-----------------------(07:12 / 1912 GMT)----------------------- Stock Markets S&P/ASX 200 5,531.00 +13.24 NZSX 50 5,153.96 +11.04 DJIA 16,361.46 -140.19 Nikkei 14,429.26 +24.27 NASDAQ 4,075.56 -72.78 FTSE 6,685.69 -17.31 S&P 500 1,863.40 -15.21 Hang Seng 22,223.53 -339.27 SPI 200 Fut 5,507.00 -23.00 TRJCRB Index 310.69 -1.50 Bonds AU 10 YR Bond 3.936 -0.037 US 10 YR Bond 2.666 +0.000 NZ 10 YR Bond 4.515 +0.000 US 30 YR Bond 3.444 +0.000 Currencies (Prev at 7pm NZST) AUD US$ 0.9275 0.9271 NZD US$ 0.8574 0.8563 EUR US$ 1.3831 1.3831 Yen US$ 102.15 102.34 Commodities Gold (Lon) 1301.25 Silver (Lon) 19.660 Gold (NY) 1302.78 Light Crude 100.60 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES NEW YORK - U.S. stocks dropped on Friday, pulled lower by a selloff in consumer discretionary stocks as bellwether names Amazon.com and Ford Motor fell in the wake of their quarterly earnings.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 140.19 points or 0.85 percent, to end at 16,361.46. The S&P 500 dropped 15.21 points or 0.81 percent, to 1,863.40. The Nasdaq Composite tumbled 72.777 points or 1.75 percent, to 4,075.561.
For the week, the Dow fell 0.3 percent, the S&P 500 dipped 0.1 percent and the Nasdaq lost 0.5 percent.
For a full report, double click on - - - - LONDON - Britain's top share index slipped on Friday from its seven-week closing high the day before, as growing tension in Ukraine offset encouraging updates from media group Pearson and betting agency William Hill.
But the index ended 0.3 percent lower at 6,685.69 points, after its highest close since March 7 on Thursday, following an escalation in tensions in Ukraine and the prospect of more sanctions against Russia.
For a full report, double click on - - - - TOKYO - Tokyo's Nikkei edged up on Friday, helped by a slightly lower-than-expected inflation print for April which reinforced some hopes for further monetary easing by the Bank of Japan.
The Nikkei share average closed up 0.2 percent at 14,429.26. The Nikkei lost 0.6 percent on the week, and it has shed 11.4 percent so far in 2014.
The broader Topix index rose 0.4 percent to 1,169.99 . The new JPX-Nikkei Index 400 climbed 0.4 percent to 10,644.23.
For a full report, double click on - - - - FOREIGN EXCHANGE NEW YORK - Investors moved to the safety of the yen and Swiss franc on Friday, unnerved by escalating tensions between the West and Russia over Ukraine, and also took advantage of higher yielding Pacific currencies.
The dollar fell to 102.13 yen, down 0.16 percent on the day and its worst levels in a week. The greenback slid 0.04 percent to 0.8808 Swiss francs, having fallen to a one-week low of 0.8798 franc earlier in the day.