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NetChng
NetChng S&P/ASX 200
5,478.10 +49.41 NZSX 50
6,889.70 -20.59
DJIA
19,427.11 +175.33 Nikkei
18,496.69 +136.15 NASDAQ
5,367.30 +34.30 FTSE
6,902.23 +122.39 S&P 500
2,228.49 +16.26 Hang Seng
22,800.92 +125.77 SPI 200 Fut
5,519.00 +38.00 STI
2,959.84 +10.72 SSEC
3,221.92 +22.28 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
NetChg
NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
2.740 -0.066 US 10 YR Bond
2.351 -0.043 NZ 10 YR Bond
3.240 -0.010 US 30 YR Bond
3.031 -0.050 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
1700GMT
1700GMT AUD US$
0.7472 0.7432 NZD US$
0.7151 0.7115 EUR US$
1.0749 1.0716 Yen US$
113.78 114.31 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,177.65
Silver (Lon)
17.18 Gold (NY)
1,169.64
Light Crude
50.34 TRJCRB Index
191.73 -0.79 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - The S&P 500 and the Dow hit record intraday highs on Wednesday, helped by gains in technology stocks, but President-elect Donald Trump's comment on drug pricing slammed the healthcare sector.
At 12:40 p.m. ET (1739 GMT), the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI was up 84.84 points, or 0.44 percent, at 19,336.62. It hit a record high of 19.345.45.
The S&P 500 .SPX was up 6.87 points, or 0.31 percent, at 2,219.1, a shade below the all-time high of 2,219.71. The Nasdaq Composite index .IXIC was up 7.56 points, or 0.14 percent, at 5,340.56.
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LONDON - Britain's top share index rose to a one-month high on Wednesday, rallying for a third straight session as investors snapped up bank and mining stocks and rotated out of more "defensive" parts of the market.
The British FTSE 100 .FTSE was up 1.8 percent to 6,902.23 points at its close, its highest closing level since Nov. 9.
For a full report, double click on .L
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share average rose on Wednesday, buoyed by a surge in index-heavyweight SoftBank after it announced a bold investment foray into the United States.
The Nikkei .N225 gained 0.7 percent to 18,496.69 points. SoftBank contributed a hefty positive 50 points to the Nikkei, or more than a third of the benchmark index's point gains.
For a full report, double click on .T
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The euro gained slightly on the dollar on Wednesday as investors focused on Thursday's European Central Bank meeting for possible indications on when the central bank may begin paring bond purchases under its quantitative easing program.
The euro EUR= was last up 0.25 percent against the dollar, at $1.0744, after hitting a three-week high of $1.0796 on Monday.
The dollar index .DXY , which measures the greenback against a basket of six major currencies, fell 0.12 percent to 100.37, after dropping to 99.849 on Monday, the lowest level since Nov. 15. The dollar was flat at 113.96 yen JPY= .
For a full report, double click on USD/
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury yields fell on Wednesday as disappointing overseas economic data reduced optimism about global growth ahead of an European Central Bank meeting.
Benchmark 10-year Treasury note yields were down 4 basis points from late on Tuesday to 2.354 percent. They had reached 2.492 percent on Dec. 1, their highest level since July 2015, according to Reuters data. US10YT=RR
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold rose further from this week's 10-month low on Wednesday as the dollar eased against the euro ahead of a European Central Bank meeting, and on the view that a U.S. rate rise next week was already reflected in prices.
Spot gold XAU= was at $1,176.98 an ounce at 1442 GMT, up 0.6 percent, while U.S. gold futures GCv1 for February delivery were $9.70 an ounce higher at $1,179.80.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper gave up earlier gains on Wednesday as concerns that the metal's rally had become overstretched outweighed prospects of higher demand from the world's largest economies.
Three-month copper on the London Metal's Exchange CMCU3 ended 1.7 percent lower at $5,785 a tonne. The metal gained 20 percent last month.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices eased on Wednesday on bearish U.S. petroleum inventory data and doubts that production cuts promised by OPEC and Russia would be deep enough to end a supply overhang that has weighed on markets for more than two years.
Brent futures LCOc1 were down 46 cents, or 0.9 percent, at $53.47 a barrel by 11:19 a.m. EST (1619 GMT). U.S. crude CLc1 fell 59 cents, or 1.2 percent, to $50.34 per barrel.
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