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07:24 / 1924 GMT ---------------------------------------------------------------- Stock Markets
NetChng
NetChng S&P/ASX 200
5,552.55 +14.71 NZSX 50
7,363.16 +14.86 DJIA
18,527.33 -1.96 Nikkei
16,764.97 +114.40 NASDAQ
5,224.58 +11.44 FTSE
6,851.30 +42.17 S&P 500
2,180.80 -0.09 Hang Seng
22,465.61 -29.15 SPI 200 Fut
5,501.00 +11.00 STI
2,870.78 +42.61 SSEC
3,025.91 +21.63 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
NetChg
NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
1.925 -0.018 US 10 YR Bond
1.542 -0.043 NZ 10 YR Bond
2.230 -0.005 US 30 YR Bond
2.253 -0.047 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
1700GMT
1700GMT AUD US$
0.7669 0.7631 NZD US$
0.7155 0.7110 EUR US$
1.1109 1.1072 Yen US$
101.90 102.37 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,341.00
Silver (Lon)
19.84 Gold (NY)
1,335.10
Light Crude
42.69 TRJCRB Index
181.43 -1.36 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - Wall Street hovered near record highs on Tuesday as weak oil prices offset gains in healthcare and technology stocks.
At 2:16 pm ET, the Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was down 0.03 percent at 18,522.92 points and the S&P 500 .SPX was flat at 2,180.87.The Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 0.25 percent to 5,225.98.
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LONDON - Britain's top shares index closed on Tuesday at its highest level in 14 months, lifted by gains in major financial stocks, including Standard Life SL.L .
The blue-chip FTSE 100 index .FTSE ended at 6,851.30 points, up 0.6 percent, above a high last reached in June 2015. The FTSE 100 is up nearly 10 percent so far in 2016.
For a full report, double click on .L
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share average ground higher on Tuesday, touching a 2-week peak in thin trade thanks to a wobbly yen.
The Nikkei .N225 ended the day up 0.7 percent at 16,764.97. It went as low as 16,630.56 on profit-taking before pulling back to touch 16,779.59, its highest since July 27.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The British pound fell for the fifth day in a row on Tuesday and was the largest major currency mover after a Bank of England policymaker said that more quantitative easing was probably necessary if the U.K.'s economic decline worsens.
The pound GBP= fell 0.60 percent on Tuesday to $1.2956, its lowest since July 11.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - Longer-dated U.S. Treasury prices edged higher on Tuesday as a weak report on U.S. productivity suggested the economy may not be growing as quickly as anticipated, prompting investors to cut long-term inflation expectations and buy U.S. government debt on the long end of the curve.
Benchmark 10-year Treasury notes US10YT=RR rose 6/32 in price to yield 1.588 percent. The 30-year bond US10YT=RR gained 21/32 in price to yield 2.286 percent.
For a full report, double click on US/
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - The price of gold rose on Tuesday as the dollar edged lower against a basket of currencies and concerns over the global economic outlook trumped some expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve could raise interest rates this year.
Spot gold XAU= was up 0.5 percent at $1,341.71 an ounce at 1412 GMT, off an earlier low of $1,330.03, while U.S. gold futures GCv1 for December delivery were up $6.50 an ounce at $1,347.80.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper fell to its lowest in four weeks on Tuesday, weighed down by seasonally weak demand in top metals consumer China and concern that Beijing may not cut rates soon.
Three month copper CMCU3 on the London Metal Exchange closed down 0.7 percent at $4,779 a tonne, having hit a low of $4,761, its weakest since July 12.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil futures settled 1 percent lower on Tuesday as worries about a stubborn global petroleum glut offset forecasts for a weekly drop in U.S. crude inventories.
Brent crude LCOc1 settled down 41 cents, or almost 1 percent, at $44.98 a barrel.
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