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FX NEWS
On Wednesday the dollar fell broadly, hitting a 2 1/2-month low against the euro and closing in on a 13-year trough versus the yen after the Federal Reserve slashed interest rates to between zero and 0.25 percent.
The euro climbed as high as $1.4192 according to electronic trading platform EBS in Asian trade, after the Fed said it would use "all available tools" to battle recession after cutting the fed funds rate from 1.0 percent to a record low.
It added that it was mulling possible purchases of longer-term U.S. Treasury debt and would consider other ways to tap its burgeoning balance sheet to stimulate the flagging economy.

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METALS NEWS
Gold went uptrend more than 1 percent on Wednesday as the dollar weakened against the euro in the wake of the U.S. Federal Reserve's decision to slash interest rates to between zero and 0.25 percent.
Spot gold <XAU=> was quoted at $871.30/873.30 an ounce at 1458 GMT, a two-month high, up from $857.35 an ounce late on Tuesday in New York. U.S. gold futures for February delivery GCG9 were up $26.30 at $869.00.

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CRUDE OIL NEWS
On Thursday Oil extended its losses to below $40 a barrel, near its lowest in more than four years, as rising U.S. crude inventories and further evidence of slowing demand trumped OPEC's biggest ever production cut.
Oil has nose-dived since its July all-time peak above $147, shedding almost three quarters of its value as the global financial turmoil cuts into fuel demand. Top forecasters are now predicting the first decline in world energy use since 1983.