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EQUITIES

GLOBAL - U.S. equities followed European stocks higher on Friday to end a bumpy week on a positive note, although safe-haven gold hit a record high with investors still showing some signs of anxiety about the economic impact of tariffs.

MSCI's broadest gauge of global stocks .MIWO00000PUS rose 14.73 points, or 1.79%, to 836.32 on Friday, but still showed its biggest weekly fall since December.

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NEW YORK - U.S. stocks rebounded on Friday as investors hunted for bargains at the end of a tumultuous week in which U.S. President Donald Trump's escalating trade war fueled recession fears and doused risk appetite.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 674.62 points, or 1.65%, to 41,488.19. The S&P 500 .SPX advanced 117.42 points, or 2.13%, to 5,638.94 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC gained 451.07 points, or 2.61%, at 17,754.09.

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LONDON - European stocks rallied on Friday, with German equities leading gains after the country's political parties agreed a historic deal to ramp up state borrowing.

The pan-continental STOXX 600 .STOXX climbed 1.1%.

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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share average recouped early losses to end higher on Friday, underpinned by gains in U.S. stock futures, as investors bought chip-related stocks and other undervalued shares.

The Nikkei .N225 rose 0.72% to close at 37,053.1, after falling as much as 0.5% earlier in the session. The index rose 0.45% for the week, snapping three consecutive weeks of losses.

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SHANGHAI - Chinese stocks ended the week higher on Friday, led by consumer shares, after a northern Chinese city announced plans to boost birth rates, while investors await a press conference next week for additional measures to enhance domestic consumption.

China's blue-chip CSI300 Index .CSI300 closed up 2.4%, while the Shanghai Composite Index .SSEC rose 1.8%. Hong Kong benchmark Hang Seng .HSI was up 2.1%.

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AUSTRALIA - Australian shares closed higher on Friday, snapping a three-day losing streak, as heavyweight miners powered gains a day after the market confirmed a correction, with investors still cautious amid escalating global trade tensions.

The S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO, which has clocked only five positive sessions in the last 20 trading days, rose 0.5% to 7,789.7 points.

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SEOUL - South Korean shares fell on Friday, tracking a drop on Wall Street amid concerns over U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war, but still posted a second consecutive weekly gain.

The benchmark KOSPI .KS11 closed down 7.28 points, or 0.28%, at 2,566.36. For the week, the benchmark has gained 0.1%.

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FOREIGN EXCHANGE

NEW YORK - The dollar weakened against the euro but rose against the Swiss franc and the yen, underpinned by the likelihood the U.S. government will avert a shutdown over the weekend, extending gains as data showed inflation expectations picked up, suggesting the Federal Reserve will likely be patient in cutting interest rates.

On the back of the stronger euro, the dollar index =USD, which measures the greenback against a basket of currencies including the yen and the euro, fell 0.08% to 103.75. It is on track for the second straight week of losses.

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SHANGHAI - China's yuan held steady against the U.S. dollar on Friday as markets weighed escalating global trade tensions against Beijing's promises of more fiscal and monetary support for the economy.

By 0240 GMT, the yuan CNY=CFXS was 0.07% lower at 7.2493 to the dollar, 53 pips lower than the previous late session close.

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AUSTRALIA - The Australian and New Zealand dollars headed for a surprisingly steady week against other majors on Friday, as tariff-driven selling of U.S. assets was offset by a wobbly U.S. dollar.

The Aussie AUD=D3 traded at $0.6291, about 0.2% weaker than where it finished last week.

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SEOUL - The South Korean won strengthened against the U.S. dollar.

The won was quoted at 1,454.2 per dollar on the onshore settlement platform KRW=KFTC, 0.19% higher than its previous close at 1,457.0.

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TREASURIES

NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury yields rose on Friday on concerns over the potentially inflationary impact of tariffs as trade wars between the U.S. and its trading partners escalate, while a stock market recovery reduced safe-haven demand for U.S. government debt.

The yield on benchmark U.S. 10-year notes US10YT=RR was last up 3.4 basis points on the day at 4.31%.

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LONDON - Euro zone bond yields rose sharply on Friday after Germany's chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz thrashed out a deal with the Green and Social Democrat parties to overhaul the country's debt rules and massively boost state spending.

Germany's 10-year bond yield DE10YT=RR, the benchmark for the euro zone bloc, rose to 2.936%, coming within a whisker of the 17-month high of 2.938% touched earlier this week. It was last up 2 basis points (bps) at 2.87%.

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TOKYO - Yields on shorter-dated Japanese government bonds fell on Friday, supported by overnight declines of U.S. Treasury yields, while those on longer-dated bonds rose amid a lack of demand at the fiscal year-end.

The 10-year JGB yield JP10YTN=JBTC was flat at 1.545%.

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COMMODITIES

GOLD

Gold broke through the key $3,000 barrier on Friday for the first time as investors piled on to a historic rally in the safe-haven asset to seek cover from economic uncertainty sparked by U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff war.

Spot gold XAU= hit an all-time high of $3,004.86 earlier in the session, before easing 0.1% to $2,986.26 as of 02:01 p.m. ET (1801 GMT) on profit taking.

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IRON ORE

Prices of iron ore futures climbed on Friday to their highest levels in nearly two weeks, and were on track for a weekly gain, supported by resilient demand and rising expectations of additional stimulus measures in top consumer China.

The most-traded May iron ore contract on China's Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) DCIOcv1 ended daytime trade 2.32% higher at the highest level since March 3 at 794 yuan ($109.79) a metric ton, an increase of 2.5% week-on-week.

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BASE METALS

Copper prices recoiled from a five-month peak on Friday, as disappointing loans data from top metals consumer China and concerns around U.S. tariffs dampened buying activity.

Benchmark three-month copper CMCU3 on the London Metals Exchange was little changed at $9,786 a metric ton by 1700 GMT, pulling back from $9,850, its highest since October 9.

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OIL

Oil prices rebounded by 1% on Friday to end the week nearly unchanged as investors weighed the diminishing prospects of a quick end to the Ukraine war that could bring back more Russian energy supplies to Western markets.

Brent crude futures LCOc1 settled 70 cents, or 1%, higher at $70.58 a barrel, after falling 1.5% in the previous session.

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PALM OIL

Malaysian palm oil futures inched higher on Friday but logged a weekly loss as profit-taking and weak demand in key destination countries kept the market under pressure.

The benchmark palm oil contract FCPOc3 for May delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange gained 39 ringgit, or 0.86%, to 4,578 ringgit ($1,030.38) a metric ton at the close.

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RUBBER

Japanese rubber futures surged on Friday on a softer supply outlook and Chinese stimulus hopes, though drifted sideways for the week as investors digested the impact of mounting tariffs.

The Osaka Exchange (OSE) August rubber contract JRUc6, 0#2JRU: closed up 12.5 yen, or 3.71%, at 349.7 yen ($2.35) per kg, holding steady for the week.

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