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Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - Wall Street fell on Monday as energy and raw material stocks took a hit, with oil prices falling to their lowest in nearly seven years.
At 12:42 p.m. ET (1742 GMT) the Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was down 175.32 points, or 0.98 percent, at 17,672.31, the S&P 500 .SPX was down 21.17 points, or 1.01 percent, at 2,070.52 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC was down 48.17 points, or 0.94 percent, at 5,094.10.
For a full report, double click on .N
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LONDON - Britain's top share index surrendered its earlier gains and ended lower on Monday, with commodity shares coming under severe pressure after prices of crude oil and metals slipped.
The blue-chip FTSE 100 index .FTSE closed 0.2 percent lower at 6,223.52 points after hitting a high of 6,287.23 points earlier in the day. It shed 2.8 percent in the last two sessions of last week, which took the index to its lowest level since mid-November.
For a full report, double click on .L
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TOKYO - Japanese stocks rebounded on Monday after upbeat U.S. jobs data suggested the world's biggest economy is in a strong position to sustain an expected Federal Reserve rate hike this month, boosting sentiment in the broader market.
The Nikkei share average .N225 gained 1 percent to end the day at 19,698.15, recovering just under half of the 2.2 percent the benchmark index shed on Friday.
For a full report, double click on .T
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SYDNEY - Australian shares are set to open lower on Tuesday, hauled down by energy and mining stocks hurt by sliding oil and metals prices on supply gluts and concerns about Chinese demand.
Local share price index futures YAPcm1 fell 0.3 percent to 5,133.0, a 22.7-point discount to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO close, pointing to a weaker opening. The benchmark inched up 0.08 percent on Monday.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar rose broadly on Monday on expectations the U.S. Federal Reserve is on track to raise interest rates next week in the wake of a solid November jobs report.
The euro was down 0.4 percent at $1.0845 EUR= , while the dollar edged up about 0.1 percent to 123.23 yen JPY= .
For a full report, double click on USD/
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury debt prices rallied for a second straight session on Monday as investors consolidated positions in a week generally thin on economic data after last Friday's stronger-than-expected U.S. jobs report.
In mid-morning trading, benchmark 10-year Treasury notes US10YT=RR were up 6/32 in price to yield 2.251 percent, down from 2.273 percent late on Friday.
For a full report, double click on US/
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold fell more than 1 percent on Monday from the prior session's three-week high, after the dollar .DXY was lifted by Friday's upbeat U.S. jobs data that reinforced expectations that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates next week.
Spot gold XAU= was down 1.1 percent at $1,074.90 an ounce at 2:01 p.m. EST (1901) GMT.
U.S. gold futures GCv1 for February delivery settled down 0.8 percent at $1,075.20.
For a full report, double click on GOL/
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper prices fell on Monday alongside oil as a strong dollar reinforced worries about weak demand growth in top consumer China and expectations of surplus metal.
Benchmark copper CMCU3 on the London Metal Exchange ended 1.2 percent down at $4,557 a tonne.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Crude oil futures tumbled to their lowest in nearly seven years on Monday after OPEC failed to address a growing supply glut, while a stronger dollar made it more expensive to hold crude positions.
U.S. crude oil futures settled at $37.65 a barrel, down $2.32, or 5.8 percent.
For a full report, double click on O/R
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