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NetChng S&P/ASX 200
5,099.23 -20.26 NZSX 50
6,002.81 -45.08 DJIA
17,759.84 +29.36 Nikkei
19,671.26 +28.52 NASDAQ
5,082.90 -12.40 FTSE
6,275.28 -19.88 S&P 500
2,082.37 +3.79 Hang Seng
22,401.70 -325.07 SPI 200 Fut
5,078.00 +2.00 STI
2,997.72 -12.75 SSEC
3,642.46 -4.42 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
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NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
2.873 -0.037 US 10 YR Bond
2.316 -0.026 NZ 10 YR Bond
3.575 -0.010 US 30 YR Bond
3.085 -0.022 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
1700GMT
1700GMT AUD US$
0.7020 0.7053 NZD US$
0.6521 0.6527 EUR US$
1.0704 1.0742 Yen US$
123.21 123.30 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,087.10
Silver (Lon)
14.37 Gold (NY)
1,091.71
Light Crude
44.25 TRJCRB Index
189.42 +0.19 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks were mixed on Tuesday afternoon, as gains in healthcare stocks were offset by a drop in Apple (O:AAPL) and investors hunkered down for a potential interest rate hike next month.
At 2:08 pm, the Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was down 0.04 percent at 17,724.17 points and the S&P 500 .SPX was flat at 2,078.48. The Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 0.44 percent to 5,073.10.
For a full report, double click on .N
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LONDON - Britain's top share index extended the previous session's losses on Tuesday as a sharp decline in metal prices weighed on miners, eclipsing positive updates from companies such as Vodafone VOD.L and Experian EXPN.L .
The blue-chip FTSE 100 index .FTSE was down 0.3 percent at 6,275.28 points at the close after shedding 0.9 percent in the previous session. The index is down more than 4 percent so far this year.
For a full report, double click on .L
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei edged up to a 2-1/2-month high on Tuesday in a choppy session after futures were bought in late trade, spurred by positive risk sentiment after last week's solid U.S. jobs data kept the dollar well bid against the yen.
The Nikkei share average .N225 erased its earlier losses and ended 0.2 percent higher, or up 28.52 points, to 19,671.26, the highest closing level since Aug. 20.
For a full report, double click on .T
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar touched fresh seven-month highs on Tuesday, bolstered by widening rate differentials in favor of U.S. Treasuries on expectations the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates next month.
The dollar index .DXY hit its highest since April, rising 0.5 percent to 99.469, outpacing Friday's post-jobs report highs. The dollar bought 123.37 yen JPY= , nearing the previous day's 2-1/2-month high of 123.60.
For a full report, double click on USD/
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - Prices on U.S. medium-to-long dated Treasuries rose to session highs on Tuesday, adding to their earlier gains after solid demand for $24 billion of 10-year notes, the second leg of this week's quarterly refunding.
Benchmark 10-year Treasuries notes US10YT=RR were up 8/32 in price early Tuesday afternoon with a yield of 2.318 percent, down more than 2 basis points from late on Monday.
For a full report, double click on US/
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
LONDON - Gold fell towards a three-month low on Tuesday as the dollar hit a seven-month peak on prospects the U.S. Federal Reserve will raise interest rates in December.
Spot gold XAU= was down 0.3 percent at $1,088.15 an ounce by 1512 GMT, while U.S. gold for December delivery GCcv1 lost $1.00 to $1,086.90 an ounce.
For a full report, double click on GOL/
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Zinc prices tumbled to their lowest in over five years on Tuesday, hit by a strong dollar, worries about oversupply and concern over faltering demand in top metals consumer China.
Three-month zinc CMZN3 on the London Metal Exchange closed down 2.4 percent at $1,605 a tonne, paring losses after touching a low of $1,576, the weakest since June 2010. Zinc has shed 26 percent so far this year.
Copper CMCU3 dropped 0.8 percent to finish at $4,925.50 a tonne after falling as far as $4,904.50 a tonne, its weakest since Aug. 26.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Crude prices rose on Tuesday after the International Energy Agency noted a sharp drop in oil investment, though the broader picture of an oversupplied market limited any gains as traders focused on inventory data due later in the day.
Brent crude LCOc1 was up 23 cents at $47.42 a barrel by 1801 GMT, having fallen for four trading days in a row. U.S. crude CLc1 rose 44 cents to $44.32 a barrel.
For a full report, double click on O/R
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