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16,723.31 +225.46 NASDAQ
5,033.30 -22.49 FTSE
6,697.37 +1.95 S&P 500
2,161.50 -5.39 Hang Seng
21,673.20 -129.98 SPI 200 Fut
5,410.00 +0.00 STI
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1.556 -0.031 NZ 10 YR Bond
2.275 +0.000 US 30 YR Bond
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0.7048 0.7021 EUR US$
1.1016 1.1064 Yen US$
106.05 105.90 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,330.90
Silver (Lon)
19.92 Gold (NY)
1,328.39
Light Crude
44.60 TRJCRB Index
186.10 -2.09 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - The S&P 500 pulled back from record highs on Tuesday, while the Dow industrials held slim gains as investors digested a mixed bag of earnings reports as well as lowered expectations for global economic growth.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI rose 9.66 points, or 0.05 percent, to 18,542.71, the S&P 500 .SPX lost 5.17 points, or 0.24 percent, to 2,161.72, and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 21.36 points, or 0.42 percent, to 5,034.42.
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LONDON - Britain's top share index steadied on Tuesday, easing back from an 11-month closing high, with mining stocks dropping after a production update from Rio Tinto (LON:RIO).
Britain's
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share average rose for a sixth straight day on Tuesday to a near six-week high, with a sagging yen and Wall Street's rise to a fresh record boosting investors' appetite for riskier assets.
The Nikkei .N225 gained 1.4 percent to 16,723.31 points after touching 16,726.71, its highest since June 9.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar rose to a four-month high against a basket of major currencies on Tuesday after the release of data showing U.S. housing starts rose by more than expected in June.
The dollar index .DXY , which tracks the greeback against six major currencies, rose to 97.125, its highest level since mid-March.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury debt prices gained on Tuesday as risk appetite waned following declines in stocks, hurt by the drop in oil prices as well as soft consumer sentiment data in Germany.
In late trading, benchmark U.S. 10-year Treasury notes US10YT=RJR were up 8/32 in price for a yield of 1.557 percent, down from 1.587 percent late on Monday.
U.S. 30-year bond prices US30YT=RJR were higher as well, up 19/32 in price, yielding 2.2746 percent, down from 2.302 percent late Monday.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold cut some earlier gains on Tuesday, as the dollar hit a four-month high after data showed a surge in U.S. housing starts in June, although weaker equities provided support.
Spot gold XAU= was up 0.2 percent at $1,328.62 an ounce by 1418 GMT, having earlier reached a session high of $1,334.88. U.S. gold GCcv1 dropped 0.1 percent to $1,328.70 an ounce.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Persistent concerns over a Philippines mining crackdown sent nickel prices near their highest in nearly 10 months on Tuesday, while zinc hit a 14-month top on worries over falling mine output.
London Metal Exchange zinc CMZN3 hit the highest since May last year at $2,248 a tonne. It ended up 1 percent at $2,241, while nickel CMNI3 ended up 0.2 percent at $10,570, having earlier hit $10,660, near last week's 10-month peak.
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices slipped on Tuesday as a rallying dollar and a global fuel glut offset forecasts for a ninth straight weekly drop in U.S. crude stockpiles.
Brent crude futures LCOc1 were down 20 cents at $46.76 barrel by 12:07 p.m. EDT (1602 GMT), after trading as high as $47.49.
U.S. crude's West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures CLc1 slid by 40 cents to $44.84, after a session high at $45.67.
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