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Stock Markets
S&P/ASX 200 4,480.71 -92.54 NZSX 50 3,158.85 -59.08
DJIA 10,380.43 -139.89 Nikkei 10,364.59 -331.10
NASDAQ 2,265.64 -54.00 FTSE 5,123.02 -137.97
S&P 500 1,110.88 -17.27 Hang Seng 19,920.29 -213.12
SPI 200 Fut 4,425.00 -49.00 CRB Index 261.32 -1.44
Bonds
AU 10 YR Bond 5.472 +0.000 US 10 YR Bond 3.420 +0.000
NZ 10 YR Bond 5.820 +0.000 US 30 YR Bond 4.270 +0.000
Currencies (Prev at 7pm NZST)
AUD US$ 0.8967 0.8828 NZD US$ 0.7199 0.7037
EUR US$ 1.2888 1.2663 Yen US$ 92.44 91.60
Commodities
Gold (Lon) 1202.25 Silver (Lon) 17.700
Gold (NY) 1207.75 Light Crude 75.17
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Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks turned negative for the year on Friday on fears of another credit crisis stemming from Greece's souring finances and lingering questions about what triggered the previous session's dramatic plunge.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 139.89 points, or 1.33 percent, to end at 10,380.43. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index was down 17.27 points, or 1.53 percent, to end at 1,110.88. The Nasdaq Composite Index finished 54 points lower, or 2.33 percent, at 2,265.64.
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LONDON - Britain's top share index sunk to a three-month closing low on Friday on investor concerns over Greek debt contagion as well as the lack of an outright winner in the British election.
The FTSE 100 closed down 137.97 points, or 2.6 percent, at 5,123.02, wiping about 30 billion pounds off the market.
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei average fell more than 4 percent to a two-month low on Friday before pulling back slightly, caught up in a global equity sell-off triggered by Europe's debt crisis.
The benchmark Nikkei fell 3.1 percent or 331.10 points to 10,364.59, and has lost 6.3 percent in a holiday-shortened two-day trading week.
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SYDNEY - Australian shares are likely to fall in opening trade on Monday, after Wall Street dipped more than 1.3 percent as investors still feared the possible spread of Greece's sovereign debt woes to other euro zone nations.
Australian share index futures fell 49 points to 4,425, a 55.7 point or 1.2 percent discount to the close of the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index at 4,480.71, on Friday.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The euro recovered on Friday from a 14-month low against the dollar as German lawmakers approved a rescue package for Greece while the dollar gained versus the yen after U.S. data showed employment grew at its fastest pace in four years.
In late afternoon trading in New York, the euro last traded 0.4 percent higher at $1.2711 after falling to $1.2520 on Thursday, its lowest since March 2009.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasuries ended lower on Friday in volatile trading, as safe-haven demand cooled despite continuing fears over the sovereign debt crisis in Europe.
The price on benchmark 10-year Treasury notes last traded down 9/32, after trading up nearly 1 point earlier in the day. The 10-year yield, which moves inversely to price, was 3.43 percent, up from 3.41 percent at Thursday's close. It touched a session high of 3.52 percent right after the payroll data.
Trading in the 30-year bond was especially volatile, with prices swinging two points in either direction. It last traded down 1 8/32 for a yield of 4.28 percent, up from 4.21 percent Thursday.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold rallied on Friday to near a record high, posting its biggest three-week gain since November as investors cut exposure to risks stemming from Greece's debt crisis and tumbling global stock markets.
Spot gold was at $1,209.65 an ounce at 3:45 p.m. EDT (1945 GMT), against $1,207.25 late in New York on Thursday. U.S. June gold futures on the COMEX division of the NYMEX settled up $13.10, or 1.1 percent, at $1,210.40 an ounce.
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BASE METALS
NEW YORK/LONDON - Copper showed some resilience in late business on Friday, recouping nearly all of its earlier losses and touching $7,000 per tonne in London, as the euro recovered against the dollar and supply concerns developed in Chile.
Copper for July delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange's COMEX division rose 2.75 cents to settle at $3.1445 per lb, near the upper end of its $3.0620 to $3.1790.
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil fell $2 a barrel on Friday and posted its biggest weekly loss in almost a year and a half following the sharp sell-off on Wall Street and on worries that the euro zone's debt crisis will derail the global economic recovery.
U.S. crude oil futures fell for a fourth day in a row and settled down $2, or 2.6 percent, at $75.11 a barrel, after falling further to $74.51, its lowest since Feb. 16.
London Brent crude ended down $1.56, or 2 percent, at $78.27 a barrel.
