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7,167.46 +88.28 DJIA
20,819.69 -17.75 Nikkei
19,118.99 +11.52 NASDAQ
5,828.95 -32.95 FTSE
7,263.44 +10.44 S&P 500
2,363.81 -5.94 Hang Seng
23,740.73 -184.32 SPI 200 Fut
5,677.00 -7.00 STI
3,096.61 -12.01 SSEC
3,242.66 +14.00 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
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NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
2.728 -0.023 US 10 YR Bond
2.351 -0.016 NZ 10 YR Bond
3.265 +0.000 US 30 YR Bond
2.962 -0.023 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
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1700GMT AUD US$
0.7675 0.7678 NZD US$
0.7219 0.7193 EUR US$
1.0606 1.0596 Yen US$
112.00 112.35 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,255.60
Silver (Lon)
18.40 Gold (NY)
1,252.68
Light Crude
53.32 TRJCRB Index
189.94 +0.05 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK -
U.S. stocks traded lower on Tuesday, setting up the Dow to snap a 12-day winning streak, as financial and consumer discretionary stocks weighed and investors awaited President Donald Trump's speech to a joint session of Congress.
At 12:23 p.m. ET the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI was down 35.54 points, or 0.17 percent, at 20,801.9, the S&P 500 .SPX was down 7.9 points, or 0.33 percent, at 2,361.85 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC was down 36.94 points, or 0.63 percent, at 5,824.96.
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LONDON - Britain's main share index edged up on Tuesday, despite being held back by mining stocks and wealth manager St James Place.
The FTSE .FTSE ended 0.1 percent higher, as gains by GKN (LON:GKN) and Pearson (LON:PSON) outweighed losses from basic resources stocks.
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share average edged up on Tuesday after U.S. stocks rose, but gains were limited as the market awaited a speech by U.S. President Donald Trump for details of his infrastructure spending and tax plans to Congress.
The Nikkei .N225 rose 0.1 percent to 19,118.99.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar weakened slightly on Tuesday as investors awaited U.S. President Donald Trump's speech to Congress for fresh indications of his economic plans and as portfolios were rebalanced for month-end.
The dollar index against a basket of six major currencies .DXY was last down 0.15 percent at 100.98. It is on track to end February with a gain of around 1.5 percent.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury yields edged lower on Tuesday on month-end buying, while investors' wait-and-see approach ahead of an evening speech by U.S. President Donald Trump to the U.S. Congress limited the move.
U.S. 30-year Treasury bonds US30YT=RR were last up 8/32 in price to yield 2.972 percent, from a yield of 2.985 percent late Monday. The yields touched a session low of 2.966 percent.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - The price of gold rose on Tuesday due to a weaker dollar and as financial markets wait to hear what U.S. President Donald Trump has to say about his policies on tax reforms and government spending when he delivers a key speech to Congress this evening.
Spot gold XAU= was up 0.4 percent ao $1,257.19 an ounce by 1535 GMT, near the previous session's 3-1/2 month high of$1,263.80.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Zinc and copper prices rose on Tuesday as ongoing strikes in Canada and Chile added to supply worries while a weaker dollar also supported the market ahead of a speech by U.S. President Donald Trump.
Benchmark zinc CMZN3 on the London Metal Exchange climbed 0.7 percent to close at $2,825 a tonne while copper CMCU3 also ended 0.7 percent higher at $5,973.
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices fell more than 1 pct on Tuesday but continued to trade in a tight range, as concerns about rising U.S. crude inventories ahead of data overshadowed OPEC production cuts.
By 12:09 p.m. EST, U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures CLc1 were down 77 cents at $53.28 a barrel and Brent crude LCOc1 fell 64 cents to $55.29 a barrel.
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