May 19 (Reuters) -

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All prices as of 1825 GMT

EQUITIES

GLOBAL - Wall Street gained on Friday, as European shares climbed to a fifth straight weekly gain on upbeat earnings that helped sustain the rally sparked by a U.S.-China trade truce.

MSCI's gauge of stocks across the globe .MIWD00000PUS rose 0.5%.

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NEW YORK - Wall Street's main indexes rose on Friday for their fifth straight day, buoyed by the U.S.-China tariff truce earlier in the week even as economic survey data showed a deterioration in consumer sentiment.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 331.99 points, or 0.78%, to 42,654.74, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 41.45 points, or 0.70%, to 5,958.38 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC gained 98.78 points, or 0.52%, to 19,211.10.

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LONDON - European shares rounded off their fifth week of gains on Friday, as trade deals out of the U.S. eased tariff worries and strong corporate results provided further boost.

The region-wide STOXX 600 index .STOXX closed up 0.4%.

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TOKYO - Japanese shares recouped early losses to end flat on Friday, as stronger-than-expected domestic earnings prompted investors to overlook a stronger yen and pour more money into stocks.

The Nikkei .N225 ended flat at 37,753.72, after falling as much as 0.73% earlier in the session on a stronger yen. The index rose 0.67% for the week in its fifth straight week of gains.

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SHANGHAI - Chinese and Hong Kong stocks dropped on Friday, as market sentiment came under pressure from renewed U.S.-China tech tensions and a disappointing earnings report from Alibaba.

At the close, the Shanghai Composite index .SSEC was down 0.4%; while China's blue-chip CSI300 index .CSI300 fell 0.46%.

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AUSTRALIA - Miners lifted Australian shares higher on Friday, while banks ended little changed ahead of the local central bank's policy meeting next week, when it is expected to cut interest rates.

The S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO rose 0.6% to close at 8,343.70. The benchmark retreated from a nearly three-month high of 8,398.2, hit earlier in the session.

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SEOUL - South Korean shares rose on Friday and logged a fifth straight week of gains, as U.S. data suggested the Federal Reserve is likely to cut interest rates twice this year.

The benchmark KOSPI .KS11 closed up 5.51 points, or 0.21%, at 2,626.87. For the week, the index rose 1.92%

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FOREIGN EXCHANGE

NEW YORK - The dollar strengthened on Friday after the latest round of economic data showed a rebound in import prices while consumer sentiment remained subdued as tariff worries jumped, putting it on pace for a fourth straight weekly advance.

The dollar index =USD, which measures the greenback against a basket of currencies, rose 0.36% to 101.13.

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SHANGHAI - China's yuan firmed against the U.S. dollar on Friday, underpinned by a broadly weaker greenback and improved sentiment following a Sino-U.S. tariff truce, as traders kept a close eye on the daily fixing for clues on Beijing's currency stance.

The spot yuan CNY=CFXS opened at 7.2037 per dollar and was last trading at 7.2020 as of 0259 GMT, 47 pips firmer than the previous late session close and 0.11% weaker than the midpoint.

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AUSTRALIA - The Australian and New Zealand dollars were flat on Friday after a seesaw week that saw them spike on a U.S.-China tariff truce only to run into selling at major chart barriers, reinforcing recent ranges.

The Aussie steadied at $0.6405 AUD=D3, having bounced from a $0.6358 low early in the week to as high as $0.6501 before fading away. A break of $0.6350 or $0.6515 is needed to set a new trend in motion.

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SEOUL - The South Korean won strengthened against the dollar on Friday.

The won was quoted at 1,392.0 per dollar on the onshore settlement platform KRW=KFTC, 0.43% higher than its previous close at 1,398.0.

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TREASURIES

NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury yields rose late on Friday after being down for most of the session, after ratings agency Moody's downgraded the U.S. government rating from AAA to AA1, saying the fiscal performance is likely to deteriorate.

Yields on benchmark 10-year notes US10YT=RR meanwhile, reversed the earlier drop and rose as high as 4.499%.

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LONDON - Euro zone government bond yields dropped on Friday, backing further away from multi-week highs hit earlier this week as U.S. economic data disappointed and risk appetite sparked by a de-escalation in the Sino-U.S. trade war faded.

German 10-year bond yields DE10YT=RR, the benchmark for the euro zone bloc, fell 4 basis points to 2.58%, but were still headed for their fourth consecutive weekly rise, reflecting investors' push away from debt.

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TOKYO - Japanese government bond yields fell on Friday, tracking sharp declines of U.S. Treasury yields overnight, and as weaker-than-expected economic data underpinned demand for bonds

The 10-year JGB yield JP10YTN=JBTC fell 2 basis points to 1.455%.

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COMMODITIES

GOLD

Gold prices dropped more than 2% on Friday and were set for their worst week since November, as increased risk appetite from the U.S.-China trade agreement weighed on the market.

Spot gold XAU= fell 1.6% to $3,188.25 an ounce as of 1350 ET (17:50 GMT) and was down 4.1% so far this week.

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IRON ORE

Iron ore futures prices slid on Friday on signs of softening near-term demand and growing caution over the resolution of the Sino-U.S. tariff war, although a trade truce between the two countries kept prices on track for a weekly gain.

The most-traded September iron ore contract on China's Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) DCIOcv1 closed daytime trade 0.95% lower at 728 yuan ($101.11) a metric ton, registering a weekly rise of 4.5%.

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BASE METALS

Copper prices fell for the second session on Friday as softer demand from price-sensitive consumers such as China pushed the growth-dependent metal down from its recent highs sparked by the 90-day U.S.-China trade truce.

Benchmark three-month copper CMCU3 on the London Metal Exchange $(LME.AU)$ was down 1.2% at $9,457.50 a metric ton by 1613 GMT.

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OIL

Oil settled higher on Friday, notching a second straight week of gains on easing U.S.-China trade tensions, although prices were held back by expectations of higher supply from Iran and OPEC+.

Brent crude LCOc1 futures settled up 88 cents, or 1.4%, at $65.41 per barrel.

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PALM OIL

Malaysian palm oil futures fell on Friday and posted their third straight weekly losses, weighed down by weaknesses in rival vegetable oils in the Chicago and Dalian commodity exchanges.

The benchmark palm oil contract FCPOc3 for August delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange lost 44 ringgit or 1.14% to 3,812 ringgit ($888.16) a metric ton at the close.

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RUBBER

Japanese rubber futures fell on Friday, but logged their largest weekly gain in around four months as investors cheered the trade war truce between the United States and top rubber consumer China, outweighing a firmer yen.

The Osaka Exchange (OSE) rubber contract for October delivery JRUc6, 0#2JRU: ended daytime trade down 3.3 yen, or 1.04%, at 313.4 yen ($2.16) per kg.

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