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Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - Wall Street reversed course and fell in early afternoon trading on Wednesday as a brief rally in oil prices fizzled and shares of Apple (O:AAPL) slipped, offsetting gains in raw materials stocks.
At 12:26 p.m. ET (1727 GMT) the Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was down 71.42 points, or 0.41 percent, at 17,496.58, the S&P 500 .SPX was down 15.02 points, or 0.73 percent, at 2,048.57 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC was down 68.58 points, or 1.35 percent, at 5,029.67.
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LONDON - Britain's top share index steadied at the close on Wednesday, recovering after early losses on the back of a rally in commodity stocks following a sharp rise in prices of industrial metals and oil.
The blue-chip FTSE 100 index .FTSE closed 0.1 percent weaker at 6,126.68 points after falling to 6,101.22 points earlier in the day. It fell 1.4 percent in the previous session to its lowest level in nearly a month.
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TOKYO - Japanese stocks fell on Wednesday as sliding oil prices continued to cut risk appetites and offset Japan's better-than-expected machinery orders data. The Nikkei share average .N225 declined 1 percent to 19,301.07, its lowest closing since Nov. 6.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar fell on Wednesday as commodity currencies reversed steep losses from Tuesday as oil recovered, while the euro rose as investors shifted back into the single currency.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury debt yields rose on Wednesday in generally thin volume, as oil prices rallied on lower U.S. crude oil storage figures and as dealers awaited the 10-year auction later in the session. The U.S. 30-year bond yield, which moves inversely to the price, rose above 3.0 percent, while benchmark 10-year yields climbed to the day's peak of just under 2.6 percent.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold rose 1 percent on Wednesday, supported by softness in the dollar and European shares, but investors remained cautious ahead of an anticipated Federal Reserve rate rise next week.
Spot gold XAU= rose to a session high of $1,085.20 an ounce and was up 0.6 percent to $1,080.13 an ounce by 1447 GMT. The metal is around $35 higher than a near-six-year low reached last week.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Aluminium rose on Wednesday as expectation of output cuts in China prompted some investors to reverse bearish bets while lead hit a month peak as inventories hovered at multi-year lows.
Benchmark aluminium CMAL3 on the London Metal Exchange closed up 0.9 percent at $1,490 a tonne.
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices fell more than 1 percent on Wednesday after traders and investors ignored an unexpected drawdown in U.S. crude stockpiles to focus on a build in distillates, including diesel, that came in twice more than expected.
Brent LCOc1 was down 43 cents, or 1 percent, at $39.83 a barrel by 1:06 p.m. EST (1806 GMT), hitting a near seven-year low at $39.57 a barrel. Brent lost about $4, or 10 percent, since an OPEC meeting last week that virtually abandoned price support measures.
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