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07:24 / 1924 GMT ---------------------------------------------------------------- Stock Markets
NetChng
NetChng S&P/ASX 200
5,553.77 +38.72 NZSX 50
7,467.33 +5.17 DJIA
18,558.90 +29.48 Nikkei
16,497.36 -100.83 NASDAQ
5,263.82 +19.21 FTSE
6,868.51 +39.97 S&P 500
2,188.65 +6.01 Hang Seng
22,998.93 +1.02 SPI 200 Fut
5,537.00 +22.00 STI
2,850.43 +9.24 SSEC
3,090.63 +5.83 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
NetChg
NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
1.901 -0.006 US 10 YR Bond
1.554 +0.015 NZ 10 YR Bond
2.275 -0.030 US 30 YR Bond
2.239 +0.004 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
1700GMT
1700GMT AUD US$
0.7615 0.7640 NZD US$
0.7294 0.7322 EUR US$
1.1306 1.1332 Yen US$
100.19 100.08 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,342.00
Silver (Lon)
18.85 Gold (NY)
1,338.27
Light Crude
48.05 TRJCRB Index
188.38 +1.29 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - U.S. stock advanced on Tuesday, as gains in the tech sector helped lift the Nasdaq to a record intraday high and solid housing market data provided more evidence the economy may be strengthening.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI rose 23.7 points, or 0.13 percent, to 18,553.12, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 5.62 points, or 0.26 percent, to 2,188.26 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 18.65 points, or 0.36 percent, to 5,263.26.
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LONDON - Britain's leading share index rose on Tuesday, helped by a rise in housebuilders after strong results from Persimmon (LON:PSN) PSN.L suggested that the sector was coping with the uncertainty from Britain's vote to leave the European Union.
Persimmon rose 4.2 percent, the biggest riser on the blue-chip FTSE 100 .FTSE , closing at its highest level since the UK voted to leave the European Union.
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share average slipped on Tuesday, pressured by a stronger yen and slumping oil prices, and trading was thin as investors awaited a Federal Reserve gathering later this week in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
The Nikkei stock index .N225 was down 0.6 percent at 16,497.36.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar slid across the board on Tuesday, as investors shifted their focus away from hawkish remarks on U.S. interest rates by Federal Reserve officials and toward a speech on Friday by Fed Chair Janet Yellen.
The dollar, having hit a five-day high of 94.958 .DXY against a basket of currencies on Monday, dipped 0.1 percent to 94.397 mid-morning on Tuesday.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - The long-dated yield curve flattened to the lowest in one-and-a-half years on Tuesday as investors focused on whether Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen will adopt a more hawkish tone in a speech on Friday.
The yield curve between five-year notes and 30-year bonds US5US30=TWEB flattened as low as 108.50 basis points on Tuesday, the flattest since March 2015, before ending the day at 109.10 basis points.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold edged higher on Tuesday as markets shifted focus from hawkish comments by a Federal Reserve official at the weekend to a meeting of global central bankers this week, awaiting further guidance on U.S. interest rates.
Spot gold XAU= rose 0.3 percent to $1,342.06 an ounce by 1437 GMT, having hit a two-week low of $1,331.35 in the previous session. U.S. gold GCcv1 was flat at $1,344.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper prices slipped to six-week lows on Tuesday on market jitters over the timing of U.S. interest rate rises, dollar direction and strength of demand in top consumer China.
Benchmark copper CMCU3 on the London Metal Exchange ended down 0.8 percent at $4,710 a tonne, from an earlier $4,701.5, its lowest since July 11.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices rose more than 1 percent on Tuesday after Reuters reported that Iran was sending positive signals that it may support joint OPEC action to prop up the market
Brent crude LCOc1 settled up 80 cents, or 1.6 percent, at $49.96 a barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude CLc1 rose 69 cents, or 1.5 percent, to close at $48.10.
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