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7,059.27 -3.69 DJIA
19,783.90 -42.87 Nikkei
18,650.33 NASDAQ
5,539.47 +0.75 FTSE
7,247.61 +27.23 S&P 500
2,267.54 -0.35 Hang Seng
23,098.26 +257.29 SPI 200 Fut
5,617.00 -12.00 STI
3,000.22 -12.55 SSEC
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2.391 +0.064 NZ 10 YR Bond
3.125 +0.000 US 30 YR Bond
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1700GMT AUD US$
0.7536 0.7540 NZD US$
0.7165 0.7197 EUR US$
1.0670 1.0679 Yen US$
113.55 113.26 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,214.75
Silver (Lon)
17.21 Gold (NY)
1,216.46
Light Crude
51.33 TRJCRB Index
193.84 -1.30 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq were little changed in choppy trading on Wednesday as gains in tech stocks offset a weakness in retail sector, while the Dow was pulled lower by healthcare shares.
At 12:29 a.m. ET (1729 GMT), the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI was down 54.72 points, or 0.28 percent, at 19,772.05 and the S&P 500 .SPX was down 0.43 points, or 0.02 percent, at 2,267.46. The Nasdaq Composite .IXIC was up 3.67 points, or 0.07 percent, at 5,542.40.
For a full report, double click on .N
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LONDON - European shares ended little changed on Wednesday with investors looking at corporate earnings for market direction as more doubts emerged that a rally triggered by Donald Trump's U.S. presidential election win would continue.
The STOXX 600 .STOXX edged 0.2 percent higher after a choppy session, while the UK's FTSE .FTSE added 0.4 percent, bouncing after posting its biggest one-day drop since June 2016 in the previous session on Brexit jitters.
For a full report, double click on .L
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TOKYO - Japanese stocks rose on Wednesday after recovering from five-week lows as the yen weakened against the dollar and helped restore investor sentiment.
The Nikkei share average .N225 rose 0.4 percent to 18,894.37, crawling back from its intraday low of 18,650.33 hit in the morning, its weakest level since Dec. 8.
For a full report, double click on .T
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar edged up on Wednesday as investors bought the greenback after five consecutive days of selling that put its value against a basket of major currencies at the lowest since Dec. 8.
The rebound followed a volatile Tuesday during which sterling rose more than 3 percent for its best showing against the dollar since at least 1998 GBP=D4 . Currency markets Wednesday reversed most of the previous day's moves.
For a full report, double click on USD/
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury yields rose on Wednesday after data showed rising consumer prices and as investors awaited a speech by Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen.
Benchmark 10-year notes US10YT=RR fell 14/32 in price to yield 2.38 percent, up from 2.33 percent late Tuesday.
For a full report, double click on US/
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold retreated on Wednesday from the previous day's eight-week high as data showing the biggest pick-up in consumer prices in 2-1/2 years lifted the dollar and U.S. Treasury yields.
Spot gold XAU= was down 0.2 percent at $1,214.46 an ounce at 1450 GMT, while U.S. gold futures GCv1 for February delivery were $1.50 lower at $1,214.40.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper steadied on Wednesday after its biggest fall in a month in the previous session when U.S. President-elect Donald Trump rattled investors by saying the dollar was too strong.
Benchmark copper CMCU3 closed up 0.3 percent at $5,769 a tonne at the London Metal Exchange, after ending Tuesday down 1.9 percent, the biggest fall since Dec. 19.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices fell to their lowest level in a week on Wednesday on expectations U.S. producers would boost output, while OPEC signalled a drop in the global oil supply surplus this year as the producer group's output fell from a record high.
Brent LCOc1 futures were down 33 cents, or 0.6 percent, at $55.14 a barrel by 11:49 a.m. EST (1649 GMT), while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude CLc1 fell 40 cents, or 0.8 percent, to $52.08. Both contracts were down over $1 earlier Wednesday, putting them at their lowest levels since Jan. 11.
For a full report, double click on O/R
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