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March 22 2010, 06:25AM
In New York on Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was DOWN 37.19 points at 10,714.98, while the Standard & Poors 500 index was 5.92 points LOWER at 1,159.90.
The hi-tech Nasdaq index was 16.87 points LOWER at 2,374.41.
This morning, the Australian dollar is at 91.51 US cents, DOWN from 92.2 US cents at Friday's local close.
The local currency is worth 82.79 Japanese yen and 67.57 euro cents.
It is trading at 60.87 British pence and 1.2918 New Zealand dollars.
In Australia on Friday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was UP 9.1 points at 4,872.2, while the broader All Ordinaries index was UP 12.4 points at 4,890.1.
On the New York Mercantile Exchange, light sweet crude oil for April delivery was $US1.52 LOWER at $US80.68 per barrel.
The spot price of gold in Sydney was $US1,106.70, DOWN $US16.425 from Friday's close at $US1,123.125 per fine ounce.
