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16,383.04 -237.25 NASDAQ
5,107.49 +9.86 FTSE
6,724.03 +13.90 S&P 500
2,168.56 +0.08 Hang Seng
22,129.73 +136.29 SPI 200 Fut
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1.565 -0.008 NZ 10 YR Bond
2.235 -0.010 US 30 YR Bond
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0.7047 0.7035 EUR US$
1.0986 1.1006 Yen US$
104.60 104.33 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,323.00
Silver (Lon)
19.65 Gold (NY)
1,315.15
Light Crude
42.87 TRJCRB Index
181.22 -0.09 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks dipped on Tuesday as Federal Reserve policymakers kicked off a two-day interest rate meeting and investors braced for quarterly scorecards from Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Twitter.
At 2:23 p.m. (1823 GMT), the Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was down 0.33 percent at 18,431.46 and the S&P 500 .SPX had lost 0.16 percent to 2,164.97. The Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 0.07 percent to 5,100.96.
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LONDON - Britain's top share index ended slightly higher on Tuesday, driven by gains in lender Provident Financial PFG.L engineering firm GKN GKN.L and BT BT.L , though housebuilders fell after a series of price target cuts.
The blue chip FTSE 100 index .FTSE closed 0.2 percent higher at 6,724.03 points. The index is up about 16 percent since a post-Brexit slump, but is up only 12 percent in dollar terms because of a sharp decline in the sterling.
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share average fell to a near 2-week low on Tuesday as the yen firmed against the dollar ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve's two-day policy meeting, hurting shares of exporters.
The Nikkei .N225 fell 1.4 percent to 16,383.04 points, its lowest closing level since July 13.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The Japanese yen resched more than one-week highs against the U.S. dollar on Tuesday as traders reduced expectations of how much new stimulus authorities will inject into Japan's ailing economy.
The yen gained 1.7 percent against the dollar to 103.995 JPY= , its highest since July 14, before falling back to 104.64, up 1.08 percent on the day.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - Yields on U.S. government bonds edged higher on Tuesday ahead of a $34 billion auction of five-year notes, while the Federal Reserve began a two-day meeting that may produce clues on the timing on a possible interest rate increase.
The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield US10YT=RR was up 1 basis point at 1.582 percent, while the 30-year yield US30YT=RR edged up 1 basis point at 2.298 percent.
The two-year yield US2YT=RR , which is sensitive to traders' view on Fed policy, was up 1 basis point at 0.774 percent after reaching its highest level since the Brexit referendum.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold rose on Tuesday as the dollar fell, but remained hemmed into a range at the start of a two-day U.S. Federal Reserve policy meeting which is being closely watched for clues on the outlook for U.S. interest rates.
Spot gold XAU= was up 0.4 percent at $1,319.96 an ounce by 2:35 p.m. EDT (1835 GMT), while U.S. gold futures GCv1 for August delivery settled up $1.30, or 0.1 percent, at $1,320.80.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Aluminium hit the lowest in a month on Tuesday while zinc and nickel touched one-week lows on market uncertainty ahead of the U.S. central bank meeting and as investors sold to book profits from a recent rally.
Three month aluminium CMAL3 on the London Metal Exchange dropped 0.8 percent to close at $1,592 a tonne, the weakest since June 24. Zinc CMZN3 , the best performing metal on the LME this year, ended down 0.9 percent at $2,229 a tonne, paring losses after touching $2,212, the lowest since July 18. Nickel CMNI3 finished the day 1.2 percent weaker at $10,350.
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OIL
NEW YORK - U.S. crude prices fell on Tuesday, hitting three-month lows, as worries over a gasoline glut outweighed expectations of U.S. crude stock declines, while Brent erased early losses to settle higher due to its better fundamentals versus U.S. crude.
WTI CLc1 settled down 21 cents, or 0.5 percent, at $42.92 a barrel. It fell to $42.36 earlier, its lowest since April 20. Brent LCOc1 rose 15 cents, or 0.3 percent, to settle at $44.87 a barrel. Its session low was $44.14, the lowest since May 10.
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