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LEVEL NET/CLOSE PCT/YIELD

DJIA 15746.88 128.66 0.82

S&P 500 1770.49 7.52 0.43

FTSE 6741.69 -5.15 -0.08

MSCI Asia-Pac Ex-JP

475.28 -2.18 -0.46

Nikkei 14265.34 -71.97 -0.5

Euro 1.3515 1.351

Japanese Yen 98.6 98.65

U.S. Crude 94.95 0.15

Brent 105.15 -0.09

Gold 1316.31 1317.79

Silver 21.74 21.78

Copper-LME 7143 28 0.39

UST 10-YR

98.78125 2.6421

UST 30-YR

97.359375 3.7741

Updates with latest figures

EQUITIES

NEW YORK - The Dow industrials closed at a record high on

Wednesday, led by gains in Microsoft Corp and

encouraging European economic data, while the S&P 500 also rose

but closed shy of its own record.

Meanwhile the Nasdaq fell, hurt by losses in Tesla Motors and

as investors readied for Twitter's much-anticipated IPO.

The benchmark S&P 500 rose as high as 1,773.79 intraday,

above its closing high of 1,771.95 set on Oct 29. Its all-time

intraday peak came the day after at 1,775.22.

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LONDON - Britain's main equity index dipped lower on

Wednesday, with credit data group Experian slumping

after its interim results, while traders said the market might

stall in November after a strong run-up last month.

The blue-chip FTSE 100 index, which rose 4 percent in

October to reach 5-month highs, closed down by 0.1 percent, or

5.15 points, at 6,741.69 points. The index remains up by 14

percent since the start of 2013.

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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share average was flat on Thursday as

investors searched for fresh trading opportunities after the

recent flurry of earnings, while small cap stocks rose after the

Tokyo bourse said it will include them in a new index.

The Nikkei was flat at 14,340.44 in mid-morning

trade, hovering around its 25-day moving average of 14,314.31.

On Wednesday, the index rose 0.8 percent.

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HONG KONG - Hong Kong shares struggled on Wednesday with

many investors staying on the sidelines ahead of a fresh batch

of Chinese macroeconomic data due from Friday and a key

Communist Party policy meeting that will start this weekend.

The Hang Seng Index ended flat at 23,036.9 points,

while the China Enterprises Index of the top Chinese

listings in Hong Kong slipped 0.7 percent.

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FOREIGN EXCHANGE

SYDNEY - The euro traded near one-week highs against the

dollar and yen early in Asia on Thursday as investors quickly

switched gears after upbeat German data dampened the chances of

any imminent interest rate cut from the European Central Bank.

Expectations had been growing for the ECB to ease since data