Gold 1298 vs 1296, $/R 10.54 vs 10.52, Copper 6.64 vs 6.60 , Nickel 17.67 vs 17.34
, Oil 104.17 vs 103.93
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Asian share markets crept higher on Thursday as dovish comments from the head of the U.S. Federal Reserve lifted Wall Street while weighing on the dollar, with trade light heading into the Easter holidays. Disappointing results from Google and IBM had also knocked their shares lower after the bell and put a crimp on technology stocks in the region. The tech and telecoms sectors in Japan's Nikkei duly lost ground, leaving it to end flat for the session