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113.91 114.12 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
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1,170.18
Light Crude
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192.32 -1.15 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - Wall Street was little changed in choppy trading on Tuesday, as gains in bank and telecom stocks were offset by losses in utilities and materials.
The S&P 500 financial index .SPSY rose 0.43 percent, led by a 1.2 percent rise in Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) WFC.N . Chief Executive Officer Tim Sloan said at an investor conference that the bank's profits were likely to be hit in the short term by higher interest rates, but on longer term, the hike would be beneficial.
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LONDON - Britain's mid-caps underperformed blue-chip peers on Tuesday, as spreadbetting firms' stocks tumbled after regulators announced a planned crackdown on some of their products.
The British mid-cap FTSE 250 .FTMC was down 0.1 percent, while the FTSE 100 .FTSE was up 0.5 percent at its close.
For a full report, double click on .L
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share average rebounded on Tuesday as strong U.S. economic data helped calm worries about instability in the European Union after Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi's resignation.
The Nikkei .N225 ended 0.5 percent higher to 18,360.54.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The euro held slightly below three week highs against the U.S. dollar on Tuesday, following a strong rally on Monday, as investors waited on Thursday's highly anticipated European Central Bank (ECB) meeting.
The euro EUR= was last down 0.32 percent against the U.S. dollar at $1.0724, after rising to a three week high of $1.0796 on Monday.
The dollar index .DXY , which measures the greenback against a basket of six major currencies, rose 0.27 percent to 100.36, after dropping to 99.849 on Monday, the lowest since Nov. 15.
For a full report, double click on USD/
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury yields were little changed on Tuesday, holding in narrow ranges as traders awaited possible clues from the European Central Bank on its bond purchase program after its policy meeting on Thursday.
The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield was 2.387 percent, flat from Monday's close, while the 30-year bond yield was 3.061 percent, up 0.7 basis point. US10YT=RR US30YT=RR
The U.S. two-year note yield was 1.124 percent, unchanged on the day. It was about 2 basis points below its highest level since April 2010 reached on Nov. 25, Reuters data showed. US2YT=RR
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold hovered near 10-month lows on Tuesday as the market braced for an increase in U.S. interest rates this month and anticipated more monetary tightening next year.
Spot gold XAU= was steady, up 0.1 percent at $1,172.09 an ounce, by 1511 GMT. It touched $1,157 an ounce on Monday, its lowest since Feb. 5.
U.S. gold futures GCcv1 shed 0.2 percent to $1,174.20 per ounce.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper prices fell on Tuesday as investors cashed in gains after the previous session's rally on concerns that a surge in base metals prices over the last month had left markets overstretched.
Three-month copper CMCU3 on the London Metal Exchange (LME) closed down 1.1 percent at $5,884 a tonne. The metal rose 23 percent last month to reach its highest since June 2015 at $6,045.50 a tonne.
Zinc CMZN3 , which also sank in earlier trade after rallying 3.7 percent on Monday, reversed losses to close up 1.2 percent at $2,800 a tonne.
Aluminium CMAL3 closed down 1.5 percent at $1,709 a tonne. Lead CMPB3 closed up 0.7 percent at $2,336.50 a tonne, while tin CMSN3 ended the day 0.2 percent lower at $21,125 a tonne. Nickel CMNI3 closed down 0.3 percent at $11,610.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices on Tuesday fell for the first session since OPEC agreed to cut output last week after data showed crude production rose in most major export regions and on growing skepticism that the cartel would be able to reduce production.
After rising over 15 percent over the four sessions since the Nov. 30 OPEC meeting, Brent LCOc1 futures were down $1.25, or 2.3 percent, to $53.69 a barrel at 10:13 a.m. EST (1513 GMT). U.S. crude CLc1 fell $1.36, or 2.6 percent, to $50.43 a barrel.
The Brent front-month has outperformed the U.S. contract since the OPEC meeting, with its premium over WTI reaching $2.29 a barrel earlier on Tuesday, its highest since August. WTCLc1-LCOc1
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