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3.400 +0.010 US 30 YR Bond
2.886 -0.012 ---------------------------------------------------------------- - Currencies
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0.6533 0.6492 EUR US$
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120.35 120.27 --------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,147.50
Silver (Lon)
15.85 Gold (NY)
1,135.60
Light Crude
48.24 TRJCRB Index
199.55 +3.17 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks fell in afternoon trading on Tuesday as a rout in healthcare stocks resumed and as an IMF report added to worries about global growth.
At 12:48 ET (1648 GMT) the Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was down 9.22 points, or 0.05 percent, at 16,767.21, the Nasdaq composite .IXIC was down 61.20 points, or 1.28 percent, at 4,720.07.The S&P 500 .SPX was down 12.41 points, or 0.62 percent, at 1,974.64.
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LONDON - Britain's top shares index extended gains on Tuesday after a sharp rally in the previous session, with energy and mining stocks advancing on the back of stronger commodity prices.
The blue-chip FTSE 100 index .FTSE , which surged 2.8 percent on Monday, ended 0.4 percent higher at 6,326.16 points. The index, however, is still down about 3.5 percent this year and trades about 10 percent below a record high of 7,122.74 points reached in April.
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TOKYO - Japanese stocks rose on Tuesday as risk appetites increased on news of a basic agreement on the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact and on fading expectations that the Federal Reserve will raise U.S. interest rates this year.
The Nikkei share average .N225 gained 1 percent to 18,186.10, closing above 18,000 points for a second consecutive day.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The U.S. dollar slipped against a basket of major currencies on Tuesday on continued expectations that the Federal Reserve will not hike interest rates this year, while uncertainty over the outcome of a Bank of Japan meeting capped the yen's gains.
The euro was last up 0.51 percent against the dollar at $1.12470 EUR=EBS . The dollar was last down 0.55 percent against the Swiss franc at $0.97060 franc CHF=EBS.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK -U.S. Treasury debt prices were little changed on Tuesday as Wall Street's first slump in six sessions and renewed worries about a weakening global economy supported safe-haven demand for government debt.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was last up 0.02 percent and the Nasdaq Composite index .IXIC was down 1.1 percent. The benchmark S&P 500 index .SPX was down 0.5 percent. The index had gained 5.6 percent over the past five sessions, its best five-day run since 2011.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
LONDON - Gold gained more on Tuesday as the dollar eased in the wake of disappointing U.S. economic data that raised doubts over a Federal Reserve rate rise this year.
Spot gold XAU= rose 1.2 percent to a ten-day high of $1,149.70 an ounce and was up 0.9 percent at $1,147.03 an ounce by 1418 GMT.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper prices were steady on Tuesday, supported by falling inventories and output cuts, but persistent concerns about demand growth in top consumer China kept a lid on the market.
Benchmark copper CMCU3 on the London Metal Exchange closed up 0.1 percent at $5,185 a tonne.
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OIL
NEW YORK - Crude prices hit one-month highs on Tuesday after a new U.S. forecast showed tighter oil supplies next year, while and Russia, Saudi Arabia and other big producers hinted at further talks to support the market.
Brent LCOc1 was up $2.40, or 4.8 percent, at $51.65 a barrel by 12:11 p.m. EDT (1611 GMT). Its session peak, a penny shy of $52, was the highest since Sept. 3.
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