The Asian markets edged up with MSCI's broadest index of Asia Pacific shares outside Japan up 0.4 percent, but the MSCI index for Southeast Asia was down 0.2 percent at 1012 GMT.
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Saturday, 25 February 2012
U.S. STOCK
The S&P 500 rose on Friday to close at the highest level since before the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008, continuing a pattern of steady gains on signs of US economic recovery.
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U.S. TREASURIES
U.S. Treasury debt prices rose on Friday as lingering worries about Europe's debt crisis and concerns over soaring oil prices stoked safe-haven demand for bonds, giving longer-dated issues their best week in four weeks.
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FTSE
The FTSE-100 miner, which has underperformed the sector by more than 25 percent since the start of last year, currently has a structure with over a dozen units, none fully owned and several separately listed, producing everything from oil to aluminium to copper and zinc.
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NIKKEI
The Nikkei advanced 0.5 percent to 9,647.38, its highest close since Aug. 4 last year, and gained 2.8 percent on the week.
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EURO
The euro rose to a nearly four-month peak of 109.100 yen, well above this year's low of 97.04 yen hit on January 16. It last traded at 108.990, up nearly 2 percent on the day.
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DOLLAR
The dollar hit a fresh 7-1/2-month high of 81.062 yen on trading platform EBS and was last 80.990, up 1.4 percent on the day.
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BRENT CRUDE
Brent crude rose for a fifth day to end up 1.5 percent at $125.47 a barrel, its highest finish since April 2010.
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U.S. CRUDE
U.S. crude's benchmark front-month contract in New York finished Friday's trading up 1.8 percent at $109.77 a barrel, its highest settlement since May 3. For the week, the market rose 6.3 percent, its most since the week to Dec. 23.
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OIL
Oil notched its biggest weekly gain in two months on Friday as worries about Iran deepened and drove U.S. crude prices up for a seventh session,
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LME COPPER
London Metal Exchange (LME) benchmark copper climbed $140.50 to end at $8,530.50, its strongest level on a closing basis since Feb. 9, when it closed at $8,760 after touching a multi-month peak at $8,765.
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SANGHAI COPPER
Stocks in Shanghai warehouses hit their highest level in nearly a decade last week, and dropped by just more than 1,000 tonnes to 216,086 tonnes this week.
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COPPER
Copper posted its biggest weekly gain in a month on Friday. Copper jumps over 4 percent on the week
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SILVER
Silver peaked at $35.70 an ounce, the highest interday price since September 23. Its rally picked up momentum after breaking through its 200-day moving average at $34.84 on Thursday.
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PLATINUM
Platinum group metals, meanwhile, took a breather after hitting five-month highs earlier this week on supply worries related to a strike in top producer South Africa.
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SPOT GOLD
Spot gold was down 0.5 percent at $1,771.36 an ounce by 2:41 p.m. EST (1941 GMT).
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U.S.GOLD
U.S. gold futures for April delivery settled down $9.90 an ounce at $1,776.40.
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GOLD
Gold has risen 13.5 percent this year. However, it appears to struggle to gain further to approach its record at $1,920.30 an ounce.
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U.S. MARKET UPDATE
The S&P 500 rose on Friday to close at the highest level since before the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008, continuing a pattern of steady gains on signs of US economic recovery.
The Dow Jones industrial average dipped 1.74 points to close flat at 12,982.95. The S&P 500 Index gained 2.28 points, or 0.17%, to 1,365.74. The Nasdaq Composite rose 6.77 points, or 0.23%, to 2,963.75.
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Friday, 24 February 2012
U.S. STOCK
Wall Street stocks rose on Thursday after data showed the U.S. labor market remained on the mend, but the market stalled as it approached highs not seen since before the 2008 collapse of Lehman Brothers.
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ASIAN MARKET
MSCI's broadest index of Asia Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS was up 0.2 percent, led by the growth-sensitive technology sector .MIAPJIT00PUS. It was set for a weekly loss of 0.2 percent.
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U.S. TREASURIES
Benchmark 10-year Treasury notes last traded up 5/32 in price for a yield of 1.98 percent, down almost 2 basis points from late Wednesday. They were down 13/32 earlier with a yield of about 2.05 percent.
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NIKKEI
The Nikkei advanced 0.4 percent to 9,630.19 and the broader Topix added 0.6 percent to 834.33, boosted by a weaker yen.
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DOLLAR
The dollar was off a seven-month high against the yen hit earlier in the week of 80.40 yen. The euro gained 0.2 percent against the yen at 107.13 yen.
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EURO
The euro rose to its highest in 2-1/2 months against the U.S. dollar at $1.3380 on Friday.
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