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7,039.41 +19.77 DJIA
17,755.29 -117.93 Nikkei
17,234.98 +166.96 NASDAQ
4,931.93 -1.58 FTSE
6,230.79 -40.00 S&P 500
2,092.33 -6.73 Hang Seng
20,815.09 +185.70 SPI 200 Fut
5,356.00 -26.00 STI
2,791.06 -5.69 SSEC
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1.835 +0.000 NZ 10 YR Bond
2.630 +0.000 US 30 YR Bond
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0.6754 0.6718 EUR US$
1.1128 1.1130 Yen US$
110.57 111.14 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,212.10
Silver (Lon)
15.98 Gold (NY)
1,205.20
Light Crude
48.92 TRJCRB Index
186.15 +0.02 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - Wall Street fell on Tuesday, led lower by consumer stocks after tepid consumer confidence data, but the S&P 500 was on pace to show gains for May.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was down 121.56 points, or 0.68 percent, at 17,751.66, the S&P 500 .SPX lost 8.04 points, or 0.38 percent, at 2,091.02 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dipped 1.53 points, or 0.03 percent, at 4,931.97.
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LONDON - Britain's top share index broke a three-month streak of gains after the results of a telephone poll showed British voters were favouring a vote to leave the European Union in a June 23 referendum.
The FTSE 100 index was down 0.6 percent at 6,230.79 points at the close, easing from a one-month high of 6,290.07 points touched earlier in the session.
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TOKYO - Japanese stocks rose for a fifth straight day on Tuesday as growing expectations of an imminent U.S. interest rate hike helped the dollar hold onto recent gains against the yen, supporting exporter shares.
The Nikkei share average .N225 rose 1.0 percent to 17,234.98.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The U.S. dollar was mostly flat against a basket of major currencies on Tuesday after U.S. economic data failed to support expectations for a June or July Federal Reserve interest rate hike.
The dollar index .DXY , which measures the greenback against a basket of six major currencies, was last nearly unchanged at 95.564, down from a two-month high of 95.968 hit on Monday. The euro hit a session high of $1.1173, up from a more than 10-week low of $1.1096 hit on Monday.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury debt yields rose across the board on Tuesday, with that of short-dated notes rising to their highest in more than two months, after upbeat consumer spending data reinforced expectations of interest rate hikes in the next few months.
In mid-morning trading, benchmark 10-year Treasury notes US10YT=RR were down 12/32 in price for a yield of 1.879 percent, from 1.854 percent last Friday. U.S. 10-year yields rose as high as 1.89 percent, their highest since late April.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold rose 1 percent on Tuesday, rebounding from the prior session's three-and-a-half-month low, but remained on track for its biggest monthly decline since November on dollar strength and growing expectations of an imminent U.S. interest rate hike.
Spot gold XAU= was up 1 percent at $1,216.80 an ounce at 2:38 p.m. EDT (1838 GMT), after Monday's fall to its lowest since Feb. 17 at $1,199.60. It was on track to close May down 5.9 percent.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper fell on Tuesday to be on track for its biggest monthly drop since November, pressured by a resurgent dollar, surplus supplies of the metal and slack demand growth in China.
Benchmark copper CMCU3 ended down 0.5 percent at $4,671 a tonne. Prices of the metal used in power and construction have dropped by more than 7 percent so far this month.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices rose on Tuesday, heading for the fourth straight monthly gain, with investors betting on higher U.S. fuel demand as peak driving season arrived in the No. 1 oil consumer.
The front month in U.S. crude's West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures CLc1 was up 65 cents, or 1.3 percent, at $49.98 a barrel by 12:37 p.m. EDT (1737 GMT). WTI was headed for a 9 percent gain for May. On Thursday, it hit a seven-month high of $50.21.
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