---------------------------------------------------------------- Snapshot at: 07:15 / 2015 GMT ---------------------------------------------------------------- Stock Markets
NetChng
NetChng S&P/ASX 200
4,910.04 +66.58 NZSX 50
6,075.37 +41.09 DJIA
16,173.43 +199.59 Nikkei
16,054.43 +31.85 NASDAQ
4,426.75 +89.24 FTSE
5,862.17 +37.89 S&P 500
1,892.58 +27.80 Hang Seng
19,122.08 +203.94 SPI 200 Fut
4,878.00 +3.00 STI
2,644.58 +36.68 SSEC
2,837.41 +91.21 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
NetChg
NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
2.530 -0.005 US 10 YR Bond
1.783 +0.037 NZ 10 YR Bond
3.080 +0.000 US 30 YR Bond
2.648 +0.046 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
1700GMT
1700GMT AUD US$
0.7101 0.7153 NZD US$
0.6562 0.6597 EUR US$
1.1141 1.1154 Yen US$
113.89 114.58 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,209.50
Silver (Lon)
15.25 Gold (NY)
1,209.30
Light Crude
29.18 TRJCRB Index
158.87 -1.50 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - Wall Street gained on Tuesday, extending a rally from Friday, as investors snapped up beaten-down consumer discretionary, industrial and financial stocks.
Following an extended holiday weekend, all 10 S&P sectors were higher in afternoon trading. Tech, healthcare and materials also posted gains of more than 1 percent.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was up 206.06 points, or 1.29 percent, to 16,179.9, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 28.73 points, or 1.54 percent, to 1,893.51 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 90.45 points, or 2.09 percent, to 4,427.96.
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LONDON - Britain's top share index rose in choppy trade on Tuesday, with oil shares holding on to gains after news that some oil producing countries were cooperating to tackle a supply glut.
The energy sector contributed over 10 points to the FTSE 100 .FTSE , which was up 0.7 percent at 5,862.17 points at the close.
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TOKYO - Japanese stocks rose slightly in choppy trade on Tuesday after the previous day's spectacular rebound as oil prices cleared a one-week high.
The Nikkei share average .N225 edged up 0.2 percent to close at 16,054.43. The broader Topix .TOPX rose 0.4 percent to end the day at 1,297.01 with 19 of its 33 subindexes in positive territory.
The JPX-Nikkei Index 400 .JPXNK400 gained 0.4 percent to 11,721.81.
For a full report, double click on .T
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SYDNEY - Australian stocks are poised for a subdued start on Wednesday after two straight sessions of gains with renewed weakness in oil prices set to weigh on energy shares.
Stock index futures YAPcm1 were a touch firmer at 4,878.0, a 32.0-point discount to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO . The benchmark rose 1.4 percent on Tuesday, extending Monday's 1.6 percent gain.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar rose against most major currencies on Tuesday as an agreement between the world's top oil producers increased investors' appetite for risk. However, the Japanese yen rose against the dollar as the deal left some investors unsatisfied and buying the safe-haven currency.
The dollar fell 0.6 percent against the yen JPY= to 113.84 yen, reversing earlier gains. The euro EUR= fell 0.1 percent against the dollar to $1.1140.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury debt prices fell on Tuesday as a rally in Wall Street stocks and competing corporate bond supply led by Apple (O:AAPL) trimmed safe-haven demand for bonds, lifting benchmark yields further from their near 3-1/2-year lows set last week.
Benchmark 10-year Treasury notes US10YT=RR were down 7/32 in price for a yield of 1.777 percent, up 3 basis points from late on Friday. U.S. financial markets were closed on Monday for the Presidents Day holiday.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold steadied on Tuesday as U.S. stocks opened higher, allaying earlier market jitters that had pressured European equities and boosted interest in the precious metal as a haven from risk.
Spot gold XAU= was at $1,209.21 an ounce at 1502 GMT, little changed from $1,209.30 late on Monday, when it shed 2.3 percent, its biggest one-day loss since mid-July.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper prices steadied on Tuesday, supported by some positive data from China, but doubts over demand in the top consumer and a stronger dollar gave the bears a slight edge.
Benchmark copper CMCU3 on the London Metal Exchange ended little changed at $4,558 a tonne from $4,562 at Monday's close.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Brent oil fell 3 percent on Monday, erasing early gains after top producers Russia and Saudi Arabia dashed expectations of an outright supply cut by agreeing only to freeze output if other big exporters joined them.
Brent LCOc1 was down $1 at $32.39 a barrel by 12:47 p.m. EST, after rising earlier to $35.55.
U.S. crude CLc1 slid by 30 cents to $28.14, down from the day's high of $31.53.
For a full report, double click on O/R
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