WELLINGTON, May 25 (Reuters) - Stock Markets
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4,861.50 +95.72 FTSE
6,219.26 +82.83 S&P 500
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110.01 109.39 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
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16.21 Gold (NY)
1,248.49
Light Crude
48.76 TRJCRB Index
183.35 +0.15 -----------------------(07:25 / 1824 GMT)----------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - Wall Street ended lower on Monday as a bounce in Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) failed to offset growing concerns that the U.S. Federal Reserve could raise interest rates sooner than later.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI fell 5.07 points, or 0.03 percent, to 17,495.87, the S&P 500 .SPX lost 4 points, or 0.19 percent, to 2,048.32 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 3.78 points, or 0.08 percent, to 4,765.78.
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LONDON - Britain's top share index rose on Tuesday, bolstered by a rally in banking stocks and a well-received trading statement from Kingfisher (LON:KGF) KGF.L.
The FTSE 100 index .FTSE was up 82.83 points, or 1.4 percent, at 6,219.26 points at its close, touching a three-week high.
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TOKYO - Japanese stocks fell on Tuesday as uncertainty on whether Tokyo would intervene to weaken the yen over U.S. objections sapped confidence, while worries over fiscal policy and a pending decision on a sale tax hike sent turnover to its lowest level this year.
The Nikkei share average .N225 dropped 0.9 percent to 16,498.76.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The U.S. dollar hit its highest level against the euro in nearly 10 weeks on Tuesday and rallied against the yen and Swiss franc on increased expectations for an interest rate hike in coming months from the Federal Reserve.
The dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of six major currencies, hit an eight-week high of 95.647 .DXY .
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury prices fell on Tuesday, with the two-year yield touching two-month highs, but prices bounced off session lows when robust demand at the $26 billion note auction offset pressure from a stock market rally and strong U.S. home sales data.
Benchmark 10-year Treasury prices US10YT=RR were down 5/32 in price for a yield of 1.859 percent, up 2 basis points from Monday.
The two-year Treasury yield US2YT=RR was up as much as 3 basis points to a two-month high at 0.930 percent before easing to 0.909 percent, up 1 basis point on the day.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold fell to the lowest in more than four weeks on Tuesday as hawkish comments from Federal Reserve officials in the previous session sent the dollar to a two-month high against a currency basket.
Spot gold XAU= was down 1.5 percent at $1,229.25 an ounce at 1:55 p.m. EDT (1755 GMT), off an earlier low of $1,227.70. U.S. gold futures GCv1 for June delivery settled down 1.8 percent at $1,229.20 an ounce.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper rose on Tuesday as traders and funds reversed bets on lower prices though gains were capped by a stronger dollar and uncertainty over demand growth in top consumer China.
Benchmark copper CMCU3 on the London Metal Exchange ended up 0.9 percent at $4,602 a tonne, having last week touched a three-month low at $4,540.
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices rose on Tuesday as investors anticipated a weekly drawdown in U.S. crude inventories that they hoped would boost prices closer to $50 a barrel, while a rally on Wall Street also lent support.
U.S. crude's West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures CLc1 rose 48 cents, or 1 percent, to $48.56 by 12:32 p.m. EDT. Brent crude futures LCOc1 rose 28 cents, or 0.6 percent, to $48.63. Both have traded in a $5 range below $50 over the past month.
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