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06:57 / 1757 GMT ---------------------------------------------------------------- Stock Markets
NetChng
NetChng S&P/ASX 200
5,821.23 +74.54 NZSX 50
7,065.23 +2.52 DJIA
20,697.36 +146.38 Nikkei
19,202.87 +217.28 NASDAQ
5,874.07 +33.70 FTSE
7,343.42 +49.92 S&P 500
2,358.77 +17.18 Hang Seng
24,345.87 +152.17 SPI 200 Fut
5,823.00 +10.00 STI
3,157.82 +30.94 SSEC
3,252.99 -13.96 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
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NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
2.714 +0.001 US 10 YR Bond
2.409 +0.034 NZ 10 YR Bond
3.205 -0.005 US 30 YR Bond
3.016 +0.036 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
1700GMT
1700GMT AUD US$
0.7642 0.7591 NZD US$
0.7020 0.7011 EUR US$
1.0822 1.0852 Yen US$
110.92 110.72 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,257.25
Silver (Lon)
18.14 Gold (NY)
1,253.79
Light Crude
48.44 TRJCRB Index
184.15 +1.05 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average on track to snap an eight-day losing streak as financial stocks jumped on the back of strong consumer data.
At 12:25 p.m. ET (1625 GMT), the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI was up 92.38 points, or 0.45 percent, at 20,643.36, the S&P 500 .SPX was up 11.69 points, or 0.50 percent, at 2,353.28 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC was up 18.99 points, or 0.33 percent, at 5,859.37.
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LONDON - Britain's top share index climbed back on Tuesday, underpinned by a recovery in miners and banks as well as a surge in Wolseley 's WOS.L shares following strong results.
The FTSE 100 .FTSE ended up 0.7 percent, boosted late in the session by a reversal into positive territory at Wall Street following strong consumer data.
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share average rebounded from a more than six-week low on Tuesday as a rally in the yen paused and investors bought high-yield stocks before they went ex-dividend.
The Nikkei .N225 rose 1.1 percent to 19,202.87, after plumbing to its lowest since Feb. 9 in the previous session as U.S. President Donald Trump's setback on his healthcare reform bill raised questions about his ability to push through planned stimulus policies.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar steadied broadly on Tuesday, hovering above 4-month lows, as a general risk-off mood in currency markets offset comments from Federal Reserve officials that suggested the U.S. central bank was poised to continue its rate-hike cycle.
The index that tracks the dollar against six major currencies .DXY was little changed from its opening at 99.190, just above Monday's dip that took the index to its lowest since Nov. 11.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury debt prices slipped on Tuesday in generally below-average volume after data showed a surge in U.S. consumer confidence to a 16-year high.
In late morning trading, benchmark 10-year notes US10YT=RR were down 1/32 in price to yield 2.378 percent, up slightly from 2.375 percent on Monday.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold prices held firm near one-month highs on Tuesday, supported by political and economic uncertainty in the United States and expectations of a lower dollar.
Spot gold XAU= was up 0.2 percent at $1,256.6 an ounce at 1345 GMT, having touched its highest in a month at $1,261.03 on Monday. U.S. gold futures GCcv1 rose 0.1 percent to $1,256.6.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper rose on Tuesday after hitting a two-week low in the previous session as hopes that U.S. President Donald Trump would shift focus away from failed healthcare reform to economic stimulus lifted stocks and the dollar.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange CMCU3 closed up 2 percent at $5,873 a tonne. It touched $5,671, its lowest since March 9, on Monday.
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices surged as much as 2 percent on Tuesday after a severe disruption to Libyan oil supplies and as officials suggested OPEC could extend its production cuts deal to the end of the year.
Brent crude futures LCOc1 rose 65 cents, or 1.3 percent to $51.40 per barrel by 1:00 p.m. EDT (1700 GMT). West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude CLc1 rose 78 cents, or 1.6 percent, to $48.51 a barrel. Both benchmarks were up about 2 percent at their session highs.
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