Asian shares rose on Friday, with Tokyo hitting a seven-month high, on signs Greece had successfully closed its bond swap offer for private creditors, although caution ahead of the release of U.S. employment data could check momentum.
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Asian shares rose on Friday, with Tokyo hitting a seven-month high, on signs Greece had successfully closed its bond swap offer for private creditors, although caution ahead of the release of U.S. employment data could check momentum.
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U.S. stocks rose on Thursday, recovering most of the week’s losses, after Greece moved closer to a bond swap with private creditors to avoid a messy default.
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U.S. benchmark 10-year Treasury notes were trading 13/32 lower in price to yield 2.02 percent, up from 1.98 percent late Wednesday. Yields are not far off the middle of a range of 1.79 percent to 2.17 percent that has held sway since early November.
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Standard & Poor’s 500 was up 0.98% or 13.28 points at 1365.91.
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The Nikkei was up 0.9 percent at 9,856.90, after trading as high as 9,913.54, while the broader Topix advanced 0.8 percent to 842.48.
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The euro was at $1.3263, not far from an overnight high of $1.3291.
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Spot platinum gained 0.6 percent to $1,668.24.
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Platinum rose 2.1 percent to $1,659 an ounce.
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Spot silver rose more than half a percent to $34.04 an ounce.
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Silver rose by 1.4 percent on the day to $33.84 an ounce.
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U.S. April crude settled at $106.58 a barrel, rising 42 cents. It hit a session high of $107.20 in morning trade. Front-month U.S. crude reached $110.55 on March 1, the highest since May last year.
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