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NetChng
NetChng S&P/ASX 200
5,326.20 -19.53 NZSX 50
6,770.40 +32.67 DJIA
18,849.51 -19.18 Nikkei
17,668.15 -4.47 NASDAQ
5,262.09 +43.69 FTSE
6,792.74 +39.56 S&P 500
2,172.15 +7.95 Hang Seng
22,323.91 +101.69 SPI 200 Fut
5,333.00 +9.00 STI
2,797.55 +10.28 SSEC
3,206.73 -3.64 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
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NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
2.666 -0.002 US 10 YR Bond
2.231 +0.009 NZ 10 YR Bond
3.105 -0.005 US 30 YR Bond
2.966 -0.017 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
1700GMT
1700GMT AUD US$
0.7539 0.7545 NZD US$
0.7082 0.7105 EUR US$
1.0714 1.0750 Yen US$
109.03 108.21 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,226.95
Silver (Lon)
16.95 Gold (NY)
1,219.86
Light Crude
45.50 TRJCRB Index
182.60 +2.34 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq were higher in early afternoon trading on Tuesday as tech stocks were back in demand after a post-election drubbing, while the Dow took a breather following a six-day rally.
At 12:41 p.m. ET (1741 GMT), the Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was down 20.82 points, or 0.11 percent, at 18,847.87, the S&P 500 .SPX was up 6.67 points, or 0.31 percent, at 2,170.87 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC was up 37.71 points, or 0.72 percent, at 5,256.11.
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LONDON - European shares edged up on Tuesday helped by a surge in crude oil prices and a rebound in utilities, while telecoms equipment maker Nokia (HE:NOKIA) slumped on a disappointing earnings outlook update.
The STOXX 600 .STOXX rose 0.3 percent at the end of a choppy session. The pan-European index remains down 7 percent so far in 2016.
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share average ended marginally lower in choppy trade on Tuesday as investors took profits from sharp gains in the past few days, offsetting gains in banking stocks, which rose on better-than-expected half-year earnings.
The Nikkei .N225 dropped 0.03 percent to 17,668.15 after opening a tad higher, while the broader Topix .TOPX gained 0.2 percent at 1,402.98.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar held near an 11-month high against a basket of currencies on Tuesday as some stability returned to the U.S. bond market following a vicious sell-off, helped by unexpectedly strong data on U.S. October retail sales.
The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major currencies, was little changed at 100.06 after rising to 100.25 shortly after the retail sales report. It was as low as 99.45 earlier as U.S. yields were unchanged to lower. .DXY
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. 30-year Treasury bond prices rose on Tuesday, after falling five straight sessions as investors took a breather selling government debt in the wake of a higher inflation outlook under the administration of President-elect Donald Trump.
Roughly a week after Trump's victory, the 30-year Treasury bond US30YT=RR , the security most sensitive to inflation expectations, had surged above 3 percent on Monday for the first time since December.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold edged higher on Tuesday, snapping a three-session losing streak, on uncertainty over the economic policies of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump.
Spot gold XAU= had added 0.5 percent to $1,225.88 an ounce by 1527 GMT, having slipped on Monday to its lowest since June 3 at $1,211.08.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper prices fell on Tuesday, as the dollar steadied around 11-month highs and traders took profits made after a week-long rally fuelled by Donald Trump's U.S. election victory.
Three-month LME copper CMCU3 fell 3.2 percent to a one-week low of $5,360 a tonne and closed 0.9 percent lower at $5,520. The decline is a reversal of the nearly 8 percent leap in intraday trading on Friday to its highest since June 2015.
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices jumped as much as 5 percent on Tuesday, bouncing back from multi-month lows on renewed expectations that OPEC will agree later this month to cut production to reduce a supply glut that has weighed on prices for more than two years.
By 11:46 a.m. EST (16:46 GMT), Brent LCOc1 futures rose $1.88, or 4.2 percent, to $46.31 a barrel, after reaching a session high of $46.41.
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