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WELLINGTON, Jan 7 (Reuters) - - --------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
Stock Markets
NetChng
NetChng S&P/ASX 200
5,123.13 -61.30 NZSX 50
6,262.52 -15.58 DJIA
16,961.84 -196.82 Nikkei
18,191.32 -182.68 NASDAQ
4,850.67 -40.76 FTSE
6,073.38 -63.86 S&P 500
1,997.02 -19.69 Hang Seng
20,980.81 -207.91 SPI 200 Fut
5,086.00 +10.00 STI
2,804.27 -29.96 SSEC
3,362.29 +74.58 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
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NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
2.750 -0.030 US 10 YR Bond
2.188 -0.062 NZ 10 YR Bond
3.420 -0.010 US 30 YR Bond
2.942 -0.069 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
1700GMT
1700GMT AUD US$
0.7055 0.7104 NZD US$
0.6634 0.6649 EUR US$
1.0754 1.0745 Yen US$
118.60 118.64 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,091.40
Silver (Lon)
13.97 Gold (NY)
1,077.26
Light Crude
34.34 TRJCRB Index
169.93 -3.14 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Snapshot at: 06:52 / 1752 GMT ----------------------------------------------------------------
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks fell on Wednesday as fresh concerns over the impact of a slowdown in China on the global economy, a sharp fall in oil prices and heightened geopolitical concerns sent investors scurrying to safe havens.
At 10:51 a.m. ET (1551 GMT) the Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was down 228.97 points, or 1.33 percent, at 16,929.69, the S&P 500 .SPX was down 24.13 points, or 1.2 percent, at 1,992.58 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC was down 46.98 points, or 0.96 percent, at 4,844.45.
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LONDON - Britain's stock market fell on Wednesday as shares in commodity-related companies were hit by new worries over China, the world's largest consumer of metals, while North Korea's nuclear test added to investors' nervousness.
The blue-chip FTSE 100 index .FTSE closed down 1 percent at 6,073.38 points, leaving the FTSE some 15 percent below a record high reached last April.
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TOKYO - Japanese stocks fell on Wednesday after a private survey stoked fears that China's economy may be losing steam while North Korea's claims that it tested a hydrogen bomb introduced fresh geopolitical uncertainty that blunted risk appetite.
The Nikkei share average .N225 fell 1 percent to 18,191.32 for its lowest close since October 19.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar held steady on Wednesday near one-month highs against a basket of currencies on the view of more U.S. interest rate hikes, while the yuan fell to its lowest since the 2010 opening of its offshore market on worries about the Chinese economy.
The dollar index, which measures the greenback against a group of six currencies, .DXY was little changed at 99.448, a shade below the one-month peak set on Tuesday.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury yields fell on Wednesday, with benchmark yields hitting over two-week lows, on safe-haven demand and on signs that a lack of inflationary pressures could slow the pace of Federal Reserve interest rate hikes this year.
U.S. 10-year Treasury notes US10YT=RR were last up 15/32 in price to yield 2.195 percent, from a yield of 2.250 percent late Tuesday. U.S. 30-year bonds US30YT=RR were last up 1-8/32 in price to yield 2.948 percent, from a yield of 3.011 percent late Tuesday.
Two-year notes US2YT=RR were last up 1/32 in price to yield 1.004 percent, near a two-week low of 0.992 percent touched earlier.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold hit a seven-week high on Wednesday, extending gains for a third session as persistent concerns over the Chinese economy battered stock markets, while tensions simmered in the Korean peninsula and the Middle East.
Spot gold XAU= was up 1.2 percent at $1,090.95 an ounce at 1500 GMT, off a peak of $1,093.10, its highest since Nov. 16. U.S. gold futures GCv1 for February delivery were up $12.50 an ounce at $1,090.90.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper hit a two-week low on Wednesday as a weak yuan and poor Chinese services data fanned fears over slowing growth in a market still reeling from weak China factory activity and a Shanghai equities sell-off earlier this week.
Benchmark three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange CMCU3 fell 0.6 percent to $4,619 a tonne at 1602 GMT, having hit a low of $4,593 earlier. Copper lost 25 percent of its value last year.
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices fell below $35 per barrel for the first time since 2004 on Wednesday, tumbling more than 5 percent as the row between Saudi Arabia and Iran made any cooperation between major exporters on cutting output even more unlikely.
Benchmark Brent futures LCOc1 were traded at $34.48 a barrel at 1606 GMT, down $1.94 on the day, and at their lowest level since early July 2004. The price is on track for its largest one-day drop in percentage terms in nearly five weeks.
U.S. crude futures CLc1 were down $1.48 at $34.49 a barrel after slipping 79 cents the previous day.
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