Stock Markets Net Chng Stock Markets Net Chng S&P/ASX 200** NZX 50** 94.281 7,285.40 -29.10 11,888.5
DJIA 32,942.94 -102.15 NIKKEI**
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Nasdaq FTSE**
11,471.155 -35.92 7,907.72 -22.91
S&P 500 3,981.95 -9.10 Hang Seng**
20,351.35 -72.49
SPI 200 Fut STI**
7,197.00 -25.00 3,264.93 -35.11
SSEC** KOSPI**
3,287.48 -3.67 2,439.09 21.41
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Bonds Bonds
JP 10 YR Bond KR 10 YR Bond
0.504 0 3.588 -0.058
AU 10 YR Bond 0.008 US 10 YR Bond
3.886 3.8943 -0.029
NZ 10 YR Bond US 30 YR Bond
4.655 0 3.8812 -0.047
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Currencies
SGD US$ KRW US$
1.3439 0.0034 1,298.44 -4.21
AUD US$ NZD US$
0.67855 -0.00195 0.6209 -0.0008
EUR US$ Yen US$
1.0583 -0.0018 134.78 -0.12
THB US$ PHP US$
34.71 0.12 55.042 -0.108
IDR US$ INR US$
15,185 -15 82.59 -0.24
MYR US$ TWD US$
4.431 -0.008 30.405 -0.099
CNY US$ HKD US$
6.9083 0.0183 7.8467 0.0005
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Commodities
Spot Gold Silver (Lon)
1,820.24 -4.8 21.2946 -0.2078
U.S. Gold Fut 1,830.70 -10.75 Brent Crude
82.15 1.55
Iron Ore 125.77 -0.57 TRJCRB Index
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TOCOM Rubber JPY226.1 LME Copper 9,120.35 16.95
0.4
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All prices as of 18:34 GMT EQUITIES GLOBAL - Global equities were lower while crude oil edged up as traders braced for higher interest rates amid economic data that continued to show the strength of the U.S. economy and which validated the Federal Reserve's tight monetary policy stance. The MSCI world equity index , which tracks shares in 50 countries, was down 0.29%.
For a full report, click on - - - - NEW YORK - U.S. stock indexes slipped on Thursday as investors worried that a resilient economy would give the Federal Reserve more room to raise interest rates, although a surge in Nvidia shares helped lift some of that gloom. At 12:34 p.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 195.20 points, or 0.59%, at 32,849.89, the S&P 500 was down 13.44 points, or 0.34%, at 3,977.61, and the Nasdaq Composite was down 41.84 points, or 0.36%, at 11,465.23. For a full report, click on - - - - LONDON - European shares inched higher on Thursday, after two straight sessions of declines, supported by financial stocks and upbeat guidance by regional companies, while U.S. semiconductor designer Nvidia's positive sales forecast sparked a rally in chip stocks. The pan-European STOXX 600 index rose 0.1%. For a full report, click on - - - - TOKYO - Markets in Japan were closed for a holiday For a full report, click on - - - - SHANGHAI - China and Hong Kong stocks were subdued on Thursday as investors awaited earnings and economic data, while geopolitical tensions dented sentiment. China's blue-chip CSI300 Index and the Shanghai Composite Index ended down 0.1%. For a full report, click on - - - - AUSTRALIA - Australian shares fell for a third straight session on Thursday dragged down by mining stocks, while investors fretted over the prospect of more rate hikes from the U.S. Federal Reserve. The S&P/ASX 200 index closed down 0.4% at 7,285.4 points. The benchmark shed 0.3% on Wednesday. For a full report, click on - - - - SEOUL - South Korean shares closed higher on Thursday, led by heavyweight chipmakers, as the country's central bank held interest rates steady and suggested that the monetary tightening campaign had ended, unless there was a spike in inflation. The benchmark KOSPI ended 21.41 points, or 0.80%, higher at 2,439.09, after rising as much as 1.32%. For a full report, click on - - - - FOREIGN EXCHANGE NEW YORK - The dollar was steady against its major peers on Thursday, as new data showed a still-tight U.S. labor market, underpinning convictions that the Federal Reserve's monetary policy tightening may be far from over. The dollar index , which tracks the greenback against six major peers, modestly rose 0.02% to 104.52, slipping below the 104.68 high seen in late morning trading in Europe but little changed since yesterday's session. For a full report, click on - - - - SHANGHAI - China's yuan hovered at a seven-week