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Overnight markets

US markets
DJIA up 157.18 at 12,207.59
S&P500 up 21.29 at 1,395.41
Nasdaq up 44.46 at 2,385.14

Asia markets
5.12am
Nikkei trading down 92.33 at 16,752.17
Topix trading up 9.11 at 1,701.65
Hang Seng trading up 141.39 at 19,199.95

European markets
FTSE100 up 79.8 at 6,138.5
Eurofirst 300 up 14.17 at 1,460.47

Currencies
5.12am
€/$ 1.3120/1.3122 (1.3128)
$/Y 116.34/116.36 (116.60)
£/$ 1.9270/1.9274 (1.9317)

Commodities
ICE Brent rose 85 cents to $61.39 a barrel
Nymex WTI gained 62 cents to $60.69 a barrel
Copper rose $90 to $5,980 a tonne
Gold closed down slightly at $641.45/642.2 a troy ounce
Nickel rose $1,100 to $40,400 a tonne
Tin rose $200 to $13,300 a tonne

10-year government bond yields
US 4.53% (4.51%)
UK 4.75% (4.74%)
Germany 3.93% (3.92%)
Japan 1.64% (1.63%)

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