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16,963.61 +63.49 NASDAQ
5,258.18 +58.35 FTSE
7,000.06 +52.51 S&P 500
2,142.18 +15.68 Hang Seng
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103.87 104.02 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
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Silver (Lon)
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EQUITIES
NEW YORK - Wall Street rallied on Tuesday, following a slew of market-beating results from marquee companies that led to the possibility that Corporate America could snap a four-quarter streak of declining profits.
At 12:29 p.m. ET (1629 GMT), the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI was up 100.44 points, or 0.56 percent, at 18,186.84. The S&P 500 .SPX was up 17.19 points, or 0.81 percent, at 2,143.69 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC was up 63.32 points, or 1.22 percent, at 5,263.14. Both indexes were on track for their best day this month.
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LONDON - British stocks climbed on Tuesday, rebounding from a fall the previous day as a rise for easyJet (LON:EZJ) and mining companies helped outweigh a sharp drop in Burberry's BRBY.L shares.
The blue chip FTSE 100 index .FTSE was up 0.8 percent at 7,000.06 points by the close, underperforming a rally in other European indexes as sterling rose.
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TOKYO - Tokyo stocks edged up on Tuesday, helped by buying in stocks which are sensitive to domestic demand, but gains were limited as investors looked to fresh catalysts from Japan Inc's interim earnings starting later this week.
The Nikkei .N225 rose 0.4 percent to 16,963.61, with real estate and construction sectors outperforming.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The U.S. dollar was mixed in choppy trading on Tuesday as investors took some profits from the greenback's recent strength and evaluated whether the Federal Reserve is likely to raise interest rates later this year.
The dollar index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of six major currencies .DXY , was last up 0.06 percent at 97.954 after weakening earlier in the day.
The dollar briefly added to weakness, before reversing course and then rallying, after data on Tuesday showed consumer prices rose in September.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury yields rose on Tuesday with benchmark yields hovering near four-month highs as bond dealers sold government bonds to hedge a large global bond issue from Saudi Arabia they are underwriting.
Benchmark 10-year Treasury notes US10YT=RR were last down 4/32 in price for a yield of 1.780 percent, up 1 basis point on the day and not far below a four-month peak of 1.841 percent set on Monday.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold prices fell on Tuesday as the dollar rose but receding worries about the outcome of the U.S. election and expectations of U.S. rate rises in December could mean lower levels.
Spot gold XAU= was up 0.1 percent at $1,257.74 an ounce at 1344 GMT. U.S. gold futures GCcv1 rose 0.2 percent to $1,258.7.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Zinc and other metals prices rose on Tuesday, boosted by strong credit data in top metals consumer China and a weaker dollar, while tin gained on falling output in key producer Myanmar.
Benchmark zinc prices on the London Metal Exchange CMZN3 closed up 0.5 percent at $2,285 a tonne, off an earlier session high of $2,313. Tin CMSN3 was one of the top LME performers on Tuesday, ending 1 percent higher at $19,625, after senior mine officials in Myanmar, China's top supplier of ore, told Reuters that production at key operations was falling sharply and deposits could be depleted in two to three years.
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices steadied on Tuesday, as the dollar relinquished early gains and expectations of OPEC output curbs lifted crude prices from session lows despite forecasts for data showing a second straight weekly build in U.S. crude stockpiles.
Brent crude LCOc1 was flat at $51.52 a barrel by 12:16 p.m. EDT (1616 GMT). U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude CLc1 rose 15 cents to $50.09.
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