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08:33 / 1933 GMT ---------------------------------------------------------------- Stock Markets
NetChng
NetChng S&P/ASX 200
0.00 +0.00 NZSX 50
6850.20 -25.80 DJIA
19,910.68 +114.25 Nikkei
19,250.52 +95.49 NASDAQ
5,469.48 +56.94 FTSE
6,968.57 +78.15 S&P 500
2,271.44 +14.48 Hang Seng
22,446.70 +13.68 SPI 200 Fut
5,581.00 +31.00 STI
2,955.23 +3.04 SSEC
3,155.36 +2.39 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
NetChg
NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
2.828 -0.002 US 10 YR Bond
2.482 +0.003 NZ 10 YR Bond
3.320 +0.010 US 30 YR Bond
3.148 -0.014 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
1700GMT
1700GMT AUD US$
0.7488 0.7486 NZD US$
0.7192 0.7188 EUR US$
1.0616 1.0641 Yen US$
115.25 115.15 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,158.55
Silver (Lon)
16.87 Gold (NY)
1,162.12
Light Crude
52.89 TRJCRB Index
193.44 +0.09 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks reached all-time highs on Tuesday, with the Dow Jones industrial average less than 100 points away from the 20,000 mark, as a record-setting post-election rally showed no signs of fatigue.
At 12:34 p.m. ET (1734 GMT) the Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was up 106.63 points, or 0.54 percent, at 19,903.06, the S&P 500 .SPX was up 15.22 points, or 0.67 percent, at 2,272.18 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC was up 62.83 points, or 1.16 percent, at 5,475.37.
For a full report, double click on .N
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LONDON - Britain's top share index on Tuesday posted its highest closing level since October, buoyed by gains for television and telecom stocks following an uptick of M&A activity in the sector.
The blue chip FTSE 100 index .FTSE was up 1.1 percent at 6,968.57 points by the close, mirroring gains in the broader European market.
For a full report, double click on .L
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TOKYO - Japanese shares pared early losses to rise for six straight sessions on Tuesday, with support coming from likely buying by the Bank of Japan and as investors snapped up cheaper domestic demand-driven stocks.
The Nikkei rose 0.5 percent to 19,250.52, its highest close since Dec. 30 of last year. The broader Topix .TOPX gained 0.6 percent to 1,540.25.
For a full report, double click on .T
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The U.S. dollar was steady against a basket of major currencies on Tuesday on uncertainty over whether the U.S. Federal Reserve would signal a slow or fast pace of interest rate increases at the end of a closely-watched policy meeting.
The U.S. dollar index .DXY was last down 0.06 percent at 100.970. The dollar was up 0.23 percent against the yen JPY= at 115.29 yen after hitting a 10-month high of 116.12 yen on Monday.
For a full report, double click on USD/
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. 10- and 30-year Treasury prices turned positive, reversing earlier losses, after a 30-year Treasury bond auction that brought the highest yields on the long bond since September 2014.
The benchmark 10-year Treasury note US10YT=RR was last up 2/32 in price to yield 2.471 percent. The 30-year Treasury bond US30YT=RR rose 12/32 in price to yield 3.141 percent.
For a full report, double click on US/
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold edged lower on Tuesday, losing its lustre ahead of a two-day meeting of the U.S. Federal Reserve that is expected to deliver the second interest rate rise in a decade.
Spot gold XAU= slipped by 0.4 percent to $1,157.71 an ounce by 1457 GMT, having briefly touched a 10-month low of $1,151.34 on Monday.
For a full report, double click on GOL/
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Some base metals fell on Tuesday ahead of an expected U.S. central bank decision to hike interest rates with copper the biggest loser after a further rise in inventories.
Benchmark copper CMCU3 on the London Metal Exchange closed down 1.3 percent at $5,691 a tonne.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices rose on Tuesday, supported by strong demand in Asia and supply cuts by Abu Dhabi, Kuwait and Qatar as part of production curbs organized by OPEC and other exporters.
U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) CLc1 gained 20 cents to $55.03 a barrel, while International Brent crude LCOc1 was up 14 cents to $55.82.
For a full report, double click on O/R
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