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07:34 / 1834 GMT ---------------------------------------------------------------- Stock Markets
NetChng
NetChng S&P/ASX 200
5,484.00 +5.49 NZSX 50
7,352.5 -20.03 DJIA
18,151.36 -102.49 Nikkei
16,735.65 +136.98 NASDAQ
5,281.35 -19.53 FTSE
7,074.34 +90.82 S&P 500
2,148.43 -12.77 Hang Seng
23,689.44 +105.01 SPI 200 Fut
5,440.00 -33.00 STI
2,884.64 +13.80 SSEC
3,005.51 +7.03 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
NetChg
NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
2.087 +0.005 US 10 YR Bond
1.683 +0.059 NZ 10 YR Bond
2.415 -0.010 US 30 YR Bond
2.406 +0.070 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
1700GMT
1700GMT AUD US$
0.7620 0.7650 NZD US$
0.7206 0.7274 EUR US$
1.1198 1.1173 Yen US$
102.81 102.31 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,283.30
Silver (Lon)
17.89 Gold (NY)
1,311.45
Light Crude
48.61 TRJCRB Index
187.21 +0.18 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks see-sawed on Tuesday as investors assessed the prospects of an interest rate hike in the coming months.
At 12:22 p.m. ET (1622 GMT), the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI was down 27.02 points, or 0.15 percent, at 18,226.83. The S&P 500 .SPX was down 3.38 points, or 0.16 percent, at 2,157.82.
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LONDON - UK stocks benefited from the pound's weakness.
The blue-chip FTSE 100 index .FTSE , dominated by international and export-driven companies that often benefit from a weaker pound, closed up 1.3 percent at 7,074 points - close to a record high of 7,122.74 points set in April 2015.
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share average rose on Tuesday, with exporters up after the yen weakened against the dollar on data suggesting the U.S. manufacturing sector grew better than expected in September
The Nikkei .N225 gained 0.8 percent to 16,735.65, its highest closing level since Sept. 23.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The euro turned flat on Tuesday, paring earlier losses, following a Bloomberg report that said the European Central Bank would probably gradually slow its bond purchases before the end of its quantitative easing program.
The single currency was last down 0.2 percent against the dollar at $1.1186, while it rose to a session high versus the yen at 115.37 yen. EUR= EURJPY=
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury yields rose to one-and-a-half week highs as investors looked ahead to Friday's highly anticipated employment report for further clues on when the Federal Reserve is likely to raise interest rates, with no major new data due on Tuesday.
Benchmark 10-year notes US10YT=RR were last down 4/32 in price to yield 1.64 percent, the highest since Sept. 22.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold slid more than 1 percent on Tuesday to its lowest since Britain's shock vote to leave the European Union in June, as a bounce in the dollar after upbeat U.S. data triggered a break of key support at $1,300 an ounce.
Spot gold XAU= was down 1.7 percent at $1,289.17 an ounce by 1335 GMT, while U.S. gold futures GCv1 for December delivery were down $22.30 an ounce at $1,290.40.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper prices slipped on Tuesday, driving the rest of the metals complex lower, as the dollar strengthened although improving signals from China's economy cushioned the fall.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange CMCU3 closed 0.3 percent lower at $4,805 a tonne.
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices were slightly higher in choppy trade on Tuesday, with Brent hitting four-month highs on a rally inspired by OPEC plans to tighten output before a surging dollar pared gains.
Brent crude LCOc1 was up 30 cents at $51.19 a barrel by 12:54 p.m. EDT (1654 GMT), after rising to $51.37, its highest since June 10.
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