HSBC Holdings Share News (HSBA)

----------------------(0825 a.m. India time)------------------ LEVEL NET/CLOSE PCT/YIELDDJIA 15746.88 128.66 0.82S&P 500 1770.49 7.52 0.43FTSE 6741.69 -5.15 -0.08MSCI Asia-Pac Ex-JP 475.28 -2.18 -0.46Nikkei 14265.34 -71.97 -0.5Euro 1.3515 1.351 Japanese Yen 98.6 98.65 U.S. Crude 94.95 0.15 Brent 105.15 -0.09 Gold 1316.31 1317.79 Silver 21.74 21.78 Copper-LME 7143 28 0.39UST 10-YR 98.78125 2.6421UST 30-YR 97.359375 3.7741 Updates with latest figures EQUITIES NEW YORK - The Dow industrials closed at a record high onWednesday, led by gains in Microsoft Corp andencouraging European economic data, while the S&P 500 also rosebut closed shy of its own record. Meanwhile the Nasdaq fell, hurt by losses in Tesla Motors andas investors readied for Twitter's much-anticipated IPO. The benchmark S&P 500 rose as high as 1,773.79 intraday,above its closing high of 1,771.95 set on Oct 29. Its all-timeintraday peak came the day after at 1,775.22. For a full report, double click on - - - - LONDON - Britain's main equity index dipped lower onWednesday, with credit data group Experian slumpingafter its interim results, while traders said the market mightstall in November after a strong run-up last month. The blue-chip FTSE 100 index, which rose 4 percent inOctober to reach 5-month highs, closed down by 0.1 percent, or5.15 points, at 6,741.69 points. The index remains up by 14percent since the start of 2013. - - - - TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share average was flat on Thursday asinvestors searched for fresh trading opportunities after therecent flurry of earnings, while small cap stocks rose after theTokyo bourse said it will include them in a new index. The Nikkei was flat at 14,340.44 in mid-morningtrade, hovering around its 25-day moving average of 14,314.31.On Wednesday, the index rose 0.8 percent. For a full report, double click on - - - - HONG KONG - Hong Kong shares struggled on Wednesday withmany investors staying on the sidelines ahead of a fresh batchof Chinese macroeconomic data due from Friday and a keyCommunist Party policy meeting that will start this weekend. The Hang Seng Index ended flat at 23,036.9 points,while the China Enterprises Index of the top Chineselistings in Hong Kong slipped 0.7 percent. For a full report, double click on - - - - FOREIGN EXCHANGE SYDNEY - The euro traded near one-week highs against thedollar and yen early in Asia on Thursday as investors quicklyswitched gears after upbeat German data dampened the chances ofany imminent interest rate cut from the European Central Bank. Expectations had been growing for the ECB to ease since datalast week showed an alarming slowdown in inflation. But a surgein German industry orders in September and steady private sectorgrowth in Europe's largest economy in October, cast doubts onwhether the ECB would act so soon. For a full report, double click on - - - - TREASURIES NEW YORK - Prices for U.S. Treasuries were mixed onWednesday as investors looked for clues about future FederalReserve policy ahead of a new incoming chairman and a gathering,but still fragile, recovery in the world's biggest economy. With Fed Vice Chair Janet Yellen preparing to step into theshoes of current chairman Ben Bernanke early next year, themarket has been searching for hints about how Yellen mightenforce the central bank's dual mandate of controlling bothinflation and unemployment. For a full report, double click on - - - - COMMODITIES GOLD SINGAPORE - Gold held gains from the previous session onThursday as investors bet the U.S. Federal Reserve would keepits stimulus measures for longer and as holdings in the biggestgold backed exchange-traded fund rose for the first time in twoweeks. Spot gold was flat at $1,318.04 an ounce by 0022 GMT,after snapping a seven-day losing streak on Wednesday by gaining0.5 percent. For a full report, double click on - - - - BASE METALS SINGAPORE - London copper edged up on Thursday but was notfar from four-week lows as traders waited on a key U.S. labourreport and a major leadership meeting in China for clues oneconomic policy and metals demand. Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange edged up by 0.3 percent to $7,137.25 a tonne by 0116 GMT, paringlosses from the previous session when it fell by 0.6 percent. For a full report, double click on - - - - OIL NEW YORK - U.S. crude futures rose by more than $1 a barrelon Wednesday, rebounding from four-month lows on unexpectedlylarge falls in U.S. fuel supplies. The U.S. benchmark's discount to European Brent crudenarrowed by $2 to a low of just under $10 during the session. For a full report, double click on