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Stock Markets
S&P/ASX 200
5,474.78 -135.32 NZSX 50
5,868.66 -60.03 DJIA
17,373.38 -46.37 Nikkei
20,724.56 +60.12 NASDAQ
5,043.54 -12.90 FTSE
6,718.49 -28.60 S&P 500
2,077.57 -5.99 Hang Seng
24,552.47 +177.19 SPI 200 Fut
5,403.00 -2.00 TRJCRB Index
198.32 -0.22 Bonds
AU 10 YR Bond
2.770 -0.082 US 10 YR Bond
2.166 +0.000 NZ 10 YR Bond
3.400 +0.000 US 30 YR Bond
2.822 +0.000 Currencies (Prev at 7pm NZST)
AUD US$
0.7412 0.7373 NZD US$
0.6605 0.6563 EUR US$
1.0963 1.0915 Yen US$
124.17 124.77 Commodities
Gold (Lon)
1093.50
Silver (Lon)
14.84
Gold (NY)
1092.50
Light Crude
43.87
---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks ended lower on Friday after solid job growth data for July pried the door open a little wider for a potential interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve in September.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI fell 0.27 percent to end at 17,373.38. The S&P 500 .SPX lost 0.29 percent to 2,077.57 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC finished 0.26 percent lower at 5,043.54.
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LONDON - Britain's top equity index fell on Friday, weighed down by sharp drops in broadcaster ITV (LONDON:ITV) ITV.L and bookmaker William Hill WMH.L , though it outperformed European peers on a day when U.S. jobs data was deemed to herald a Fed rate rise.
The blue-chip FTSE 100 index .FTSE closed down 0.4 percent, with pan-European equities down around 0.9 percent. Euro zone stocks were also hit by disappointing German data.
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share edged up on Friday as investors bought shares in companies with solid earnings such as Toray 3402.T and Softbank 9984.T , erasing earlier losses on profit-taking.
The Nikkei average .N225 rose 0.3 percent to 20,724.56 points for a weekly gain of 0.7 percent. The broader Topix .TOPX gained 0.3 percent to 1,679.19, and up 1.2 percent for the week.
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SYDNEY - Australian stocks are likely to open slightly lower on Monday after international equities markets fell and key trading partner China posted disappointing economic data.
The declines are likely to be limited, however, as investors look for bargains after stocks fell their most in three years the previous session.
On Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO fell 2.4 percent to 5,474.8 points. It fell nearly 4 percent for the week, its biggest weekly drop in more than two months.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar slipped against a basket of currencies after touching near a four-month high on Friday, as investors pared bullish bets that a solid U.S. jobs report had pushed the Federal Reserve closer to raising interest rates this year.
In late trading, the dollar index was down 0.2 percent at 97.650 .DXY . It earlier rose as high 98.334, its highest level since April 23.
The dollar touched two-month peaks against the yen, rising above 125 yen, but was last down 0.5 percent at 124.13 yen JPY= . The euro, meanwhile, was up 0.4 percent at $1.0966 EUR= .
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. short-dated Treasuries yields rose slightly while longer-dated yields fell on Friday after data showed U.S. employment rose at a solid clip in July, reinforcing expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will raise interest rates in September.
U.S. 30-year bonds US30YT=RR were last up 1-22/32 in price to yield 2.82 percent, from 2.91 percent late Thursday.
Benchmark 10-year notes US10YT=RR were last up 17/32 in price to yield 2.17 percent, from a yield of 2.23 percent late Thursday.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold rose on Friday as investors assessed U.S. non-farm payrolls data that may indicate the Federal Reserve will delay an immediate interest rate hike, but was still on course for a weekly fall.
Spot gold XAU= , which hit a session low of $1,082.76 an ounce immediately after the U.S. jobs report, managed to rebound 0.5 percent to $1,094.54 by 2:31 p.m. EDT (1831 GMT). It had fallen to $1,077 on July 24, its weakest since February 2010.
U.S. gold for December delivery GCcv1 settled up 0.4 percent at $1,094.10 an ounce.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper hit a six-year low on Friday and zinc touched its weakest in two years as gloomy sentiment about global growth and oversupply continued to weigh on the market.
Three-month copper CMCU3 on the London Metal Exchange slid to $5,121 a tonne, the weakest since July 2009, before recovering to close down 0.2 percent at $5,173. Copper has given up 1.2 percent this week.
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OIL
NEW YORK - Crude oil dipped on Friday, plumbing multi-month lows and heading for a sixth straight week of losses, as the approaching end of the U.S. summer driving season suggested a growing surplus in gasoline supply.
Brent LCOc1 settled down 91 cents, or 1.8 percent, at $48.61 a barrel on Friday, after touching a more than six-month low of $48.45.
U.S. crude CLc1 closed down 79 cents, or 1.8 percent, at $43.87, after hitting a more than four-month session low of $43.80.
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