Market statistics
Market Statistics
As at 30 November 2008 
Exchange Rates
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30/11/08
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30/11/07
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Month (%)
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Quarter (%)
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Year (%)
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US Dollar
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Yen
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95.52
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111.24
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-2.99
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-12.21
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-14.13
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Euro
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0.79
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0.68
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0.31
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15.61
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15.29
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Sterling
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0.65
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0.49
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4.57
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18.47
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33.77
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Australian Dollar
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$US
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0.66
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0.88
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-1.87
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-23.61
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-25.90
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$NZ
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1.19
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1.16
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4.09
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-2.60
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3.08
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Euro
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0.52
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0.60
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-1.64
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-11.72
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-14.60
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Sterling
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0.43
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0.43
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2.59
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-9.53
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-0.92
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Yen
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62.54
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98.37
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-4.87
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-33.00
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-36.42
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TWI
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54.60
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68.90
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-0.18
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-19.35
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-20.75
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Commodities
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30/11/08
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30/11/07
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Month (%)
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Quarter (%)
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Year (%)
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Oil WTI (US$/bbl)
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54.43
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88.71
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-19.73
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-52.86
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-38.64
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Gold (US$/oz)
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818.05
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783.75
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12.90
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-1.58
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4.38
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Copper Lme (Usc/lb)
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3595.00
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6960.50
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-12.34
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-52.40
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-48.35
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Zinc Lme (Usc/lb)
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1210.75
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2586.00
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10.52
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-32.45
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-53.18
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Aluminium Lme (Usc/lb)
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1726.00
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2448.25
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-13.22
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-35.22
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-29.50
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Stock Market Indices
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30/11/08
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30/11/07
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Month (%)
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Quarter (%)
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1 Year
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3 Years
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5 Years
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Australian
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S&P/ASX200 (Accum)
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24869.90
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41416.70
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-6.20
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-26.10
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-39.95
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-2.83
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7.75
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All Industrials (Accum)
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42594.91
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71275.95
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-7.76
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-21.04
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-40.24
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-5.25
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5.16
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All Resources (Accum)
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17516.95
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28627.94
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-1.80
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-36.55
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-38.81
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5.75
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18.09
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ASX 200/All Ordinaries (Price)
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3742.50
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6533.10
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-6.86
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-27.13
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-42.71
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-6.88
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3.27
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All Industrials (Price)
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5303.74
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9411.54
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-8.60
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-22.20
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-43.65
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-9.83
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0.22
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All Resources (Price)
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3753.74
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6260.38
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-1.88
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-37.24
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-40.04
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3.38
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15.33
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20 Leaders (Accum)
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29555.40
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44581.80
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-6.38
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-20.76
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-33.71
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1.25
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9.35
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50 Leaders (Accum)
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25253.30
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40175.70
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-5.76
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-23.27
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-37.14
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-1.52
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8.25
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100 Leaders (Accum)
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6232.10
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10149.30
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-6.02
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-24.73
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-38.60
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-2.26
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8.08
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International (local currency return)
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Dow Jones
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8829.04
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13371.72
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-5.32
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-23.52
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-33.97
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-6.51
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-2.03
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S & P 500
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896.24
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1481.14
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-7.48
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-30.14
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-39.49
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-10.48
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-3.27
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Toronto Comp
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9270.62
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13689.12
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-5.04
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-32.68
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-32.28
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-5.03
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3.36
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Nikkei Dow
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8512.27
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15680.67
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-0.75
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-34.89
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-45.71
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-16.97
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-3.36
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Dax
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4669.44
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7870.52
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-6.39
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-27.29
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-40.67
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-3.48
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4.51
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FT 100
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4288.01
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6432.50
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-2.04
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-23.93
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-33.34
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-7.53
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-0.25
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Hang Seng
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13888.24
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28643.61
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-0.58
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-34.68
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-51.51
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-2.40
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2.43
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NZSE-50
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2710.96
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4062.89
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-3.90
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-19.15
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-33.28
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-6.51
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2.94
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Interest Rates
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Australia
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U.S.
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Japan
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Germany
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U.K.
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Cash
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5.25
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1.00
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0.30
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3.25
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3.00
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90 Day Bills
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4.72
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2.22
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0.94
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3.85
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3.91
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Long Bonds
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4.60
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2.92
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1.40
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3.26
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3.77
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