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Stock Markets
S&P/ASX 200 4,984.66 -17.27 NZSX 50 3,311.31 -9.81
DJIA 11,018.66 -125.91 Nikkei 11,102.18 -171.61
NASDAQ 2,481.26 -34.43 FTSE 5,743.96 -81.05
S&P 500 1,192.13 -19.54 Hang Seng 21,865.26 -292.56
SPI 200 Fut 4,950.00 -48.00 CRB Index 276.29 -3.46
Bonds (Yield)
AU 10 YR Bond 5.815 +0.025 US 10 YR Bond 3.770 +0.000
NZ 10 YR Bond 5.965 +0.005 US 30 YR Bond 4.673 +0.000
Currencies (Prev at 7pm NZST)
AUD US$ 0.9213 0.9305 NZD US$ 0.7072 0.7102
EUR US$ 1.3466 1.3530 Yen US$ 91.88 92.58
Commodities
Gold (Lon) 1151.50 Silver (Lon) 18.350
Gold (NY) 1135.65 Light Crude 83.21
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - Financial stocks plunged on Friday in the heaviest trading this year, dramatically ending Wall Street's six-day winning streak as fraud charges against Goldman Sachs and disappointing earnings sent investors running for cover.
The Dow Jones industrial average was down 125.91 points, or 1.13 percent, at 11,018.66. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index was down 19.54 points, or 1.61 percent, at 1,192.14. The Nasdaq Composite Index was down 34.43 points, or 1.37 percent, at 2,481.26.
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LONDON - Britain's top share index closed sharply lower on Friday, hit by banks after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charged Goldman Sachs with fraud over subprime-related financial products.
The FTSE 100 closed down 81.05 points, or 1.4 percent, at 5,743.96, its biggest one-day percentage fall since Feb. 5, having earlier touched a 22-month intraday peak of 5,833.73.
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei average lost 1.5 percent on Friday, putting in its lowest close in nearly three weeks, with sentiment hit after Google's results did not live up to high expectations and as a stronger yen set off profit-taking.
The benchmark Nikkei shed 171.61 points to 11,102.18, its lowest close since March 31. It fell 0.9 percent this week for its second consecutive week of losses after hitting an
18
month high on April 5. The broader Topix fell 1 percent to 988.84.
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SYDNEY - Australian shares are likely to open lower on Monday as fresh caution set in after the U.S. and European markets fell sharply on Friday on Goldman Sachs' woes.
Australian share index futures fell 48 points to 4,950, a 34.66 discount to the close of the underlying S&P/ASX 200 on Friday at 4,984.66.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar and yen posted sharp gains on Friday after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charged leading investment bank Goldman Sachs with fraud, prompting investors to seek refuge in both safe haven currencies.
The U.S. dollar and Japanese yen typically get a bid in times of heightened risk aversion, given their normally stable banking systems and their positions as the world's two largest economies. The dollar and yen had both risen on Friday before the Goldman news was announced, as investors again worried about the fate of a European Union-International Monetary Fund aid plan to help Greece avoid a debt default.
In late afternoon trading, the euro was down 0.5 percent against the dollar at $1.3506, just off a one-week low of $1.3473.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S Treasuries rallied on Friday, sending benchmark yields to three-week lows as fraud charges against Goldman Sachs triggered a flight from stocks into safe-haven government bonds.
Benchmark 10-year Treasury notes were trading 17/32 higher in price to yield 3.77 percent.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold dropped to a 10-day low on Friday, losing 2 percent as investors cashed in long positions after U.S. regulators charged investment bank Goldman Sachs, a leading and commodities player, with fraud.
Spot gold was at $1,135.10 an ounce at 3:25 p.m. EDT (1925 GMT), down from $1,157.95 late in New York on Thursday.
U.S. June gold futures settled down $23.40, or 2 percent, at $1,136.90 an ounce on the COMEX division of the
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper collapsed on Friday, with prices in New York briefly breaking down below the $3.50-per-lb level, as investors shunned risk and sought safety in the U.S. dollar after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charged Goldman Sachs with fraud.
Losses spread to other base metals, with lead falling nearly 5 percent to hit its lowest since April 6 at $2,225.25.
Copper for May delivery tumbled to a session trough at $3.4915 per lb on the New York Mercantile Exchange's COMEX division, its lowest level since late March and down more than 5 percent from Monday's 20-month peak at $3.68. It settled at $3.5145, down 8.60 cents from Thursday.
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices fell 2.65 percent on Friday as news that the U.S. government charged Goldman Sachs with fraud over subprime-related financial products pushed markets lower.
U.S. crude for May delivery settled at $83.24 a barrel, falling $2.27, or 2.65 percent, the largest one-day percentage loss since Feb. 5. Intraday on Friday, prices fell as low as $82.52.
The June Brent contract fell $1.60 to settle at $85.99 a barrel.
