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...The S&P ticked down 0.7 per cent on Friday to close at 1,709.68. The week’s gains put the S&P up 4.7 per cent through the first 15 trading sessions of September....
...The MSCI Asia Pacific index was off 0.4 per cent with Japan’s Nikkei 225 Stock Average down 0.6 per cent, South Korea’s Kospi Composite index off 0.2 per cent, and Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 index 0.4 per cent...
...In Hong Kong, property stocks gave back some of their recent gains, leaving the Hang Seng index down 0.2 per cent at 20,709.94....
...Markets MSCI Emerging Market Index down -0.82% at 880.99 Americas DJIA down -2.05% at 11,258 S&P 500 down -2.21% at 1,162 Bovespa up +0.56% at 55,280 Asia Nikkei 225 up +0.30% at 8,190 Topix up +0.49% at 709.54...
...Meanwhile, South Korea’s Samsung Electronics reported a 40 per cent rise in shipments of its smartphones in the third quarter....
...On the mainland, the Shanghai Composite fell 0.9 per cent to 3,118.709. Traders sold off index heavyweights, particularly energy and financials....
...Australian stocks gained 1.3 per cent to 3,486.8, while in Singapore, shares gained 0.3 per cent to1,709.95. The Sensex was recently trading 0.3 per cent higher at 1,709.95....
...The Nikkei 225 closed down 1.3 per cent at 13,709.44, while the broader Topix also fell, finishing 1.4 per cent lower at 1,348.69....
...In the afternoon in Mumbai, the BSE Sensex 30 index was down 1 per cent at 18,709....
...Copper prices were up $91 on Friday to $6,709 a tonne on the London Metal Exchange, but down $180 on the week....
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