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NetChng
NetChng S&P/ASX 200
5,103.55 +37.31 NZSX 50
5,696.79 +13.27 DJIA
16,339.09 -171.10 Nikkei(18Sept)18,070.21 -362.06 NASDAQ
4,759.49 -69.46 FTSE
5,935.84 -172.87 S&P 500
1,944.50 -22.47 Hang Seng
21,796.58 +39.65 SPI 200 Fut
5,031.00 -65.00 STI
2,868.47 -13.80 SSEC
3,186.32 +29.78 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
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NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
2.695 -0.078 US 10 YR Bond
2.135 -0.079 NZ 10 YR Bond
3.345 -0.010 US 30 YR Bond
2.944 -0.091 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
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1700GMT AUD US$
0.7091 0.7150 NZD US$
0.6295 0.6326 EUR US$
1.1129 1.1171 Yen US$
120.14 120.36 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,122.90
Silver (Lon)
14.77 Gold (NY)
1,133.10
Light Crude
45.83 TRJCRB Index
194.82 -2.03 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - Wall Street was more than 1 percent lower on Tuesday afternoon amid a decline in commodity prices and continuing uncertainty about when the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates.
At 12:42 ET (1642 GMT) the Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was down 226.25 points, or 1.37 percent, at 16,283.94. The S&P 500 .SPX was down 28.93 points, or 1.47 percent, at 1,938.04 and the Nasdaq composite .IXIC was down 87.96 points, or 1.82 percent, at 4,741.00.
For a full report, double click on .N
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LONDON - Britain's top share index retreated on Tuesday as weaker oil and metals prices weighed on commodity stocks, while motor insurer and repair group AA AAAA.L slumped after posting lower earnings.
The blue-chip FTSE 100 index .FTSE was down 2.8 percent at 5,935.84 points at its close, slightly outperforming European indexes.
For a full report, double click on .L
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TOKYO - Japanese markets were closed for a public holiday.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The U.S. dollar hit a nearly two-week high against the euro on Tuesday on continued belief that the Federal Reserve would hike rates this year while the European Central Bank could ease further.
The euro hit $1.11370, its lowest against the greenback since Sept. 9, following Fed officials' recent comments indicating that the U.S. central bank was still on track to raise interest rates this year for the first time since 2006.
For a full report, double click on USD/
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasuries prices rose on Tuesday as a sell-off in stock and commodity markets worldwide stemming from lingering worries about the global economy revived safehaven demand for lower-risk government debt. US10YT=RR were up 18/32 in price, yielding 2.148 percent, down 7 basis points from Monday's close.
For a full report, double click on US/
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold fell 1 percent on Tuesday as renewed expectations that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade lifted the dollar, while weakness in other commodities also pulled the market lower.
Spot gold XAU= was down 0.9 percent at $1,123.41 an ounce at 1358 GMT, while U.S. gold futures GCv1 for December delivery were down $9.80 an ounce at $1,123.00.
For a full report, double click on GOL/
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Funds raided copper again on Tuesday, pushing prices to three-week lows in the market's biggest single-day loss in more than two months on persistent worries about demand from top consumer China and a stronger dollar. Benchmark copper CMCU3 on the London Metal Exchange closed down 3.6 percent at $5,080 a tonne, its biggest one-day loss since July 7, when funds were again behind the fall.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices fell on Tuesday after a one-day rally, with U.S. crude pulled down more than 2 percent by weaker stocks on Wall Street and skittish sentiment ahead of the expiry of the spot futures contract.
U.S. crude futures' October contract CLV5 , which will expire as the market's front-month at Tuesday's settlement, was down $1.18, or 2.5 percent, at $45.50 a barrel by 12:03 p.m. EDT. It had risen more than 4 percent on Monday.
The front-month in Brent LCOc1 , the global oil benchmark, was down 75 cents, or 1.5 percent, at $48.17.
For a full report, double click on O/R
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