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Stock Markets
S&P/ASX 200 4,560.25 -21.99 NZSX 50 3,161.00 +9.23
DJIA 10,462.77 +47.53 Nikkei 9,239.17 +140.78
NASDAQ 2,242.48 +6.28 FTSE 5,501.64 +7.48
S&P 500 1,109.55 +5.37 Hang Seng 21,257.39 +90.12
SPI 200 Fut 4,577.00 +12.00 CRB Index 275.14 +1.93
Bonds
AU 10 YR Bond 5.048 +0.076 US 10 YR Bond 2.795 +0.000
NZ 10 YR Bond 5.435 +0.005 US 30 YR Bond 3.869 +0.000
Currencies (Prev at 7pm NZST)
AUD US$ 0.9297 0.9231 NZD US$ 0.7314 0.7242
EUR US$ 1.2723 1.2691 Yen US$ 84.30 84.06
Commodities
Gold (Lon) 1246.50 Silver (Lon) 19.900
Gold (NY) 1243.42 Light Crude 76.45
Market action to New York close on Friday.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - The Dow and S&P 500 closed the week with their seventh gain in eight sessions in a turnaround period for stocks that has seen investors' worst fears about the economy start to dissipate.
But the gains were made on the second lightest trading volume of the year so far.
The Dow Jones industrial average gained 47.53 points, or 0.46 percent, to 10,462.77. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index rose 5.37 points, or 0.49 percent, to 1,109.55. The Nasdaq Composite Index added 6.28 points, or 0.28 percent, to 2,242.48.
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LONDON - Britain's top share index hit a four-month closing high on Friday, for the second day in a row, led by defensive tobacco and pharmaceutical stocks.
The FTSE 100 ended up 7.48 points, or 0.1 percent, at 5,501.64, having added 1.2 percent on Thursday on the back of bullish jobs data from the United States.
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei average rose 1.6 percent on Friday, helped by what some market players said was buying of futures and a slight softening of the yen against the dollar.
Stronger-than-expected U.S. data on jobless benefits and trade added to investor confidence, market players said, with blue-chip exporters leading the market's advance.
The benchmark Nikkei ended the day 140.78 points higher at 9,239.17, pulling away from a 16-month low of 8,796.45 hit on Sept. 1. The benchmark gained 1.4 percent on the week.
The broader Topix gained 0.8 percent to 833.72.
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SYDNEY - Australian stocks will likely start modestly firmer on Monday, helped by gains on Wall Street and growing confidence in the global economic recovery.
Share price index futures gained 12 points to 4,577, a 16.7 point premium to the close of the underlying index .
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The U.S. dollar rose against the yen and commodity bloc currencies also gained on Friday as strong Chinese trade data bolstered optimism about the global economic recovery.
China's imports leaped in August, boding well for a strengthening of domestic demand in an economy that has become a major driver of global growth. For more see.
That helped lift stock and commodity prices and diminish safe-haven demand for the yen and Swiss franc. The Australian dollar climbed on expectations solid Chinese growth would boost appetite for the country's exports.
In late trading, the dollar rose 0.4 percent to 84.15 yen , after rising to a session high of 84.38 yen, according to Reuters data.
The euro rose 0.1 percent to $1.2706, near the day's high of $1.2747. It gained 0.5 percent to 106.96 yen.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasuries fell on Friday for the third consecutive day and logged their worst week since March as heavy government and corporate supply weighed on a market many still see as over-priced.
The market was still straining over the $67 billion worth of government bond issuance in the past three days as well as the biggest week of corporate supply since May 2008, according to IFR, a Thomson Reuters service. For details see
In late New York trade, 10-year notes were down 10/32 in price, yielding 2.80 percent versus Thursday's close of 2.76 percent.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold prices steadied at moderately lower levels below $1,250 an ounce on Friday as the yen slid against the dollar and investors continued to unwind safe-haven plays made this week, but analysts said the IMF's late Thursday gold sale lent support.
Spot gold at $1,245.85 an ounce was down by 3:38 p.m. EDT (1938 GMT) from Thursday's closing bid at $1,248.27 an ounce. It fell to $1,236.55 an ounce, its lowest in a week.
U.S. December gold futures eased $4.40 to end at $1,246.50 an ounce on the COMEX division of the NYMEX. The range extended down to $1,237.90, its lowest in 10 days.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper finished lower on Friday, suffering its first weekly decline in four weeks, as risk appetite waned and investors weighed mixed indicators of demand in China -- its potential to tighten monetary policy further versus strong import data.
Copper for December delivery on the COMEX metals division of the New York Mercantile Exchange fell 3.70 cents to end at $3.4065 per lb, after dealing between $3.3950 and $3.4515.
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OIL
NEW YORK - U.S. crude rose 3 percent to hit a four-week high above $76 a barrel on Friday following the shutdown of a major pipeline supplying Canadian oil to the United States and potential for an extended outage.
The gain came despite the International Energy Agency saying that world oil demand would remain tepid.
The U.S. crude contract for delivery in October rose to a peak of $76.73 a barrel, the highest level since mid-August, after Enbridge Inc said pipeline 6A remained shut as the cleanup of an oil leak continued near Romeoville, Illinois.
In contrast, Brent crude oil in London was up just 69 cents a barrel at $78.16, with concerns about the strength of global demand still weighing.
