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SYDNEY, Jan 4 (Reuters) - - --------------------------------------------------------------- Snapshot at: 08:06 / 2106 GMT ---------------------------------------------------------------- Stock Markets
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NetChng S&P/ASX 200
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+67.4 NZSX 50
6,913.04 +31.82 DJIA
19,881.76 +119.16 Nikkei
19,114.37 -30.77 NASDAQ
5,429.08 +45.97 FTSE
7,177.89 +35.06 S&P 500
2,257.83 +19.00 Hang Seng
22,150.40 +149.84 SPI 200 Fut
5,704.00 +2.00 STI
2,898.97 +18.21 SSEC
3,136.28 +32.65 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
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2.789 +0.000 US 10 YR Bond
2.448 +0.016 NZ 10 YR Bond
3.355 -0.010 US 30 YR Bond
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0.7224 0.7233 NZD US$
0.6919 0.6969 EUR US$
1.0406 1.0484 Yen US$
117.68 117.48 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,151.00
Silver (Lon)
16.27 Gold (NY)
1,151.65
Light Crude
52.51 TRJCRB Index
190.15 -2.37 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - Wall Street rose on Tuesday as a post-election rally extended into the new year, even as some investors warned they need to see results from President-elect Donald Trump before pushing stock prices significantly higher.
At 2:42 p.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI was up 0.17 percent to 19,795.71 points and the S&P 500 .SPX had gained 0.38 percent to 2,247.41. The Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 0.32 percent to 5,400.56.
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LONDON - Britain's top share index hit a further record high on Tuesday, extending an end-of-year rally into 2017, with financials and commodities-related stocks leading the market upwards.
The FTSE 100 .FTSE ended 0.5 percent higher at 7,177.89 points as the London Stock Exchange reopened after a long weekend. It set a record high of 7,205.45, rising above the peak reached at the end of 2016 after a 5.3 percent rally in December, its strongest monthly performance since July 2013.
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TOKYO - Japan's share market was closed Tuesday, as traders took a public holiday. In its last trading day for 2016 the Nikkei .N225 indesx ended 0.2 percent lower at 19,114.37, the lowest closing level since Dec. 9. The benchmark index added 0.4 percent for the year, posting a fifth straight year of gains, the longest annual winning streak since the late 1980s.
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SYDNEY - Australia's share market is seen opening flat on Wednesday, with a positive lead from Wall St tempered by overnight falls in commodities including major national exports iron ore and oil.
Local share market futures were unchanged overnight at 5,704 points, although that is a 0.5 percent discount to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO . The benchmark rose 1.2 percent to a 19-month high on Tuesday.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The U.S. dollar rose to its highest in 14 years against the euro and a basket of major currencies on Tuesday after data showed solid growth in U.S. manufacturing.
The euro EUR= fell to a 14-year low against the dollar, dropping to $1.0342 after the data's release. The dollar gained against the yen JPY= as well, reaching 118.60 yen, its highest since Dec. 15 and just a hair below its highest point since February as a holiday in Japan thinned Asian trading.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury debt yields were mostly higher on Tuesday after three days of losses, supported by positive U.S. data and upbeat economic reports from China and Europe.
In late trading, the U.S. 10-year note US10YT=RR was down 4/32 in price to yield 2.446 percent, compared with 2.432 percent late on Friday. U.S. 30-year bond prices were up 4/32, yielding 3.044 percent US30YT=RR , down from Friday's 3.051 percent.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK/LONDON - Gold prices rose 1 percent to a near 3-week high on Tuesday as early gains in stocks and other assets perceived as risky gave up gains and investors fled to save-haven bullion.
Spot gold XAU= was up 0.6 percent at $1,159.06 an ounce by 2:17 p.m. EST (1917 GMT), while U.S. gold futures GCv1 for February delivery ended the session up 0.9 percent at $1,162.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper retreated from a two-week high on Tuesday as a stronger dollar outweighed expectations of solid consumption in the United States and China, where economic data showed signs of improvement. Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange CMCU3 closed 0.6 percent down at $5,500 a tonne, having hit its highest since Dec. 19 at $5,616.50 in earlier trade.
Weakness in copper, usually viewed as a benchmark for other metals, hit aluminium CMAL3 , which touched its lowest in more than two months at $1,676 a tonne before closing down 0.4 percent at $1,687. Nickel CMNI3 closed at its lowest since Sept. 19 at $9,910.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices slid more than 2 percent on the first trading day of 2017, knocked off 18-month highs hit in early trade as the U.S. dollar rallied to its highest level since 2002 and traders took profits.
Brent futures LCOc1 fell $1.35, or 2.4 percent, to settle at $55.47 a barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude CLc1 lost $1.39, or 2.6 percent, to settle at $52.33, its lowest close in two weeks.
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