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0.00 +0.00 DJIA
18,165.16 +44.99 Nikkei
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2,144.11 +4.99 Hang Seng
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5,287.00 -3.00 STI
2,854.69 +2.55 SSEC
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2.625 +0.000 US 30 YR Bond
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0.7318 0.7344 EUR US$
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101.75 101.52 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
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Silver (Lon)
19.24 Gold (NY)
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TRJCRB Index
182.97 +1.33 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - Wall Street edged higher on Tuesday, helped by gains in healthcare shares, as investors awaited the outcome on Wednesday from monetary policy meetings in the United States and Japan.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI rose 47.32 points, or 0.26 percent, to 18,167.49, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 5.31 points, or 0.25 percent, to 2,144.43 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 13.97 points, or 0.27 percent, to 5,249.00.
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LONDON - Britain's top shares index rose on Tuesday, lifted by gains in consumer goods stocks ranging from luxury fashion group Burberry BRBY.L to supermarket retailer Tesco TSCO.L .
The blue-chip FTSE 100 index .FTSE closed up 0.3 percent at 6,830.79 points.
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share average dipped on Tuesday as investors counted down to Wednesday's Bank of Japan policy decision amid speculation the central bank will make crucial changes to its massive easing programme.
The Nikkei .N225 ended down 0.2 percent at 16,492.15 points.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar edged up against a basket of major currencies on Tuesday in light trading as investors made limited moves ahead of the conclusion of policy meetings at the Bank of Japan and U.S. Federal Reserve.
The dollar index rose 0.15 percent .DXY to 95.995, hovering just below the 96.108 mark touched on Friday that was the highest since Sept. 1. The dollar has fallen against the six major currencies that make up its basket in three of the past four sessions, but had its largest one-day percentage gain since late July on Friday.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasuries' yields fell on Tuesday as traders bought longer-dated bonds on uncertainty over whether the Bank of Japan might decide at a two-day policy meeting to add more stimulus to boost its economy.
The yield gap between five-year and 30-year Treasuries flattened slightly on the day to 123 basis points after contracting to 120 basis points earlier Tuesday. It reached 130 basis points last Thursday, its widest level since June 27, according to Tradeweb. US5US30=TWEB
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold steadied on Tuesday as Federal Reserve policy makers began a two-day meeting that investors are betting will leave interest rates unchanged.
Spot gold XAU= was up 0.1 percent at $1,314.54 an ounce by 3:02 p.m. EDT (1902 GMT), while U.S. gold futures GCcv1 were little changed, having settled up 0.03 percent at $1,318.20 per ounce.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Zinc rose on Tuesday, climbing for a second day after two weeks of losses, supported by speculators betting on shortages and an uptick in Chinese demand for industrial metals.
Zinc was the top performer on the London Metal Exchange with benchmark prices CMZN3 closing 2.2 percent up at $2,300 a tonne, building on gains of 1.6 percent on Monday.
Tin CMSN3 added 0.7 percent to end at $19,475, while copper CMCU3 edged up 0.4 percent to $4,793 and aluminium CMAL3 dropped 0.4 percent to $1,577.
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OIL
NEW YORK - U.S. oil prices edged up on Tuesday on hopes the planned restart of country's main gasoline pipeline after a leak more than a week ago will boost demand, while Brent slipped amid skepticism over a proposed deal to freeze production.
Brent futures LCOc1 closed down 7 cents at $45.88 per barrel.
U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude Clc1 settled up 14 cents at $43.44 a barrel, and U.S. gasoline futures RBc1 fell 4 percent after Colonial Pipeline Co COLPI.UL said it will restart its main gasoline line by Wednesday.
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