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Stock Markets
S&P/ASX 200 4,984.66 -17.27 NZSX 50 3,311.31 -9.81
DJIA 11,018.66 -125.91 Nikkei 11,102.18 -171.61
NASDAQ 2,481.26 -34.43 FTSE 5,743.96 -81.05
S&P 500 1,192.13 -19.54 Hang Seng 21,865.26 -292.56
SPI 200 Fut 4,950.00 -48.00 CRB Index 276.29 -3.46
Bonds (Yield)
AU 10 YR Bond 5.815 +0.025 US 10 YR Bond 3.770 +0.000
NZ 10 YR Bond 5.965 +0.005 US 30 YR Bond 4.673 +0.000
Currencies (Prev at 7pm NZST)
AUD US$ 0.9213 0.9305 NZD US$ 0.7072 0.7102
EUR US$ 1.3466 1.3530 Yen US$ 91.88 92.58
Commodities
Gold (Lon) 1151.50 Silver (Lon) 18.350
Gold (NY) 1135.65 Light Crude 83.21
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - Financial stocks plunged on Friday in the heaviest trading this year, dramatically ending Wall Street's six-day winning streak as fraud charges against Goldman Sachs and disappointing earnings sent investors running for cover.
The Dow Jones industrial average was down 125.91 points, or 1.13 percent, at 11,018.66. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index was down 19.54 points, or 1.61 percent, at 1,192.14. The Nasdaq Composite Index was down 34.43 points, or 1.37 percent, at 2,481.26.
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LONDON - Britain's top share index closed sharply lower on Friday, hit by banks after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charged Goldman Sachs with fraud over subprime-related financial products.
The FTSE 100 closed down 81.05 points, or 1.4 percent, at 5,743.96, its biggest one-day percentage fall since Feb. 5, having earlier touched a 22-month intraday peak of 5,833.73.
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei average lost 1.5 percent on Friday, putting in its lowest close in nearly three weeks, with sentiment hit after Google's results did not live up to high expectations and as a stronger yen set off profit-taking.
The benchmark Nikkei shed 171.61 points to 11,102.18, its lowest close since March 31. It fell 0.9 percent this week for its second consecutive week of losses after hitting an
18
month high on April 5. The broader Topix fell 1 percent to 988.84.
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SYDNEY - Australian shares are likely to open lower on Monday as fresh caution set in after the U.S. and European markets fell sharply on Friday on Goldman Sachs' woes.
Australian share index futures fell 48 points to 4,950, a 34.66 discount to the close of the underlying S&P/ASX 200 on Friday at 4,984.66.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar and yen posted sharp gains on Friday after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charged leading investment bank Goldman Sachs with fraud, prompting investors to seek refuge in both safe haven currencies.
The U.S. dollar and Japanese yen typically get a bid in times of heightened risk aversion, given their normally stable banking systems and their positions as the world's two largest economies. The dollar and yen had both risen on Friday before the Goldman news was announced, as investors again worried about the fate of a European Union-International Monetary Fund aid plan to help Greece avoid a debt default.
In late afternoon trading, the euro was down 0.5 percent against the dollar at $1.3506, just off a one-week low of $1.3473.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S Treasuries rallied on Friday, sending benchmark yields to three-week lows as fraud charges against Goldman Sachs triggered a flight from stocks into safe-haven government bonds.
Benchmark 10-year Treasury notes were trading 17/32 higher in price to yield 3.77 percent.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold dropped to a 10-day low on Friday, losing 2 percent as investors cashed in long positions after U.S. regulators charged investment bank Goldman Sachs, a leading and commodities player, with fraud.
Spot gold was at $1,135.10 an ounce at 3:25 p.m. EDT (1925 GMT), down from $1,157.95 late in New York on Thursday.
U.S. June gold futures settled down $23.40, or 2 percent, at $1,136.90 an ounce on the COMEX division of the
For a full report, double click on
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper collapsed on Friday, with prices in New York briefly breaking down below the $3.50-per-lb level, as investors shunned risk and sought safety in the U.S. dollar after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charged Goldman Sachs with fraud.
Losses spread to other base metals, with lead falling nearly 5 percent to hit its lowest since April 6 at $2,225.25.
Copper for May delivery tumbled to a session trough at $3.4915 per lb on the New York Mercantile Exchange's COMEX division, its lowest level since late March and down more than 5 percent from Monday's 20-month peak at $3.68. It settled at $3.5145, down 8.60 cents from Thursday.
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices fell 2.65 percent on Friday as news that the U.S. government charged Goldman Sachs with fraud over subprime-related financial products pushed markets lower.
U.S. crude for May delivery settled at $83.24 a barrel, falling $2.27, or 2.65 percent, the largest one-day percentage loss since Feb. 5. Intraday on Friday, prices fell as low as $82.52.
The June Brent contract fell $1.60 to settle at $85.99 a barrel.
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