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NetChng
NetChng S&P/ASX 200
5,615.58 -6.00 NZSX 50
7,094.38 +40.84 DJIA
20,050.93 -20.53 Nikkei
18,976.71 +58.51 NASDAQ
5,658.89 -7.88 FTSE
7,172.15 -16.15 S&P 500
2,291.90 -5.52 Hang Seng
23,348.24 +219.03 SPI 200 Fut
5,552.00 -13.00 STI
3,056.91 +14.97 SSEC
3,157.37 +17.20 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
NetChg
NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
2.741 -0.042 US 10 YR Bond
2.428 -0.063 NZ 10 YR Bond
3.405 -0.010 US 30 YR Bond
3.065 -0.049 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
1700GMT
1700GMT AUD US$
0.7646 0.7655 NZD US$
0.7304 0.7311 EUR US$
1.0736 1.0766 Yen US$
112.19 112.63 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,226.75
Silver (Lon)
17.67 Gold (NY)
1,219.80
Light Crude
53.31 TRJCRB Index
192.75 -0.45 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks were little changed on Monday amid a lack of major catalysts, including economic data, and uncertainty over President Donald Trump's policies. At 10:54 a.m. ET (1554 GMT) the Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was up 2.03 points, or 0.01 percent, at 20,073.49.The S&P 500 .SPX was down 4.24 points, or 0.18 percent, at 2,293.18. The Nasdaq Composite .IXIC was down 6.59 points, or 0.12 percent, at 5,660.18.
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LONDON - Britain's top equity index ended slightly lower on Monday after hitting a two-week high earlier in the session, with a fall in energy and housebuilding stocks outpacing a rally in shares of precious metals miners. The blue-chip FTSE 100 index .FTSE closed 0.2 percent lower at 7,172.15 points after setting an intra-day peak of 7,208.73, the highest level since January 20.
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share average rose on Monday as bank stocks climed following measures ordered by U.S. President Donald Trump to reduce regulation in the financial sector, although a slightly stronger yen kept gains limited.
The Nikkei .M225 rose 0.3 percent to 18,976.71.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The euro fell to a one-week low against the dollar on Monday on concerns over French politics ahead of the presidential vote in April as well as other impending elections in Europe in a year of political uncertainty.
In mid-morning trading, the euro fell 0.5 percent against the dollar to $1.0733 EUR= . It dropped to $1.0705, its weakest level since Jan. 31.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. short- and medium-dated Treasury yields hit their lowest levels in at least 13 days on Monday on mounting European political uncertainty and a dearth of information on U.S. President Donald Trump's promised pro-growth policies.
U.S. 30-year Treasuries US30YT=RR prices briefly rose by more than a full point as their yields touched a session low of 3.050 percent.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold climbed on Monday to its highest in nearly three months as worries about the political landscape in the United States and Europe and a subdued dollar reinforced investor interest.
Spot gold XAU= was up 0.6 percent at $1,226.91 an ounce at 1441 GMT, having earlier touched $1,230.14, a level last reached on Nov. 17. U.S. gold futures GCcv1 rose 0.7 percent to $1,228.90 an ounce.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper rose on Monday as investors' focus returned to supply risks in Chile and Indonesia, though gains were capped by last week's surprise economic policy tightening in top consumer China.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange CMCU3 ended up 1.3 percent at $5,847 a tonne. The metal lost 1.9 percent on Friday in its biggest daily fall since Dec. 19 on worries over Chinese policy tightening.
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil fell more than 1 percent on Monday as a stronger dollar, ample U.S. supplies and excess speculative length outweighed OPEC output curbs and rising tensions between the United States and Iran.
Brent LCOc1 futures were down 88 cents, or 1.5 percent, at $55.93 a barrel by noon EST (1700 GMT). U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude CLc1 fell 67 cents, or 1.2 percent, to $53.16.
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