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EQUITIES
NEW YORK - The S&P and the Dow were lower in early afternoon trading on Wednesday as a seven-day rally in financial stocks fizzled, but gains in technology shares kept the Nasdaq in the positive territory.
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LONDON - Britain's top share index fell on Wednesday after gaining in the previous two sessions, with companies such as jet engine maker Rolls-Royce (LON:RR) RR.L and the country's biggest housebuilder Barratt BDEV.L slipping after their updates.
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share average rose to a 9-1/2-month high on Wednesday, as a weaker yen underpinned exporters and higher Japanese yields stoked bank shares.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar turned flat against a basket of major currencies midday Wednesday, scaling back from a near 14-year high as U.S. Treasury yields moved lower in the wake of disappointing data on domestic producer prices and industrial output.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - The U.S. Treasury yield curve flattened on Wednesday with yields on shorter-dated maturities rising while yields on longer-dated ones fell as U.S. producer prices and industrial output data showed inflation could be growing more slowly than expected.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold eased on Wednesday as the dollar climbed to a 14-year high against a currency basket, extending a week-long rally driven by a surge in Treasury yields after Donald Trump's election to the U.S. presidency.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper, zinc and other base metals headed lower on Wednesday, pressured by a strong dollar, losses in steel-related products and the unwinding by speculators of very long positions after a blistering rally last week.
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices were little changed in volatile trading as the market weighed Russia's comments about a possible meeting with Saudi Arabia that renewed hopes for a production freeze deal against a bigger-than-expected U.S. crude inventory build.
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