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14 January 2010 08:41 (UTC +04:00)

Baku - APA-Economics. Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 36.73 or 0.4% to a close of 10,627.26, S&P 500 Index edged lower 10.76 or 0.9% to 1,136.22, and Nasdaq Composite Index decreased 30.10 or 1.3% to close at 2,282.31. Toronto TSX Composite Index increased 126.95 or 1.06% to 11,820.18.
In London FTSE 100 Index closed lower 25.23 or 0.46% to 5,473.48, in Paris CAC 40 Index increased 0.81 or 0.02% to close at 4,000.86, in Frankfurt DAX index higher 20.14 or 0.34% to close at 5,963.14. In Zurich trading SMI increased 12.65 or 0.19% to close at 6,554.55.
Crude oil decreased $1.14 to $79.65 a barrel for a front month contract, natural gas edged up 14 cents to $5.73 per mBtu and gasoline decreased 3.76 cents to 206.02 cents.

Soybean future closed up 14.50 cents to $9.92 a bushel. Wheat futures closed up 1.25 cents in Chicago trading to $5.37 a bushel. Sugar closed up 0.68 cents at 28.04 cents.

Gold increased $7.40 in New York trading to close at $1,138.00 per ounce, silver closed up $0.29 to $18.55 per ounce and copper for the front month delivery increased 5.05 cent to $3.40 per pound.

Dollar closed lower against euro to $1.4503 and edged higher against the Japanese yen to 91.30.

Yield on 10-year U.S. bonds increased to 3.79% and with 30-year maturities closed higher at 4.71%.