WELLINGTON, April 6 (Reuters) -
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - Wall Street was lower on Tuesday as investors fretted over renewed uncertainties about the Federal Reserve's plan to raise interest rates this year.
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde on Tuesday warned of increasing risks to global economic growth, unless there were stronger measures by policymakers.
At 12:36 p.m. ET, the Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was down 108.2 points, or 0.61 percent, at 17,628.8, the S&P 500 .SPX was down 18.67 points, or 0.9 percent, at 2,047.46 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC was down 45.37 points, or 0.93 percent, at 4,846.43.
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LONDON - Britain's top share index ended lower on Tuesday after dipping to a three-week low, with commodities-related stocks coming under pressure from falls in oil and metals prices.
The blue-chip FTSE 100 index .FTSE ended 1.2 percent weaker at 6,091.23 pointsafter hitting an intra-day trough of 6,061.85, the lowest since early March.
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TOKYO - Japanese stocks tumbled to a seven-week low on Tuesday as the yen's rising strength against the dollar cast a shadow over corporate earnings that have come to rely on yen weakness to supercharge export revenue.
The Nikkei share average .N225 tumbled 2.4 percent to 15,732.82, its lowest close since Feb. 12.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The U.S. dollar hit a 17-month low against the safe-haven yen on Tuesday on investor concerns about global economic growth, while the euro was set to post its first daily loss against the dollar in more than a week on soft European economic data.
The dollar extended its losses against the yen to 8.2 percent for the year, with a downturn in stocks and commodity prices fueling the latest rally in the Japanese currency. The dollar hit 110.27 yen, its lowest level since late October 2014.
The dollar was last down 0.71 percent against the yen JPY= at 110.52 yen in late morning U.S. trading.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury yields fell on Tuesday with longer-dated bonds touching their lowest in more than a month as weak economic data in both the U.S. and Europe pushed investors into safe-haven government debt.
Benchmark 10-year Treasuries yields US10YT=RR fell by around 6 basis points to 1.718 percent, the lowest since March 1, according to Reuters data.
Yields on 30-year bonds US30YT=RR dropped as low as 2.543 percent, the lowest since February 25.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold rebounded more than 1 percent on Tuesday, snapping two days of losses as risk appetite evaporated, pushing European stocks down 1.7 percent and knocking the dollar to a 17-month low against the yen.
Spot gold XAU= was up 1.4 percent at $1,231.61 an ounce by 1335 GMT, while U.S. gold futures GCv1 for June delivery were up $14.60 at $1,233.90.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper bounced from a one-month low while zinc and other metals extended losses on Tuesday on uncertainty over the economic recovery in China, the world's biggest raw materials consumer.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange CMCU3 fell to an intraday low of $4,751 a tonne, the weakest since March 3, before rebounding to close up 0.3 percent at $4,775.
Copper, which fell 1.5 percent on Monday, has dropped about 7 percent since hitting a four-month peak of $5,131 in mid-March.
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices steadied on Tuesday after Kuwait said an output freeze by major oil producers would proceed without Iran, shoring up sentiment ahead of weekly data likely to show another record high in U.S. crude inventories.
Brent crude LCOc1 was up 10 cents at $37.79 a barrel by 11:52 a.m. EDT, after hitting a one-month low at $37.27.
U.S. crude was up 12 cents at $35.82 a barrel.
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