---------------------------------------------------------------- Snapshot at: 07:16 / 2016 GMT ---------------------------------------------------------------- Stock Markets
NetChng
NetChng S&P/ASX 200
5,685.02 +57.07 NZSX 50
6,875.78 -0.21 DJIA
19,850.29 -94.75 Nikkei
19,401.72 -1.34 NASDAQ
5,444.48 -42.96 FTSE
7,106.08 +37.91 S&P 500
2,252.46 -16.42 Hang Seng
21,754.74 +179.98 SPI 200 Fut
5,637.00 -13.00 STI
2,898.30 +12.54 SSEC
3,102.54 -12.12 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
NetChg
NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
2.821 -0.049 US 10 YR Bond
2.514 -0.049 NZ 10 YR Bond
3.490 -0.005 US 30 YR Bond
3.091 -0.048 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
1700GMT
1700GMT AUD US$
0.7184 0.7212 NZD US$
0.6925 0.6921 EUR US$
1.0412 1.0471 Yen US$
117.12 117.55 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,134.60
Silver (Lon)
15.99 Gold (NY)
1,138.85
Light Crude
54.01 TRJCRB Index
193.03 +0.28 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - Wall Street slipped for the first time in three days on Wednesday due to losses across sectors, hindering the Dow's march towards 20,000, a level it has never breached.
The S&P 500 .SPX is set to register a double-digit rise this year, compared with a 0.7 percent decline in 2015.
At 12:29 p.m. ET (1729 GMT) the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI was down 51.22 points, or 0.26 percent, at 19,893.82. The S&P 500 .SPX was down 13.1 points, or 0.58 percent, at 2,255.78. The Nasdaq Composite .IXIC was down 34.16 points, or 0.62 percent, at 5,453.29.
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LONDON - European shares inched up in quiet festive trade on Wednesday, with stronger mining stocks underpinning the broader market and helping Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE to a record closing level.
The STOXX Europe 600 .STOXX closed 0.3 percent higher, while the FTSE .FTSE , which reopened on Wednesday after the Christmas break, was up 0.5 percent by the close at its highest ever closing level of 7,106.08 points.
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TOKYO - Japan's benchmark Nikkei average .N225 closed down 0.01 percent at 19,401.72 on Wednesday, while the broader Topix .TOPX gained 0.04 percent to 1,536.80.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - The U.S. dollar hit its highest level in two months against the sterling on Wednesday on concerns over next year's Brexit negotiations, while expectations of higher U.S. economic growth also underpinned the greenback.
The euro fell as much as 0.8 percent against the dollar to an eight-day low of $1.0372 EUR= . Against the Japanese currency, the dollar was last down 0.15 percent at 117.21 yen JPY= , slipping from an earlier six-day high of 117.81.
The dollar index .DXY was last up 0.28 percent at 103.310 after hitting a session high of 103.630 and flirting with a 14-year peak of 103.650 struck on Dec. 20.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold prices edged higher on Wednesday as subdued cash demand and investor short-covering helped offset a stronger U.S. dollar.
Spot gold XAU= was up 0.27 percent at $1,141.92 per ounce by 2:18 p.m. EST (1918 GMT), after hitting $1,148.98 on Tuesday, the strongest since Dec. 14.
The most active U.S. gold GCcv1 futures for February delivery settled up $2.1, or 0.18 percent, at $1,140.90 per ounce.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper prices rose on Wednesday as recent losses, falling stocks and expectations of stronger demand in top consumer China persuaded buyers to return to the market.
Benchmark copper CMCU3 on the London Metal Exchange (LME) closed 1.4 percent up at $5,545 a tonne. Last week the metal used in power and construction fell to a one-month low of $5,419.50, representing a loss of more than 10 percent since late November.
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OIL
NEW YORK - Crude oil prices edged up for a fourth consecutive session on Wednesday, close to their highest levels since mid-2015, ahead of U.S. oil inventory figures and as the market awaits evidence of OPEC supply reductions in the new year.
U.S. benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil futures CLc1 settled 16 cents higher at $54.06 a barrel, not far from the year's high of $54.51 reached on Dec. 12.
Brent crude futures LCOc1 ended up 13 cents at $56.22 a barrel. The international benchmark hit $57.89 on Dec. 12, its highest since July 2015.
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