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NetChng
NetChng S&P/ASX 200
5,591.08 0.00 NZSX 50
6,789.67
0.00 DJIA
19,963.30 +80.24 Nikkei
19,494.53 +102.93 NASDAQ
5,478.19 +20.75 FTSE
7,043.96 +26.80 S&P 500
2,269.00 +6.47 Hang Seng
21,729.06 -103.62 SPI 200 Fut
5,566.00 +14.00 STI
2,911.31 -1.77 SSEC
3,102.48 -15.61 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
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NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
2.856 -0.019 US 10 YR Bond
2.562 +0.022 NZ 10 YR Bond
3.450 +0.000 US 30 YR Bond
3.145 +0.025 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
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1700GMT AUD US$
0.7250 0.7254 NZD US$
0.6915 0.6921 EUR US$
1.0387 1.0384 Yen US$
117.78 117.79 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,125.70
Silver (Lon)
15.99 Gold (NY)
1,138.66
Light Crude
52.23 TRJCRB Index
190.57 -0.66 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday with the Dow nearing 20,000, a level it has never breached, in a rally fueled by optimism about President-elect Donald Trump's policies.
At 2:31 p.m. (1931 GMT), the Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was up 0.4 percent to 19,962.94 and the S&P 500 .SPX had gained 0.27 percent to 2,268.66.
The Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 0.38 percent to 5,477.91.
For a full report, double click on .N
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LONDON - Britain's top share index rose to a two-month high on Tuesday, helped by gains in Carnival CCL.L and strength in the bank sector after Lloyds LLOY.L rose after a deal to buy a credit card business.
The blue chip FTSE 100 index .FTSE was up 0.4 percent at 7,043.96 points by the close, slightly underperforming euro zone blue chips .STOXX50E .
For a full report, double click on .L
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share average rose on Tuesday after the market digested the Bank of Japan's decision to maintain current monetary policy, while the yen's fall versus the dollar lifted overall sentiment.
The Nikkei .N225 gained 0.5 percent to 19,494.53, the highest closing level since early December in 2015.
For a full report, double click on .T
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SYDNEY - Australian shares are set to open higher on Wednesday, drawing support from a stronger Wall Street, which hit an all-time high.
Local share price futures rose 0.2 percent to 5,567 points, a 24.1 point discount to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO . The benchmark closed 0.5 percent higher on Tuesday.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar climbed to a 14-year high on Tuesday as Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's comments on jobs reinforced the notion of faster U.S. interest rate hikes next year than had been expected.
The dollar index .DXY , which gauges the greenback's value against a basket of currencies, was up over 0.1 percent at 103.31 after hitting 103.65, its highest since December 2002.
For a full report, double click on USD/
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury prices fell on Tuesday as stocks gained, reducing demand for safe-haven assets, and with no new economic data to give further indications of the strength of the U.S. economy.
U.S. benchmark 10-year Treasury notes US10YT=RR were last down 6/32 to yield 2.56 percent, up from 2.54 percent late Monday.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold fell on Tuesday as the dollar rose and investors sold on expectations of stronger global economic growth and higher U.S. interest rates, while deadly incidents in Turkey and Germany failed to spur safe-haven buying.
Spot gold XAU= was down 0.7 percent at $1,131.18 an ounce by 2:51 p.m. EST (1951 GMT), after hitting a session low at $1,125.23, not far from last week's 10-1/2-month low of $1,122.35, its lowest since early February.
U.S. gold futures GCcv1 settled down 0.8 percent at $1,133.60.
For a full report, double click on GOL/
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper edged higher on Tuesday as buyers picked up bargains after the previous session's slide to four-week lows, reassured by a pause in this month's sharp rise in London Metal Exchange-registered inventories of the metal.
London Metal Exchange copper CMCU3 closed up 0.1 percent at $5,502 a tonne. On Monday it fell to its lowest level in four weeks, at $5,475 a tonne.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices rose on Tuesday, touching a one-week high on expectations of a steep draw in U.S. crude stocks, but edged off gains after Libya announced the reopening of pipelines after a two-year blockade ended recently.
Benchmark Brent crude futures LCOc1 were up 40 cents, or 0.7 percent, at $55.32 a barrel at 1:29 p.m. EST (1829 GMT) after hitting an intraday high of $55.92. U.S. crude futures CLc1 rose 30 cents to $52.42 a barrel.
For a full report, double click on O/R
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