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EQUITIES

GLOBAL - U.S. stocks struggled for gains on Thursday amid a spate of earnings, while waning concerns over widening tariff conflicts capped gold's string of record highs.

MSCI's gauge of stocks across the globe .MIWD00000PUS rose 2.40 points, or 0.28%, to 874.09.

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NEW YORK - The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq rose on Thursday, as investors sifted through several upbeat earnings reports while awaiting Friday's key jobs report and any trade policy moves.

At 1:45 p.m. ET (1845 GMT), the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI fell 179.25 points, or 0.40%, to 44,694.03, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 11.56 points, or 0.20%, to 6,073.04 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC gained 67.37 points, or 0.34%, to 19,759.70.

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LONDON - European shares closed at an all-time high on Thursday, with mining companies in the lead following a raft of upbeat earnings reports, while investors weighed the likelihood of a Ukraine peace plan.

The pan-European STOXX 600 index .STOXX was up 1.2%.

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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share average rose on Thursday, tracking overnight gains in Wall Street, even as the yen firmed on the back of bolstered expectations that the Bank of Japan (BOJ) will continue to raise interest rates.

The Nikkei .N225 closed up 0.6% at 39,066.53, while the broader Topix .TOPX finished 0.3% higher at 2,752.2.

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SHANGHAI - China and Hong Kong stocks advanced on Thursday, driven by the tech sector, as investors continued to bet on domestic artificial intelligence firms following Chinese AI start-up DeepSeek's breakthrough.

China's blue-chip CSI300 index .CSI300 was up 1.26% at the close.

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AUSTRALIA - Australian shares were set to open lower on Friday with potential losses in local gold and oil stocks, while waning concerns of widening tariff conflicts in the global stage persisted among investors.

The local share price index futures YAPcm1 fell 0.3%, a 64.7-point premium to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO close. The benchmark closed at 8,520.7 points on Thursday, just under 12 points shy of its all-time high of 8,532.3.

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SEOUL - South Korean shares rose more than 1% on Thursday, as chipmakers and e-commerce firms jumped, as they recovered from a recent shock from a Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek.

The benchmark KOSPI .KS11 closed up 27.48 points, or 1.10%, at 2,536.75, extending gains for a third straight session.

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FOREIGN EXCHANGE

NEW YORK - The yen touched an eight-week high versus the dollar on Thursday after a Bank of Japan policy board member advocated continued interest rate hikes, while sterling slid as the Bank of England cut rates.

The dollar index was up against a basket of peers =USD at 107.69.

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SHANGHAI - The yuan eased on Thursday after China sought the World Trade Organization's intervention to rule on new tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump, heightening market concerns of a potentially damaging trade war between the two economic giants.

The spot yuan CNY=CFXS opened at 7.2700 per dollar and was last trading 51 pips lower than the previous late session close at 7.2771 as of 0221 GMT.

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AUSTRALIA - The Australian and New Zealand dollars were enjoying a rare rally on Thursday as falling Treasury yields brought down their U.S. counterpart, while efforts from China to steady its currency offered some support.

Against the dollar, the Aussie was buoyant at $0.6283 AUD=D3, having risen 0.6% overnight in its fourth straight session of gains.

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SEOUL - The won was quoted at 1,447.7 per dollar on the onshore settlement platform KRW=KFTC, 0.26% lower than its previous close at 1,443.9.

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TREASURIES

NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury yields were mostly higher on Thursday except for the longer end of the curve, recovering from multi-week declines in the previous session, as the bond market stabilized a bit, having temporarily averted a disastrous trade war with Canada and Mexico.

U.S. 30-year yield also inched up at 4.644% US30YT=RR.

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LONDON - Euro area government bond yields edged higher on Thursday as traders weighed concerns about U.S. tariffs and their impact on European Central Bank monetary policy, while the Bank of England lowered rates as expected.

Germany's 10-year bond yield DE10YT=RR, the benchmark for the euro zone bloc, rose one basis point (bp) to 2.37% on Thursday after hitting 2.345% the day before, its lowest since January 2.

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TOKYO - Japanese government bond (JGB) yields fell on Thursday after an auction for 30-year bonds generated the strongest demand in years, while hawkish comments central bank board member Naoki Tamura bolstered expectations of a hike in interest rates.

The 30-year JGB yield JP30YTN=JBTC slid 6.5 basis points (bps) to 2.26% after the bid-to-cover ratio, a common measure of demand at auctions, came in at its highest since November 2020 at 3.74.

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COMMODITIES

GOLD - Gold prices slid 1% on Thursday as the U.S. dollar firmed ahead of a key jobs report and investors took profits, after bullion recorded consecutive record peaks in the previous five sessions on the back of escalating trade tensions between the U.S. and China.

Spot gold XAU= slipped 0.4% to $2,853.16 per ounce by 01:50 p.m. ET (1850 GMT) after hitting an all-time high of $2,882.16 on Wednesday.

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IRON ORE - Iron ore futures clawed back higher on Thursday, supported by a softer dollar and Australia supply snags, while investors looked for fresh developments surrounding the trade war between the United States and top consumer China.

The most-traded May iron ore contract on China's Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) DCIOcv1 ended daytime trade 1.43% higher at 817.5 yuan ($112.22) a metric ton, after closing lower in the previous session.

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BASE METALS - Copper prices hit multi-week highs on Thursday as fears over a full-blown trade war eased despite threats by U.S. President Donald Trump.

Three-month copper CMCU3 on the London Metal Exchange $(LME.UK)$ was up 0.5% at $9,283.50 a metric ton by 1700 GMT after touching its highest since January 24 at $9,350.

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OIL - Oil prices settled lower on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump repeated a pledge to raise U.S. oil production, unnerving traders a day after the country reported a much bigger-than-anticipated jump in crude stockpiles.

Brent crude futures LCOc1 fell 32 cents, or 0.4%, to settle at $74.29 a barrel.

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PALM OIL - Malaysian palm oil futures rose for a second consecutive session on Thursday, driven by expectations of a decline in production, though gains were capped by a lack of demand from key importing countries.

The benchmark palm oil contract FCPOc3 for April delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange gained 71 ringgit, or 1.64%, to close at 4,405 ringgit ($993.91) a metric ton.

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RUBBER - Japanese rubber futures edged higher on Thursday, supported by supply concerns and resilient demand in the Chinese automobile market, although mounting U.S.-China trade tensions and a firmer yen capped the rise.

The Osaka Exchange (OSE) rubber contract for July delivery JRUc6, 0#2JRU: ended daytime trade 0.4 yen higher, or 0.11%, at 374.5 yen ($2.45) per kg.

For a full report, click on RUB/T

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