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Snapshot at: 07:36 / 1836 GMT ---------------------------------------------------------------- Stock Markets
NetChng
NetChng S&P/ASX 200
5,202.85 -30.01 NZSX 50
5,702.82 +12.99 DJIA
17,109.13 -22.73 Nikkei
18,234.74 -203.93 NASDAQ
4,812.31 -26.34 FTSE
6,342.28 -28.90 S&P 500
2,008.61 -8.85 Hang Seng
22,600.46 -130.47 SPI 200 Fut
5,166.00 -25.00 STI
2,984.88 -47.23 SSEC
3,293.64 +5.98 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
NetChg
NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
2.684 +0.021 US 10 YR Bond
2.058 -0.041 NZ 10 YR Bond
3.430 +0.000 US 30 YR Bond
2.899 -0.029 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
1700GMT
1700GMT AUD US$
0.7268 0.7318 NZD US$
0.6673 0.6686 EUR US$
1.1383 1.1375 Yen US$
119.81 119.83 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,165.20
Silver (Lon)
15.87 Gold (NY)
1,163.60
Light Crude
46.73 TRJCRB Index
199.46 -0.27 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - Wall Street was lower in muted trading on Tuesday on renewed fears of slowing growth in China and a drop in financial stocks ahead of the start of bank earnings.
At 1:12 p.m. ET (1712 GMT) the Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was down 28.74 points, or 0.17 percent, at 17,103.12, the S&P 500 .SPX was down 6.97 points, or 0.35 percent, at 2,010.49 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC was down 15.85 points, or 0.33 percent, at 4,822.79.
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LONDON - Britain's top equity index fell on Tuesday, weighed down by mining stocks following mixed Chinese economic data, although drinks group SABMiller SAB.L surged on a new bid proposal from rival AB InBev ABI.BR .
The blue-chip FTSE 100 index .FTSE , which fell on Monday to end an eight-day winning run, was down 0.5 percent at 6,342.28 points at the close on Tuesday, broadly outperforming European indexes.
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TOKYO - Japanese shares fell on Tuesday as investors took profits on the previous week's gains, while tumbling crude prices led to a selloff on oil-related stocks.
The Nikkei share average .N225 lost 1.1 percent to close at 18,234.74 after rising 4 percent last week.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar hit three-week lows on Tuesday and commodity-linked currencies fell hard as disappointing Chinese import data fed worries about the global economy and raised bets the Federal Reserve would not raise U.S. interest rates until 2016.
The pound GBP=D4 shed as much as 1 percent against the dollar and touched a five-month low against the euro after domestic inflation turned negative again.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - Safe-haven U.S. Treasuries prices rose on Tuesday on concerns over global growth after data showed China's imports plunged in September, while continued expectations for a later Federal Reserve rate liftoff also supported prices.
U.S. 30-year Treasury bonds US30YT=RR were last up 18/32 in price to yield 2.90 percent, from a yield of 2.93 percent late on Friday. Benchmark 10-year notes US10YT=RR were last up 9/32 to yield 2.07 percent, from a yield of 2.10 percent late on Friday.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold rose on Tuesday, recovering an earlier 1 percent slide on expectations the Federal Reserve will not lift U.S. interest rates this year, which helped push the dollar to three-week lows against the euro.
Spot gold XAU= was up 0.2 percent at $1,165.91 an ounce at 1:57 p.m. EDT (1757 GMT), off an earlier low of $1,151.16, and below Monday's three-month high. U.S. gold futures GCv1 for December delivery settled up 90 cents an ounce at $1,165.40.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper prices slid on Tuesday as mixed trade data revived fears about China's economy, despite showing a surge in imports of the metal.
Benchmark copper on the London Metal Exchange CMCU3 closed 0.8 percent down at $5,273 a tonne, tumbling from near a three-week high after data showed a sharp drop in Chinese imports for September.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices pared most of their gains on Tuesday afternoon as investors focused on a bearish outlook from the International Energy Agency after U.S. crude gained on technical support earlier in the session.
Brent LCOc1 futures for November delivery rose 27 cents to $50.13 a barrel, a 0.5 percent gain, by 1:20 p.m. ET (1720 GMT). U.S. crude CLc1 was up 52 cents or 1.1 percent at $47.62 per barrel, paring early gains of over a dollar on technical trade.
For a full report, double click on O/R
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