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NetChng
NetChng S&P/ASX 200
5,442.83 +34.34 NZSX 50
7,002.87 +44.47 DJIA
18,181.77 -41.26 Nikkei
17,365.25 +130.83 NASDAQ
5,284.28 -25.55 FTSE
7,017.64 +31.24 S&P 500
2,144.75 -6.58 Hang Seng
23,565.11 -38.97 SPI 200 Fut
5,414.00 -9.00 STI
2,854.05 -2.63 SSEC
3,132.08 +3.84 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
NetChg
NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
2.284 -0.002 US 10 YR Bond
1.758 -0.005 NZ 10 YR Bond
2.620 +0.000 US 30 YR Bond
2.499 -0.017 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
1700GMT
1700GMT AUD US$
0.7646 0.7624 NZD US$
0.7159 0.7146 EUR US$
1.0894 1.0875 Yen US$
104.21 104.45 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,269.40
Silver (Lon)
17.79 Gold (NY)
1,264.06
Light Crude
49.77 TRJCRB Index
189.32 -0.12 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - Disappointing corporate results from several heavyweights dragged down Wall Street as investors looked for clues regarding the timing of the next interest rate hike ahead of a Fed meeting next week.
At 12:44 p.m. ET (1644 GMT), the Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was down 48.21 points, or 0.26 percent, at 18,174.82, the S&P 500 .SPX was down 7.94 points, or 0.37 percent, at 2,143.39 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC was down 28.71 points, or 0.54 percent, at 5,281.12.
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LONDON - Britain's top share index climbed on Tuesday, boosted by basic resources stocks, with Anglo American (LON:AAL) AAL.L leading the market higher after a production update, though a slew of broker downgrades weighed on UK midcap stocks.
Anglo American shares were up 4.6 percent, taking its year-to-date gains to more than 270 percent and making it the top performing stock on Britain's blue-chip FTSE 100 index .FTSE and Europe's STOXX 600 .STOXX this year.
For a full report, double click on .L
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TOKYO - Japanese stocks rose to a six-month high on Tuesday as a weaker yen lifted hopes that exporters' earnings will recover, while Kyushu Railway Co 9142.T jumped 15 percent in its market debut.
The benchmark Nikkei share average .N225 rose 0.8 percent to 17,365.25, the highest closing level since April 25.
For a full report, double click on .T
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar hit its highest level in nearly eight months against the euro and a roughly three-month high against the yen on Tuesday on growing expectations that the Federal Reserve would raise interest rates in December, while the offshore yuan hit a record low.
The euro fell about 0.3 percent against the dollar and hit $1.0851 EUR= , its lowest level since March 10. The dollar also hit its highest level since March 10 against the Swiss franc CHF= , of 0.9998 franc. The dollar was last up 0.6 percent against the yen at 104.81 yen JPY= , near a roughly three-month high of 104.87 yen.
For a full report, double click on USD/
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. long-dated Treasury yields slipped on Tuesday following a decline in U.S. consumer confidence this month, although the outlook on yields remained upbeat as investors become increasingly convinced the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates in December.
In late morning trading, benchmark 10-year Treasury notes US10YT=RR were up 5/32 in price to yield 1.745 percent, down from 1.763 percent late on Monday. Earlier in the session, 10-year yields hit a one-week peak at 1.788 percent.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold rose on Tuesday due to rising physical demand from India but growing expectations of a U.S. interest rate hike kept a lid on prices.
Spot gold XAU= was up 0.4 percent at $1,268.68 an ounce at 1220 GMT. It has traded in a narrow $6.60 per ounce range for the past five sessions.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper prices rose to their highest in more than a week on Tuesday as the dollar slipped and talk of further fiscal stimulus by top consumer China fuelled buying of commodities.
Benchmark copper CMCU3 on the London Metal Exchange ended up 2.1 percent at $4,735 a tonne from an earlier $4,754.5, its highest since Oct. 13.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices fell more than 1 percent on Tuesday, with U.S. crude breaking below $50 per barrel for a second straight day ahead of weekly data that could show a build in domestic inventories.
Brent crude futures LCOc1 fell 64 cents, or 1.2 percent, to $50.82 a barrel by 12:52 p.m. EDT (1652 GMT).
For a full report, double click on O/R
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