Saturday 5 May 2012

Asian Stocks

Asian stocks rose, with a regional index advancing for the first time in five weeks, after Australiacut key interest rates by more than forecast and on signs manufacturing output in China and the U.S. is improving.
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U.S.STOCK

U.S. stocks extended losses on Friday as the Nasdaq fell 1 percent after the April payroll report came in well below expectations.
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S&P

The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index was down 23.00 points, or 1.65 percent, at 1,368.57.
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FTSE

The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index  closed down 1.6 percent.
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DOLLAR

The dollar last traded down 0.4 percent at 79.86 yen, but against the Australian and New Zealand dollars it gained 0.8 percent and 0.6 percent, respectively, as investors shed riskier currencies that are highly linked to global growth.
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EURO

The euro fell as low as $1.3078, its lowest since April 19, and last traded at $1.3084, down 0.5 percent. Against the yen, the euro was down 0.9 percent at 104.48, down 0.9 percent.
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BRENT CRUDE

Brent dropped as low as $111.76 a barrel before trading on the contract’s premium to U.S. futures pushed the spread out to $14.93 a barrel in late activity, up more than $1 from Thursday’s levels.
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U.S.CRUDE

U.S. crude dropped nearly 4 percent, off $4.05 to settle at $98.49 a barrel, breaking below $100 for the first time since February. U.S. crude posted a 6.1 percent weekly loss.
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OIL

Oil tumbled 2.5 percent on Friday, with U.S. crude below $100 a barrel for the first time since February, as an abrupt slow-down in U.S. hiring soured economic sentiment and technical triggers intensified selling.
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SPOT PLATINUM

Spot platinum eased 0.3 percent at $1,522.50 an ounce.
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SILVER

Silver was up 1 percent at $30.35 an ounce.
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SHANGHAI COPPER

Inventories of copper in warehouses monitored by the Shanghai Futures Exchange fell 4.0 percent from last Friday to their lowest since February, data showed.
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LME COPPER

Copper stocks in LME-monitored warehouses fell by 4,575 tonnes to 230,625 tonnes, a low dating back to October 2008.
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COPPER

Copper’s most-active July contract in New York closed at $3.7210 a lb, down 1.50 cents.
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U.S.GOLD

U.S. gold futures for June delivery settled up $10.40 an ounce at $1,645.20, with trading volume about 10 percent below their 30-day average, preliminary Reuters data showed.
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SPOT GOLD

Spot gold was up 0.4 percent at $1,643.20 an ounce by 3:43 p.m.
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GOLD

Gold has dropped $150 from a peak in late February after a strong run of U.S. data cast serious doubts over whether the Federal Reserve would launch a third round of government bond purchases, or quantitative easing, also known as QE3.
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U.S. MARKET UPDATE

U.S. stocks extended losses on Friday as the Nasdaq fell 1 percent after the April payroll report came in well below expectations.
The Dow Jones industrial average was down 89.16 points, or 0.68 percent, at 13,117.43. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index was down 11.15 points, or 0.80 percent, at 1,380.42. The Nasdaq Composite Index was down 35.47 points, or 1.17 percent, at 2,988.83.
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Friday 4 May 2012

Asian Stocks

Asian shares fell for a second successive day on Friday as another batch of lacklustre U.S. data stoked concerns that the recovery in the world’s biggest economy is faltering.
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U.S.STOCK

U.S. stocks fell on Thursday as economic data sent mixed signals on the recovery a day before the April payrolls report, while shares of Green Mountain plunged after poor results.
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S&P

The S&P 500 Index  dropped 10.74 points, or 0.77 percent, to finish at 1,391.57.
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U.S.TREASURIES

U.S. government debt prices rose slightly on Thursday as data showing a bigger-than-expected pullback in growth in the U.S. services sector offset a surprisingly large drop in U.S. claims for jobless benefits.
On slightly below-average trading volume, the benchmark 10-year Treasury note US10YT=RR was up just 1/32 for the day, yielding 1.93 percent.
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FTSE

The FTSE 100 closed 8.44 points higher, or 0.2 percent, at 5,766.55 points, having traded only 87 percent of its 90-day volume average.
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DOLLAR

The dollar held steady versus the yen at 80.15 yen.
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EURO

The euro was little changed at $1.3156, having bounced off the previous day’s two-week low after European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi on Thursday gave no strong hints about the possibility of more monetary stimulus.
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BRENT CRUDE

Brent crude finished down 1.8 percent, racking up a 3 percent loss in two straight days, its biggest two-day percentage loss since Feb.28.
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U.S.CRUDE

U.S. crude ended 2.6 percent lower, the biggest one-day percentage loss since Dec. 14.
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OIL

Oil was steady after tumbling in the previous session on the shaky data and a build-up in U.S. inventories.
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PLATINUM

Platinum was down 1.6 percent on the day at $1,531.74 an ounce, while palladium fell 1 percent to $658.97 an ounce.
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SILVER

Silver dropped 1.9 percent at $30.05 an ounce.
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SHANGHAI COPPER

The most-traded copper contract for August delivery on the Shanghai Futures Exchange was nearly flat at 58,110 yuan ($9,200) a tonne.
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