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NetChng S&P/ASX 200
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7,249.23 -30.53 DJIA
18,037.27 -287.80 Nikkei
16,729.04 +56.12
FTSE
6,665.63 -35.27 S&P 500
2,126.38 -32.66 Hang Seng
23,215.76 -74.84 SPI 200 Fut
5,169.00 -25.00 STI
2,818.38 -54.95 SSEC
3,023.79 +1.81 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
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NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
2.175 +0.061 US 10 YR Bond
1.729 +0.057 NZ 10 YR Bond
2.485 +0.005 US 30 YR Bond
2.462 +0.067 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
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1700GMT AUD US$
0.7454 0.7529 NZD US$
0.7241 0.7319 EUR US$
1.1208 1.1233 Yen US$
102.62 101.84 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,323.65
Silver (Lon)
18.83 Gold (NY)
1,327.15
TRJCRB Index
180.56 -2.38 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks fell more than 1 percent on Tuesday, with energy stocks slammed by lower oil prices and financials dropping on diminished prospects of a near-term rate hike.
At 2:35 p.m. ET, the Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was down 1.52 percent, to 18,046.99, the S&P 500 .SPX had lost 1.65 percent, to 2,123.37 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC had dropped 1.36 percent, to 5,140.97.
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LONDON - Britain's top share index fell for a third straight day, extending its decline after a steep drop in the previous session as oil stocks came under pressure and Associated British Foods (LON:ABF) was hit by broker downgrades.
The FTSE 100 .FTSE was down 0.5 percent at 6,665.63 at its closeon Tuesday, adding to its losses from Monday when it fell more than 1 percent.
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share average edged up in choppy trade on Tuesday, but the broader Topix ended flat as a solid yen and worries about possible policy moves by the central bank next week sapped risk appetite.
The Nikkei .N225 ended 0.3 percent higher at 16,729.04 points after staying in a narrow range throughout the day.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The U.S. dollar gained against the yen and riskier commodity currencies such as the Australian and New Zealand dollars on Tuesday after the impact of dovish remarks from a top Federal Reserve official faded, boosting sentiment toward the greenback.
The dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of six major currencies, was last up 0.29 percent at 95.372 .DXY . The dollar was up 0.31 percent against the yen at 102.16 yen after falling as low as 101.43 yen in early trading.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - Long-dated Treasury yields rose to their highest levels in around three months on Tuesday on heavy Treasury and corporate debt supply and on concerns about global central bank policy.
Benchmark 10-year notes US10YT=RR fell 18/32 in price to yield 1.73 percent, after rising as high as 1.752 percent, the highest since June 3. Thirty-year bonds US30YT=RR dropped 1-16/32 in price to yield 2.468, after earlier climbing to 2.488 percent, the highest since June 23.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold edged lower on Tuesday weighed down by a firmer dollar and uncertainty about whether the U.S. central bank will raise interest rates next week, while the potential for more stock market weakness offered support.
Spot gold XAU= was down 0.3 percent at $1,323.53 an ounce at 1255 GMT. U.S. gold futures GCcv1 rose 0.1 percent to $1,327.40 an ounce.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper steadied on Tuesday as weakness in equities dented risk appetite, pulling the metal from the three-week high it hit earlier on upbeat Chinese economic data and a more dovish tone on U.S. interest rates.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange CMCU3 closed little changed at $4,650 a tonne, after earlier hitting $4,692, the strongest since Aug. 24.
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices fell as much as 3 percent on Tuesday after both the world's consumers and producers revised forecasts that signalled the global crude glut persisting for much longer than previously expected.
Brent crude LCOc1 was down $1, or 2 percent, at $47.32 a barrel by 11:26 a.m. EDT (1526 GMT). U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude CLc1 fell $1.25, or 2.7 percent, to $45.04.
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