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Stock Markets
S&P/ASX 200 4,560.25 -21.99 NZSX 50 3,161.00 +9.23
DJIA 10,462.77 +47.53 Nikkei 9,239.17 +140.78
NASDAQ 2,242.48 +6.28 FTSE 5,501.64 +7.48
S&P 500 1,109.55 +5.37 Hang Seng 21,257.39 +90.12
SPI 200 Fut 4,577.00 +12.00 CRB Index 275.14 +1.93
Bonds
AU 10 YR Bond 5.048 +0.076 US 10 YR Bond 2.795 +0.000
NZ 10 YR Bond 5.435 +0.005 US 30 YR Bond 3.869 +0.000
Currencies (Prev at 7pm NZST)
AUD US$ 0.9297 0.9231 NZD US$ 0.7314 0.7242
EUR US$ 1.2723 1.2691 Yen US$ 84.30 84.06
Commodities
Gold (Lon) 1246.50 Silver (Lon) 19.900
Gold (NY) 1243.42 Light Crude 76.45
Market action to New York close on Friday.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - The Dow and S&P 500 closed the week with their seventh gain in eight sessions in a turnaround period for stocks that has seen investors' worst fears about the economy start to dissipate.
But the gains were made on the second lightest trading volume of the year so far.
The Dow Jones industrial average gained 47.53 points, or 0.46 percent, to 10,462.77. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index rose 5.37 points, or 0.49 percent, to 1,109.55. The Nasdaq Composite Index added 6.28 points, or 0.28 percent, to 2,242.48.
For a full report, double click on
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LONDON - Britain's top share index hit a four-month closing high on Friday, for the second day in a row, led by defensive tobacco and pharmaceutical stocks.
The FTSE 100 ended up 7.48 points, or 0.1 percent, at 5,501.64, having added 1.2 percent on Thursday on the back of bullish jobs data from the United States.
For a full report, double click on
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei average rose 1.6 percent on Friday, helped by what some market players said was buying of futures and a slight softening of the yen against the dollar.
Stronger-than-expected U.S. data on jobless benefits and trade added to investor confidence, market players said, with blue-chip exporters leading the market's advance.
The benchmark Nikkei ended the day 140.78 points higher at 9,239.17, pulling away from a 16-month low of 8,796.45 hit on Sept. 1. The benchmark gained 1.4 percent on the week.
The broader Topix gained 0.8 percent to 833.72.
For a full report, double click on
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SYDNEY - Australian stocks will likely start modestly firmer on Monday, helped by gains on Wall Street and growing confidence in the global economic recovery.
Share price index futures gained 12 points to 4,577, a 16.7 point premium to the close of the underlying index .
- - - -
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The U.S. dollar rose against the yen and commodity bloc currencies also gained on Friday as strong Chinese trade data bolstered optimism about the global economic recovery.
China's imports leaped in August, boding well for a strengthening of domestic demand in an economy that has become a major driver of global growth. For more see.
That helped lift stock and commodity prices and diminish safe-haven demand for the yen and Swiss franc. The Australian dollar climbed on expectations solid Chinese growth would boost appetite for the country's exports.
In late trading, the dollar rose 0.4 percent to 84.15 yen , after rising to a session high of 84.38 yen, according to Reuters data.
The euro rose 0.1 percent to $1.2706, near the day's high of $1.2747. It gained 0.5 percent to 106.96 yen.
For a full report, double click on
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasuries fell on Friday for the third consecutive day and logged their worst week since March as heavy government and corporate supply weighed on a market many still see as over-priced.
The market was still straining over the $67 billion worth of government bond issuance in the past three days as well as the biggest week of corporate supply since May 2008, according to IFR, a Thomson Reuters service. For details see
In late New York trade, 10-year notes were down 10/32 in price, yielding 2.80 percent versus Thursday's close of 2.76 percent.
For a full report, double click on
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold prices steadied at moderately lower levels below $1,250 an ounce on Friday as the yen slid against the dollar and investors continued to unwind safe-haven plays made this week, but analysts said the IMF's late Thursday gold sale lent support.
Spot gold at $1,245.85 an ounce was down by 3:38 p.m. EDT (1938 GMT) from Thursday's closing bid at $1,248.27 an ounce. It fell to $1,236.55 an ounce, its lowest in a week.
U.S. December gold futures eased $4.40 to end at $1,246.50 an ounce on the COMEX division of the NYMEX. The range extended down to $1,237.90, its lowest in 10 days.
For a full report, double click on
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper finished lower on Friday, suffering its first weekly decline in four weeks, as risk appetite waned and investors weighed mixed indicators of demand in China -- its potential to tighten monetary policy further versus strong import data.
Copper for December delivery on the COMEX metals division of the New York Mercantile Exchange fell 3.70 cents to end at $3.4065 per lb, after dealing between $3.3950 and $3.4515.
For a full report, double click on
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OIL
NEW YORK - U.S. crude rose 3 percent to hit a four-week high above $76 a barrel on Friday following the shutdown of a major pipeline supplying Canadian oil to the United States and potential for an extended outage.
The gain came despite the International Energy Agency saying that world oil demand would remain tepid.
The U.S. crude contract for delivery in October rose to a peak of $76.73 a barrel, the highest level since mid-August, after Enbridge Inc said pipeline 6A remained shut as the cleanup of an oil leak continued near Romeoville, Illinois.
In contrast, Brent crude oil in London was up just 69 cents a barrel at $78.16, with concerns about the strength of global demand still weighing.
For a full report, double click on
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