-----------------------(07:19 / 1919 GMT)----------------------- Stock Markets
5,356.54 -31.33 NZSX 50
5,696.45 -41.24 DJIA
17,477.40 +69.15 Nikkei
20,519.45 -76.10 NASDAQ
5,048.24 +14.68 FTSE
6,550.74 -17.59 S&P 500
2,091.54 +8.15 Hang Seng
23,991.03 -27.77 SPI 200 Fut
5,300.00 +9.00 TRJCRB Index
197.97 +0.14 Bonds
AU 10 YR Bond
2.793 +0.000 US 10 YR Bond
2.201 +0.000 NZ 10 YR Bond
3.355 +0.000 US 30 YR Bond
2.845 +0.000 Currencies (Prev at 7pm NZST)
AUD US$
0.7373 0.7384 NZD US$
0.6528 0.6545 EUR US$
1.1109 1.1163 Yen US$
124.30 124.31 Commodities
Gold (Lon)
1118.25
Silver (Lon)
15.21
Gold (NY)
1113.70
Light Crude
42.50
--------------------------------------------------------------- - Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks ended a volatile week higher on Friday after upbeat U.S. economic data and as euro zone finance ministers agreed to launch a third bailout program for Greece.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI rose 69.15 points, or 0.4 percent, to 17,477.4, while the S&P 500 .SPX gained 8.15 points, or 0.39 percent, to 2,091.54.
The Nasdaq Composite .IXIC , which swung 167 points from its low this week to its high, added 14.68 points, or 0.29 percent, to 5,048.24.
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LONDON - Britain's top equity index edged lower on Friday, with a decline for commodities stocks, such as BP BP.L and Royal Dutch Shell RDSa.L , overshadowing gains in travel group TUI TUIT.L .
The blue-chip FTSE 100 index .FTSE closed down 0.3 percent at 6,550.74 points
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share average edged down on Friday amid profit-taking and falling oil prices that generated selling in shares tied to commodities.
The Nikkei average .N225 fell 0.4 percent to 20,519.45 for a weekly loss of 1 percent. The broader Topix .TOPX lost 0.2 percent to close at 1,664.46, ending the week down by 0.9 percent.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The euro held near its session lows against the dollar on Friday after the European Commission confirmed a deal to lend cash-strapped Greece up to 86 billion euros over three years following talks in Brussels.
In late U.S. trading, the euro EUR= was down 0.4 percent at $1.1103, slightly above its session low of $1.1099, while it was down 0.5 percent at 138.00 yen EURJPY= , hovering near its session low of 137.94 yen.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - Short-term U.S. Treasuries yields rose on Friday, helped by a third straight monthly gain in U.S. producer prices that brightened odds for a Federal Reserve interest rate hike as soon as September.
Five-year Treasuries US5YT=RR , which are one of the shorter maturities most affected by Fed rates policy shifts, were off 2/32 and yielding 1.5871 percent. The long bond US30YT=RR , in contrast, was up 13/32 in price and yielding 2.8361 percent.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK/LONDON - Gold turned slightly lower on Friday as the dollar shifted higher on encouraging U.S. data and as investors weighed the impact of China's currency intervention on the timing for the first U.S. interest rate increase in nearly a decade.
Spot gold XAU= was down 0.2 percent at $1,112.36 an ounce by 1805 GMT after hitting $1,126.31 on Thursday, its highest since July 20.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper slipped on Friday in response to a stronger dollar and weak demand, even though there was relief that China's central bank appeared to have stopped guiding the yuan lower, returning some buying power to metal importers.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange CMCU3 ended down 0.3 percent at $5,170 a tonne. The metal has had a volatile week, hitting a six-year trough of $5,062 a tonne in the wake of China's currency moves.
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OIL
NEW YORK - U.S. crude oil edged higher after falling to a fresh 6-1/2-year low on Friday, posting a seventh weekly loss amid concerns over global oversupply, while Brent futures slipped as the front-month September contract approached expiration.
U.S. September crude CLc1 settled at $42.50 a barrel, up 27 cents, and continued to seesaw in post-settlement trade. It reached $42.96 after falling to $41.35, the lowest front-month price since March 2009, and finished off more than 3 percent for the week.
Expiring Brent September crude LCOU5 fell 19 cents to settle at $49.03, but gained nearly 1 percent for the week, snapping a string of six weekly losses. Brent prices are well above the 2015 low of $45.19 from January, despite its recent slide. Brent October crude LCOV5 also fell.
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