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07:42 / 1842 GMT ---------------------------------------------------------------- Stock Markets
NetChng
NetChng S&P/ASX 200
4,909.56 -19.04 NZSX 50
6040.55 +5.30 DJIA
17,575.15 +206.65 Nikkei
18,565.90 -317.52 NASDAQ
5,014.21 +61.98 FTSE
6,017.79 +143.73 S&P 500
2,048.18 +26.24 Hang Seng
21,274.37 -35.48 SPI 200 Fut
4,963.00 +59.00 STI
2,815.52 +0.48 SSEC
3,510.90 -9.76 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
NetChg
NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
2.857 +0.019 US 10 YR Bond
2.271 +0.046 NZ 10 YR Bond
3.600 +0.025 US 30 YR Bond
3.002 +0.039 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
1700GMT
1700GMT AUD US$
0.7181 0.7252 NZD US$
0.6755 0.6803 EUR US$
1.0922 1.1036 Yen US$
121.68 120.77 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,061.50
Silver (Lon)
13.77 Gold (NY)
1,062.60
Light Crude
37.44 TRJCRB Index
174.93 +0.67 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - The S&P 500 and the Dow were on track for their best two-day run since mid-October as recovering oil prices lifted energy shares and financial stocks rose on a widely expected interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve later this week.
The S&P 500 .SPX was up 25.08 points, or 1.24 percent, at 2,047.02, driven by a 3 percent increase in the energy sector .SPNY and a 2.35 percent rise in financials .SPSY . The Nasdaq Composite index .IXIC was up 58.52 points, or 1.18 percent, at 5,010.74.
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LONDON - Britain's top share index rose on Tuesday after eight straight sessions of falls, with supermarkets, commodity stocks and firms with South African exposure among the companies rebounding from recent weakness.
Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE was up 2.5 percent at 6,017.79 points at its close, its biggest one-day gain in over two months, having fallen 8.5 percent in the previous eight days.
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share average fell to a 7-1/2-week low on Tuesday in the face of volatile oil prices, and as investors avoided riskier assets ahead of an expected hike in U.S. interest rates later this week.
The Nikkei .N225 ended 1.7 percent lower at 18,565.90 points, its lowest since Oct. 22.
For a full report, double click on .T
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The U.S. dollar rebounded from a roughly six-week low against the euro on Tuesday after data showed inflation pressures rose in the United States in November, cementing expectations for a hike in interest rates by the Federal Reserve on Wednesday.
The euro EUR= dipped from a roughly six-week high of $1.10600 hit earlier in the session to a session low of $1.09340 after Labor Department data showed that the U.S. core Consumer Price Index rose 2.0 percent in the 12 months through November, marking the largest gain since May 2014.
For a full report, double click on USD/
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasuries prices fell on Tuesday as gains on Wall Street reduced interest in safe-haven bonds and stable consumer prices supported views that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates on Wednesday.
U.S. 10-year notes US10YT=RR fell 13/32 in price to yield 2.227 percent, up from 2.225 percent late on Monday. The 10-year yield hit a session high of 2.289 after the CPI data was released.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold steadied on Tuesday, arresting the previous day's one percent slide ahead of this week's meeting of the U.S. Federal Reserve, which is expected to raise interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade.
Spot gold XAU= was at $1,062.45 an ounce at 1503 GMT, little changed from $1,062.60 late on Monday. U.S. gold futures GCv1 for February delivery were down $1.60 an ounce at $1,061.80.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper hit a week low on Tuesday as the dollar rallied and investors feared the first U.S. interest rate rise in nearly a decade could trigger a default among highly leveraged miners.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange CMCU3 ended down 2.4 percent at $4,565 a tonne, having hit a week-low of $5,554 earlier.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil rebounded by 1 percent on Tuesday, halting a slide to 11-year lows, but traders said they expected no more than fleeting support for crude in an oversupplied market and ahead of a forecast U.S. rate hike that could send the dollar rallying.
Brent was up 40 cents, or 1 percent, at $38.32 a barrel by 10:55 a.m. EST (1555 GMT). It came within 14 cents of snapping its December 2008 low of $36.20 on Monday.
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