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NetChng
NetChng S&P/ASX 200
5,774.62 -4.29 NZSX 50
7,085.54 +28.49 DJIA
20,706.03 -199.83 Nikkei
19,455.88 -65.71 NASDAQ
5,811.74 -89.79 FTSE
7,378.34 -51.47 S&P 500
2,348.14 -25.33 Hang Seng
24,593.12 +91.13 SPI 200 Fut
5,717.00 -41.00 STI
3,158.57 -7.13 SSEC
3,262.20 +11.39 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
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NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
2.792 -0.031 US 10 YR Bond
2.428 -0.044 NZ 10 YR Bond
3.255 +0.000 US 30 YR Bond
3.039 -0.049 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
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1700GMT AUD US$
0.7693 0.7711 NZD US$
0.7034 0.7038 EUR US$
1.0803 1.0771 Yen US$
111.82 112.64 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,241.60
Silver (Lon)
17.53 Gold (NY)
1,233.15
Light Crude
47.27 TRJCRB Index
184.04 -0.74 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - Wall Street fell sharply on Tuesday as investors worried that President Donald Trump will struggle to deliver promised tax cuts that propelled the market to record highs in recent months, with nervousness increasing ahead of a key healthcare vote.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI was down 0.81 percent at 20,737.44 points, while the S&P 500 .SPX lost 0.88 percent to 2,352.6, on track for its fourth down session. The Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 1.25 percent to 5,827.86.
For a full report, double click on .N
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LONDON - British shares dipped on Tuesday as sterling strengthened after British inflation shot past the central bank's target for the first time in three years.
The blue-chip FTSE 100 index .FTSE , with its majority foreign-currency earning constituents, tends to gain from a weaker pound, which lifted it to record highs earlier this year.
For a full report, double click on .L
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share average fell to a 1-1/2-week low on Tuesday as financial stocks underperformed after U.S. yields fell, while index-heavyweight SoftBank tumbled.
The Nikkei .N225 dropped 0.3 percent to 19,455.88, the lowest closing level since March 9.
For a full report, double click on .T
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar dipped to a three-week low against the Japanese yen on Tuesday as concerns about how quickly the Trump administration can implement pro-growth policies pushed stocks lower and kindled safe-haven demand for the Japanese currency.
The dollar was down 0.68 percent at 111.79 yen JPY= .
For a full report, double click on USD/
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury yields fell to three-week lows on Tuesday as stock markets tumbled, raising demand for low-risk U.S. government debt.
Benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasuries US10YT=RR were last up 10/32 in price to yield 2.44 percent, the lowest yield since March 1 and down from 2.50 percent earlier on Tuesday.
For a full report, double click on US/
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold rallied on Tuesday as a strong performance from centrist presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron in a French election debate and fading expectations for near term U.S. interest rate hikes pushed the dollar to a six-week low versus the euro.
Spot gold XAU= was at $1,242.11 an ounce at 1537 GMT, up 0.8 percent, after earlier touching its highest since March 2 at $1,242.81 an ounce. U.S. gold futures GCv1 for April delivery were up $8.80 at $1,242.80.
For a full report, double click on GOL/
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper hit a one-week low on Tuesday as talks to resolve a strike at the world's biggest copper mine in Chile were set to resume and production at another huge mine in Indonesia restarted.
Benchmark copper CMCU3 on the London Metal Exchange ended down 1.8 percent at $5,776 a tonne, more than erasing the previous session's 0.9 percent gain. The metal had earlier touched $5,761, its lowest since March 14.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices on Tuesday fell close to its lowest in a week as the market discounted the latest talk by OPEC that it would extend output cuts beyond June. Brent LCOc1 futures for May delivery were down 53 cents, or 1 percent, at $51.09 a barrel by 11:36 a.m. EDT (1536 GMT). U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude CLc1 was down 68 cents, or 1.4 percent, at $47.54 per barrel on the last day the April contract is the front-month, its lowest level since March 14.
For a full report, double click on O/R
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