WELLINGTON, March 2 (Reuters) - - --------------------------------------------------------------- Snapshot at: 07:11 / 1811 GMT ---------------------------------------------------------------- Stock Markets
NetChng
NetChng S&P/ASX 200
4,922.25 +41.33 NZSX 50
6280.90 +50.03 DJIA
16,808.65 +292.15 Nikkei
16,085.51 +58.75 NASDAQ
4,656.11 +98.16 FTSE
6,152.88 +55.79 S&P 500
1,968.49 +36.26 Hang Seng
19,407.46 +295.53 SPI 200 Fut
4,974.00 +84.00 STI
2,682.39 +15.88 SSEC
2,733.91 +45.93 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
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NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
2.441 +0.086 US 10 YR Bond
1.818 +0.078 NZ 10 YR Bond
2.935 -0.010 US 30 YR Bond
2.690 +0.074 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
1700GMT
1700GMT AUD US$
0.7161 0.7158 NZD US$
0.6612 0.6613 EUR US$
1.0860 1.0882 Yen US$
113.97 112.66 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,236.50
Silver (Lon)
14.73 Gold (NY)
1,237.76
Light Crude
34.42 TRJCRB Index
163.95 +0.74 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - Wall Street were at session highs on Tuesday morning, led by financial and technology stocks, after strong U.S. factory and construction data suggested the economy was regaining momentum after slowing in the fourth quarter.
At 11:38 a.m. ET (1638 GMT), the Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was up 225.51 points, or 1.37 percent, at 16,742.01. The S&P 500 .SPX was up 29.8 points, or 1.54 percent, at 1,962.03 and the Nasdaq Composite index .IXIC was up 85.64 points, or 1.88 percent, at 4,643.59.
The S&P and the Nasdaq were on track for their best one-day percentage gain since Feb. 17.
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LONDON - Britain's top equity index rose on Tuesday as a possible counter-bid lifted shares in the London Stock Exchange LSE.L, offsetting drops for Barclays BARC.L , Ashtead AHT.L and Glencore GLEN.L .
The blue-chip FTSE 100 index .FTSE rose 0.9 percent to 6,152.88 points, its highest in about two months.
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TOKYO - Japanese stocks edged up on Tuesday, erasing earlier losses as risk appetite improved following a rebound on China's benchmark Shanghai Composite Index .SSEC after Beijing's latest easing steps.
The Nikkei share average .N225 ended 0.4 percent higher at 16,085.51 after recovering from a 1.1 percent decline earlier in the session. The broader Topix .TOPX edged up 0.2 percent to 1,300.83 and the JPX-Nikkei Index 400 .JPXNK400 rose 0.3 percent to 11,785.33.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The U.S. dollar rebounded against the yen and hit one-month highs against the euro on Tuesday after traders saw the Japanese currency's rally as overextended, while strong U.S. manufacturing data supported views of higher U.S. interest rates.
The dollar was last up 0.92 percent against the yen JPY= at 113.70 yen. The euro was last down 0.05 percent against the dollar at $1.0866, while the dollar was down 0.1 percent against the Swiss franc at 0.9970 franc CHF= .
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury yields rose on Tuesday after data showed manufacturing activity rebounded in February, suggesting the U.S. economy was on a steadier path after recent mixed data and decreasing investor interest in safe-haven government debt.
The benchmark 10-year note US10YT=RR was last down 16/32 in price to yield 1.793 percent, up from 1.74 percent late on Monday.
The 30-year bond US30YT=RR was last down 1-4/32 in price to yield 2.672 percent, up from 2.616 percent late on Monday.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold edged up on Tuesday, building on its biggest monthly gain in four years, as concerns over the global economy after downbeat data from China, the European Union and the United States fuelled interest in the metal as a haven from risk.
Spot gold XAU= was up 0.1 percent at $1,238.66 an ounce at 1442 GMT, while U.S. gold futures GCv1 for April delivery were up 0.4 percent at $1,239.60.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper prices rose on Tuesday as expectations of further moves by China to try and boost its economic growth boosted sentiment despite more economic data pointing to a continued slowdown in the world's second-biggest economy.
Benchmark copper CMCU3 on the London Metal Exchange ended up 0.5 percent at $4,716 a tonne.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices rebounded in volatile trading on Tuesday as a Wall Street rally helped boost crude prices down initially on expectations that U.S. crude stockpiles had swelled to another record high last week.
Brent LCOc1 , the global benchmark for crude oil, was up 32 cents at $36.89 a barrel by 11:47 a.m. EST (1647 GMT), after touching a session low at $35.95.
U.S. crude CLc1 was up 54 cents at $34.29 a barrel, after an intraday low at $33.37.
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