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COPENHAGEN, Dec 30 (Reuters) - A spate of last-minute orders
from the United States has put Danish wind turbine maker Vestas
on track for its highest contract intake in six years and eased
some investors' concerns over U.S. energy policy under the
incoming Trump administration.

BEIRUT, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Syrian government forces and
their allies clashed with rebels near Damascus on Friday, and
used helicopter gunships in raids in the area in the latest
violence to disrupt a nationwide ceasefire that otherwise
appeared to hold, monitors said.

LONDON, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Britain's blue-chip FTSE 100
index looked set for a strong finish to 2016 on Friday
after climbing to a record closing high in the previous session,
although the pan-European STOXX 600 index was set for a
slightly weaker ending.

BHUBANESWAR, India, Dec 30 (Reuters) - At least five Indian
miners were killed and nearly two dozen trapped when mine waste
collapsed at a mine run by state-owned Coal India Limited
, police said on Friday.

SINGAPORE, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Crude oil, rubber and metals
were set to end 2016 on Friday with strong gains, bouncing back
from several years of losses on the back of output cuts and
expectations of firmer demand.

The outgoing Obama administration filed a new trade enforcement action with the World Trade Organization against China earlier this month.

* Banking, insurance, securities, futures sectors due to be
relaxed

SHANGHAI, Dec 30 (Reuters) - China will increase its targets
for capacity cuts in steel and coal in 2017, while extending its
campaign against overcapacity to industries such as cement,
glass, electrolytic aluminum and shipping, a state-run newspaper
said on Friday.

* Crude inventories up 614,000 barrels in week to Dec. 23 -
EIA

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Malaysian engineering group
Serba Dinamik Holdings Bhd is looking to raise 584 million
ringgit ($130.29 million) in an IPO on the domestic stock
exchange in February, its CEO said, in what would be the
country's biggest listing in 19 months.

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