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Stock Markets
S&P/ASX 200 4,480.71 -92.54 NZSX 50 3,158.85 -59.08
DJIA 10,380.43 -139.89 Nikkei 10,364.59 -331.10
NASDAQ 2,265.64 -54.00 FTSE 5,123.02 -137.97
S&P 500 1,110.88 -17.27 Hang Seng 19,920.29 -213.12
SPI 200 Fut 4,425.00 -49.00 CRB Index 261.32 -1.44
Bonds
AU 10 YR Bond 5.472 +0.000 US 10 YR Bond 3.420 +0.000
NZ 10 YR Bond 5.820 +0.000 US 30 YR Bond 4.270 +0.000
Currencies (Prev at 7pm NZST)
AUD US$ 0.8967 0.8828 NZD US$ 0.7199 0.7037
EUR US$ 1.2888 1.2663 Yen US$ 92.44 91.60
Commodities
Gold (Lon) 1202.25 Silver (Lon) 17.700
Gold (NY) 1207.75 Light Crude 75.17
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Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks turned negative for the year on Friday on fears of another credit crisis stemming from Greece's souring finances and lingering questions about what triggered the previous session's dramatic plunge.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 139.89 points, or 1.33 percent, to end at 10,380.43. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index was down 17.27 points, or 1.53 percent, to end at 1,110.88. The Nasdaq Composite Index finished 54 points lower, or 2.33 percent, at 2,265.64.
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LONDON - Britain's top share index sunk to a three-month closing low on Friday on investor concerns over Greek debt contagion as well as the lack of an outright winner in the British election.
The FTSE 100 closed down 137.97 points, or 2.6 percent, at 5,123.02, wiping about 30 billion pounds off the market.
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei average fell more than 4 percent to a two-month low on Friday before pulling back slightly, caught up in a global equity sell-off triggered by Europe's debt crisis.
The benchmark Nikkei fell 3.1 percent or 331.10 points to 10,364.59, and has lost 6.3 percent in a holiday-shortened two-day trading week.
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SYDNEY - Australian shares are likely to fall in opening trade on Monday, after Wall Street dipped more than 1.3 percent as investors still feared the possible spread of Greece's sovereign debt woes to other euro zone nations.
Australian share index futures fell 49 points to 4,425, a 55.7 point or 1.2 percent discount to the close of the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index at 4,480.71, on Friday.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The euro recovered on Friday from a 14-month low against the dollar as German lawmakers approved a rescue package for Greece while the dollar gained versus the yen after U.S. data showed employment grew at its fastest pace in four years.
In late afternoon trading in New York, the euro last traded 0.4 percent higher at $1.2711 after falling to $1.2520 on Thursday, its lowest since March 2009.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasuries ended lower on Friday in volatile trading, as safe-haven demand cooled despite continuing fears over the sovereign debt crisis in Europe.
The price on benchmark 10-year Treasury notes last traded down 9/32, after trading up nearly 1 point earlier in the day. The 10-year yield, which moves inversely to price, was 3.43 percent, up from 3.41 percent at Thursday's close. It touched a session high of 3.52 percent right after the payroll data.
Trading in the 30-year bond was especially volatile, with prices swinging two points in either direction. It last traded down 1 8/32 for a yield of 4.28 percent, up from 4.21 percent Thursday.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold rallied on Friday to near a record high, posting its biggest three-week gain since November as investors cut exposure to risks stemming from Greece's debt crisis and tumbling global stock markets.
Spot gold was at $1,209.65 an ounce at 3:45 p.m. EDT (1945 GMT), against $1,207.25 late in New York on Thursday. U.S. June gold futures on the COMEX division of the NYMEX settled up $13.10, or 1.1 percent, at $1,210.40 an ounce.
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BASE METALS
NEW YORK/LONDON - Copper showed some resilience in late business on Friday, recouping nearly all of its earlier losses and touching $7,000 per tonne in London, as the euro recovered against the dollar and supply concerns developed in Chile.
Copper for July delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange's COMEX division rose 2.75 cents to settle at $3.1445 per lb, near the upper end of its $3.0620 to $3.1790.
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil fell $2 a barrel on Friday and posted its biggest weekly loss in almost a year and a half following the sharp sell-off on Wall Street and on worries that the euro zone's debt crisis will derail the global economic recovery.
U.S. crude oil futures fell for a fourth day in a row and settled down $2, or 2.6 percent, at $75.11 a barrel, after falling further to $74.51, its lowest since Feb. 16.
London Brent crude ended down $1.56, or 2 percent, at $78.27 a barrel.
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