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LEVEL NET/CLOSE PCT/YIELD

DJIA 15593.98 -152.9 -0.97

S&P 500 1747.15 -23.34 -1.32

FTSE 6697.22 -44.47 -0.66

MSCI Asia-Pac Ex-JP

472.15 -2.55 -0.54

Nikkei 14104.73 -123.71 -0.87

Euro 1.3406 1.3418

Japanese Yen 98.22 98.08

U.S. Crude 94.46 0.26

Brent 103.34 -0.12

Gold 1308.39 1307.55

Silver 21.65 21.64

Copper-LME 7163.25 18.25 0.26

UST 10-YR

99.140625 2.6

UST 30-YR

98.546875 3.7075

Updates with latest figures

EQUITIES

NEW YORK - Frenzied buying in Twitter shares grabbed Wall

Street's attention on Thursday, as the social media stock surged

well above expectations, while major indexes fell, with the S&P

500 suffering its worst daily decline since August.

The broader market was hurt by weak earnings from Whole Foods

and Qualcomm. The tech-heavy Nasdaq index recorded its biggest

daily decline in a month.

The Dow Jones industrial average was down 152.90

points, or 0.97 percent, at 15,593.98. The Standard & Poor's 500

Index was down 23.34 points, or 1.32 percent, at

1,747.15. The Nasdaq Composite Index was down 74.61

points, or 1.90 percent, at 3,857.33.

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LONDON - Britain's benchmark equity index fell for the third

straight session on Thursday, which traders attributed to a rise

in sterling against the euro that could hit UK exporters.

The blue-chip FTSE 100 index closed down by 0.7

percent, or 44.47 points, to 6,697.22 points - underperforming

other major European stock markets such as Germany's DAX

, which rose to reach record highs.

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TOKYO - Japanese stocks tumbled to one-month lows on Friday

morning after a sharp drop on Wall Street dented risk appetite,

keeping investors on the defensive ahead of a crucial U.S. jobs

report later in the day.

The benchmark Nikkei dropped 0.9 percent to

14,096.96 in mid-morning trade, after falling to 14,026.17

earlier, the lowest since Oct 9. The Nikkei remains below

14,193.99, a 50 percent retracement of its May high to its June

low.

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HONG KONG - Hong Kong shares closed at their lowest since

late October on Thursday, as losses for Chinese financials

deepened following media reports about possible reforms a

Communist Party policy meeting starting this weekend might push.

The Hang Seng Index fell 0.7 percent to 22,881.0

points, its lowest closing since Oct. 29. The China Enterprises

Index of the top Chinese listings in Hong Kong sank 0.8

percent.

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FOREIGN EXCHANGE

SYDNEY - The euro struggled in early Asian trade after the