Wall Street ends the week on a positive note as markets raise bets for a bigger rate cut by the Fed next week. The S&P 500 rose 0.54% overnight, and is up 4% for the week, its best week since November and is within 50 points of its all-time high reached in July. The Dow advanced 297 points (+0.72%). Up 437 points at best and up 2.6% for the week. The NASDAQ rose 0.65% (+5.95% for the week) and small caps Russell 2000 which is more sensitive to rate changes, outperformed jumped 2.49%.

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COMMODITIES

• Putin's commodities ban threat puzzles Russian firms and officials.
• Nippon Steel bid for U.S. Steel faces Sept. 23 review deadline, sources say.
• Oil eases on resuming US output after storm, rising rig count.
• Copper, aluminium, zinc hit two-week high on weak dollar.
• US offshore oil industry reawakens after Francine shut-ins.
• Gold bulls set sights on previously dismissed record $3,000/oz milestone.

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