Asian shares were
steady on Friday, with Japanese stocks poised for another strong session as the
yen languished at a four-year trough against the euro and six-month low versus
the dollar.
Friday 29 November 2013
U.S.TREASURIES
U.S. Treasuries
prices added to losses on Wednesday after the Treasury sold $29 billion in
seven-year notes to relatively low demand in the government's final sale of $96
billion in new coupon-bearing debt this week.
NIKKEI
The Nikkei was down
0.04 percent at 15,719.38 in midmorning trade after soaring 1.8 percent the
previous day. The Nikkei is still within sight of a 5-1/2 year peak of
15,942.60 marked on May 23.
YEN
The yen was pinned
at a four-year trough against the euro and a six-month low on the dollar early
in Asia on Friday, having suffered a bruising week as investors used the low-yielding
currency to buy riskier assets.
U.S.CRUDE
U.S. crude rose 3
cents to $92.33 a barrel by 0027 GMT. There was no settlement price because of
the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States.
BRENT CRUDE
Brent crude fell 46
cents to $110.85 a barrel by 1810 GMT. It is still up nearly 2 percent in
November, and around $8 above its low for the month.
LME COPPER
Three-month copper
on the London Metal Exchange CMCU3 rose 0.28 percent to $7,040 a tonne by 0119
GMT. LME copper has rebounded from three-month lows of $6,910 hit last week,
but prices are still on track for a nearly 3 percent monthly drop.
COPPER
London copper edged
up on Friday after finishing unchanged in the previous session, but was on
track for its biggest monthly loss since June as slowing demand growth from top
consumer China dragged on prices.
SPOT PLATINUM
Spot platinum gained
0.4 percent to $1,354.40 an ounce after losing more than 1 percent in each of
the previous two sessions
SPOT GOLD
Spot gold was
unchanged at $1,242.91 an ounce by 0020 GMT, after closing 0.5 percent higher
on Thursday, when activity was relatively thin as U.S. financial markets were
shut for the Thanksgiving holiday.
GOLD
Gold has shed 6
percent for the month and has lost more than a quarter so far this year, which
puts it on track to post its first annual loss in 13 years.
Thursday 28 November 2013
ASIAN STOCKS
Asian shares held
steady early on Thursday, although Japanese stocks look set to head back towards
a 5-1/2 year peak reached in May after the yen fell sharply on the back of relatively
positive U.S. economic data.
U.S.STOCKS
U.S. stock index
futures were little changed on Wednesday as investors found few reasons to buy
before the Thanksgiving holiday and major indexes stood near historic highs.
U.S.TREASURIES
U.S. Treasuries
prices added to losses on Wednesday after the Treasury sold $29 billion in
seven-year notes to relatively low demand in the government's final sale of $96
billion in new coupon-bearing debt this week.
FTSE
Britain's benchmark equity index edged up on Wednesday,
supported by a deal over a new German government that boosted appetite for more
risk-sensitive stocks such as banks.
NIKKEI
Japan's Nikkei share
average sped to a 6-month high on Thursday morning, as a slump in the yen
jolted exporters higher on expectations of improved earnings.
DOLLAR
The dollar traded
above 102.00 yen for the first time since May 29 after data showed the number
of Americans filing new claims for unemployment aid unexpectedly fell last
week.
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