, miners, and banks returned to favour, with a measure of risk appetite returning.
At the close, the FTSE 100 index was up 65.07 points at 4,345.93 points, posting its biggest daily percentage gain since June 1.
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei average clung to gains of 0.9 percent on Friday but posted its worst week in three months, with jittery investors needing more proof that the economic recession is easing in order to push shares higher.
The Nikkei average rose 82.54 points to 9,786.26, having retreated from an eight-month closing high of 10,135.82 hit a week ago. The broader Topix edged up 0.9 percent to 918.97.
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SYDNEY - Australian shares are likely to have a cautious start on Monday, as Wall Street put in a mixed performance, but with share index futures pointing to a negative start.
Share index futures on Friday, when the index rose 0.2 percent.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar edged lower against major currencies on Friday, as a recent spate of upbeat U.S. data boosted expectations the global economy was reaching a bottom.
That has made investors comfortable buying higher-yielding currencies such as the Australian and New Zealand dollars as they pared back holdings of the safe-haven U.S. dollar.
In late New York trading, the euro was up 0.3 percent against the dollar at $1.3947, after hitting a session peak of $1.4011, according to Reuters data.
The dollar fell 0.4 percent to 96.22 yen, while the euro was down 0.1 percent at 134.21 yen.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury prices rose across the yield curve on Friday after recent price cuts and higher yields drew bargain-hunters.
The 30-year bond price in particular rallied over a full point to 1-18/32, the yields falling to 4.51 percent from 4.61 percent on Thursday.
Benchmark 10-year notes rose 10/32 point, their yield falling to 3.78 percent from 3.82 percent on Thursday and
below highs of 4 percent reached earlier this month.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold futures ended a tad higher on Friday, but tamed inflation worries and the dollar's recent strength could limit the metal to a narrow trading range ahead of a U.S. Federal Reserve meeting next week.
U.S. August gold futures settled up $1.60 at $936.20 an ounce on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Spot gold was at $932.90 an ounce at 2:30 p.m. EDT (1830 GMT), against $932.35 an ounce late in New York on Thursday.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper prices erased early gains and extended a downside push after the close on Friday as a negative reversal in equities weighed on sentiment and demand concerns grew due to speculation that China's restocking phase was nearing an end.
Copper for September delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange's COMEX division fell 2.05 cents to settle at $2.2615 a lb.
London Metal Exchange copper for delivery in three months closed up $55 at $5,025 a tonne, but surrendered that gain to slip back down below $5,000 in after-hours business.
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices fell 2.5 percent to below $70 a barrel on Friday, pulled lower by a sell-off in the gasoline market as dealers bet there would ample fuel supply in the United States to meet demand from summer vacationers.
U.S. crude fell $1.82 to settle at $69.55 a barrel. Gasoline futures fell 10.51 cents, or 5.18 percent, to $1.9244 a gallon. Brent crude fell $1.87 to settle at $69.19 a barrel.
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Stock Markets
S&P/ASX 200 3,899.60 +7.50 NZSX 50 2,784.27 -13.97
DJIA 8,539.73 -15.87 Nikkei 9,786.26 +82.54
NASDAQ 1,827.47 +19.75 FTSE 4,345.93 +65.07
S&P 500 0,921.23 +2.86 Hang Seng 17,776.66 +144.27
SPI 200 Fut 3,863.00 +0.00 CRB Index 252.79 -4.06
Bonds
AU 10 YR Bond 94.250 +0.100 US 10 YR Bond 3.773 +0.000
NZ 10 YR Bond 4.930 +0.095 US 30 YR Bond 4.506 +0.000
Currencies (Prev at 7pm NZST)
AUD US$ 0.8060 0.8045 NZD US$ 0.6422 0.6389
EUR US$ 1.3940 1.3923 Yen US$ 96.26 96.91
Commodities
Gold (Lon) 935.25 Silver (Lon) 14.230
Gold (NY) 933.80 Light Crude 69.40
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Market action to the close of New York markets on Friday.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - The S&P 500 and Nasdaq rose on Friday as positive broker comments on Microsoft boosted technology shares, but the major averages lost ground for the week for the first time in five weeks.
Microsoft Corp jumped 2.4 percent to $24.07 after Goldman Sachs added shares of the world's largest software company to its Americas 'conviction buy' list and said new products and an increase in information technology spending should underpin growth. For details see
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 15.87 points, or 0.19 percent, to 8,539.73. But the Standard & Poor's 500 Index added 2.86 points, or 0.31 percent, to 921.23. And the Nasdaq Composite Index rose 19.75 points, or 1.09 percent, to 1,827.47.
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LONDON - Britain's leading share index ended 1.5 percent higher on Friday, recovering some of the week's sharp falls as heavyweight oils, miners, and banks returned to favour, with a measure of risk appetite returning.
At the close, the FTSE 100 index was up 65.07 points at 4,345.93 points, posting its biggest daily percentage gain since June 1.
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei average clung to gains of 0.9 percent on Friday but posted its worst week in three months, with jittery investors needing more proof that the economic recession is easing in order to push shares higher.
The Nikkei average rose 82.54 points to 9,786.26, having retreated from an eight-month closing high of 10,135.82 hit a week ago. The broader Topix edged up 0.9 percent to 918.97.
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SYDNEY - Australian shares are likely to have a cautious start on Monday, as Wall Street put in a mixed performance, but with share index futures pointing to a negative start.
Share index futures on Friday, when the index rose 0.2 percent.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar edged lower against major currencies on Friday, as a recent spate of upbeat U.S. data boosted expectations the global economy was reaching a bottom.
That has made investors comfortable buying higher-yielding currencies such as the Australian and New Zealand dollars as they pared back holdings of the safe-haven U.S. dollar.
In late New York trading, the euro was up 0.3 percent against the dollar at $1.3947, after hitting a session peak of $1.4011, according to Reuters data.
The dollar fell 0.4 percent to 96.22 yen, while the euro was down 0.1 percent at 134.21 yen.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury prices rose across the yield curve on Friday after recent price cuts and higher yields drew bargain-hunters.
The 30-year bond price in particular rallied over a full point to 1-18/32, the yields falling to 4.51 percent from 4.61 percent on Thursday.
Benchmark 10-year notes rose 10/32 point, their yield falling to 3.78 percent from 3.82 percent on Thursday and
below highs of 4 percent reached earlier this month.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold futures ended a tad higher on Friday, but tamed inflation worries and the dollar's recent strength could limit the metal to a narrow trading range ahead of a U.S. Federal Reserve meeting next week.
U.S. August gold futures settled up $1.60 at $936.20 an ounce on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Spot gold was at $932.90 an ounce at 2:30 p.m. EDT (1830 GMT), against $932.35 an ounce late in New York on Thursday.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper prices erased early gains and extended a downside push after the close on Friday as a negative reversal in equities weighed on sentiment and demand concerns grew due to speculation that China's restocking phase was nearing an end.
Copper for September delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange's COMEX division fell 2.05 cents to settle at $2.2615 a lb.
London Metal Exchange copper for delivery in three months closed up $55 at $5,025 a tonne, but surrendered that gain to slip back down below $5,000 in after-hours business.
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices fell 2.5 percent to below $70 a barrel on Friday, pulled lower by a sell-off in the gasoline market as dealers bet there would ample fuel supply in the United States to meet demand from summer vacationers.
U.S. crude fell $1.82 to settle at $69.55 a barrel. Gasoline futures fell 10.51 cents, or 5.18 percent, to $1.9244 a gallon. Brent crude fell $1.87 to settle at $69.19 a barrel.
For a full report, double click on
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