Major indexes turned positive heading into the close, as investors scooped up shares in the technology and materials sectors -- two of the worst performers during the market's latest pullback.
NYMEX-NEW YORK, Feb 5 (Reuters) - U.S. crude futures ended at a seven-week low on Friday, down for a third day in a row, as a surging dollar and worries about the U.S. labor market after a mixed government jobs report combined to pressure energy
futures.
On the New York Mercantile Exchange, March crude
intraday low of $69.31.
CBOT-CHICAGO, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Chicago Board of Trade grains and soy complex close on Friday.
CBOT-SOYBEANS - March
CBOT-SOYOIL - March
FCPO-KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures inched up 0.4 percent on Friday on expectations of postive export growth figures next weak although gains were limited by the rising dollar.
Sentiment was still weak after the dollar index, a measure of the greenback's performance against major global currencies, hit the highest in seven months on mounting concerns about south European countries's fiscal woes.
REGIONAL EQUITIES-BANGKOK, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Southeast Asian stock markets fell
on Friday as growing concern about debt problems in Europe and U.S. job data triggered broad selling in regional heavyweights, pulling indexes in Singapore and Malaysia to three-month lows.
Singapore's stock index <.FTSTI> dropped 2.2 percent to its lowest since Nov. 9, with the biggest firm, Singapore Telecoms