RPT-New Zealand/Australia Morning Call-Global markets

Published 04/01/2017, 08:08 am
Updated 04/01/2017, 08:10 am
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SYDNEY, Jan 4 (Reuters) - - --------------------------------------------------------------- Snapshot at: 08:06 / 2106 GMT ---------------------------------------------------------------- Stock Markets

NetChng

NetChng S&P/ASX 200

5,733.2

+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

NetChg

NetChg AU 10 YR Bond

2.789 +0.000 US 10 YR Bond

2.448 +0.016 NZ 10 YR Bond

3.355 -0.010 US 30 YR Bond

3.047 -0.004 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies

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1700GMT AUD US$

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.

For a full report, double click on .N

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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.

For a full report, double click on .L

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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.

For a full report, double click on .T

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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.

For a full report, double click on USD/

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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.

For a full report, double click on US/

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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.

For a full report, double click on GOL/

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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.

For a full report, double click on O/R

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