low against a firmer dollar on Thursday, under downward pressure from expectations that the Federal Reserve is likely to stay on its aggressive monetary tightening trajectory. In the spot market, the onshore yuan opened at 6.8950 per dollar and was changing hands at 6.8860 at midday, 40 pips firmer than previous late session close. For a full report, click on - - - - AUSTRALIA - The Australian dollar rebounded on Thursday after hitting a fresh six-week low, as Federal Reserve minutes reinforced fears that U.S. rates would be raised higher for longer, while the kiwi improved on a hawkish local rate outlook. The Aussie edged up 0.4% to $0.6833, recouping some of the 0.7% loss overnight to as low as $0.6795. However it soon found buyers around the 200-day moving average of $0.6803 and pulled back a little. For a full report, click on - - - - SEOUL - The Korean won strengthened, while the benchmark bond yield fell. The won ended onshore trade 0.60% higher at 1,297.1 per dollar, after gaining as much as 0.83%. For a full report, click on - - - - TREASURIES NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury yields edged lower in choppy trading on Thursday, with those on the 10-year pulling back from three-month highs, as investors have already priced in strong economic data which have supported expectations of more interest rate hikes this year. In late morning trading, the yield on 10-year Treasury notes was down 2.5 bps at 3.898%. For a full report, click on - - - - LONDON - Euro area bond yields pulled back from close to multi-year highs on Thursday, as investors took stock after a sharp sell-off in recent weeks. The yield on Germany's euro zone benchmark 10-year bond , which moves inversely to the price, hit its highest level since August 2011 on Wednesday at 2.57%. On Thursday it was last down 3 basis points (bps) at 2.484%. For a full report, click on - - - - TOKYO - Markets in Japan were closed for a holiday For a full report, click on COMMODITIES GOLD - Gold prices slipped to their lowest in about two months on Thursday, after a drop in U.S. weekly jobless claims numbers favoured the Federal Reserve's stance that interest rates would have to go higher to control inflation. Spot gold was down 0.2% at $1,821.34 per ounce by 12:33 p.m. ET (1733 GMT), having touched their lowest level since Dec. 30 earlier. U.S. gold futures fell 0.7% to $1,828.70. For a full report, click on - - - - IRON ORE - Dalian coking coal futures scaled an eight-month peak on Thursday as a large-scale coal mine collapse in northern China's Inner Mongolia region prompted safety checks, fanning fears of supply tightness. he most-traded May coking coal on China's Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) ended daytime trade 2.6% higher at 2,020.50 yuan ($293.35) a tonne, after hitting 2,085 yuan, the highest since mid-June. For a full report, click on - - - - BASE METALS - Copper prices fell on Thursday as the prospect of further U.S. interest rate rises sent caution through markets and boosted the dollar, making metals costlier for buyers with other currencies. Benchmark three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) was down 2.3% at $8,906.50 a tonne at 1705 GMT and on track for its biggest one-day fall since Dec. 15. For a full report, click on - - - - OIL - Oil prices jumped more than 2% on Thursday but then pared gains as a much sharper rise than expected in U.S. inventories partially offset Russian supply curbs. Brent crude futures rose 96 cents, or 1.2%, to $81.56 a barrel by 11:34 a.m. EST (1434 GMT), compared with about $98 a barrel on the eve of Russia's invasion of Ukraine a year ago. For a full report, click on - - - - PALM OIL - Malaysian palm oil futures closed higher on Thursday after hitting a seven-week peak, supported by stronger U.S. soyoil and crude prices. The benchmark palm oil contract for May delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange gained 89 ringgit, or 2.15%, to 4,235 ringgit ($955.77) by the end of trading on Thursday. For a full report, click on - - - - RUBBER - Markets in Japan were closed for a holiday For a full report, click on - - - - (Bengaluru Bureau; +91 80 6749 1130)
