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NetChng
NetChng S&P/ASX 200
5,856.55 -16.13 NZSX 50
7,244.54 +19.52 DJIA
20,679.68 +29.47 Nikkei
18,810.25 -172.98 NASDAQ
5,893.88 -0.80 FTSE
7,321.82 +39.13 S&P 500
2,358.85 +0.01 Hang Seng
24,261.48 +149.89 SPI 200 Fut
5,866.00 +22.00 STI
3,179.06 -8.45 SSEC
3,222.60 +12.37 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
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NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
2.609 -0.008 US 10 YR Bond
2.348 -0.002 NZ 10 YR Bond
3.115 +0.000 US 30 YR Bond
2.992 +0.008 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
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1700GMT AUD US$
0.7560 0.7567 NZD US$
0.6973 0.6981 EUR US$
1.0663 1.0657 Yen US$
110.65 110.39 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,257.65
Silver (Lon)
18.29 Gold (NY)
1,252.85
Light Crude
51.03 TRJCRB Index
185.59 +1.07 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks were little changed on Tuesday, trading in a tight range, as investors fretted over the ability of President Donald Trump to deliver on his policy plans, and ahead of his potentially tense meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping
At 12:44 p.m. ET (1644 GMT), the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI was up 25.32 points, or 0.12 percent, at 20,675.53, the S&P 500 .SPX was down 1.25 points, or 0.05 percent, at 2,357.59 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC was down 1.36 points, or 0.02 percent, at 5,893.32.
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LONDON - British shares outperformed European peers on Tuesday, helped by the energy and industrials sectors, while supermarket firms Sainsbury SBRY.L and Morrison MRW.L fell on poor sales data.
The FTSE 100 .FTSE ended up 0.5 percent, outperforming the more hesitant Europe-wide STOXX 600 .STOXX index, which inched up 0.2 percent.
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share average fell on Tuesday to 10-week lows as the safe-haven yen rose and as automakers tumbled on weaker-than-expected U.S. sales.
The Nikkei .N225 dropped 0.9 percent to 18,810.25 points, the lowest closing level since Jan. 24.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The safe-haven yen rose to a one-week high against the dollar and a 4-1/2 month peak versus the euro on Tuesday, as investors grew cautious about a possibly contentious meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
In late morning trading, the dollar fell 0.4 percent to 110.49 yen JPY= , after earlier sliding to a one-week low of 110.27.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - Benchmark U.S. Treasury yields touched their lowest in more than five weeks on Tuesday before edging higher to trade little changed on doubts about the ability of U.S. President Donald Trump to win enactment of fiscal stimulus.
U.S. 10-year notes US10YT=RR were last up just 3/32 in price to yield 2.337 percent, from a yield of 2.350 percent late Monday.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold prices rose on Tuesday, hitting a one-month high as the dollar weakened, but gold retraced gains as U.S. President Donald Trump laid out aggressive plans for infrastructure spending and deregulation.
Spot gold XAU= was up 0.2 percent at $1,255.2 an ounce by 2:01 EDT (1801 GMT). U.S. gold futures GCcv1 ended the session 0.4 percent higher at $1,258.4.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Zinc prices bounced after touching a three-week low on Tuesday as investors bet lacklustre demand would recover in top metals consumer China, while copper hit a one-week low.
Benchmark London Metal Exchange zinc CMZN3 closed up 1 percent at $2,736, recovering from a low of $2,702, the weakest since March 14, and after falling 2.2 percent on Monday.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices on Tuesday rose to a near one-month high as expectations of a drawdown in U.S. crude and product inventories outweighed news of higher Libyan production.
Brent LCOc1 futures were up 91 cents, or 1.7 percent, at $54.03 a barrel by 11:27 a.m. EDT (1527 GMT). That pushed the global benchmark over its 100-day moving average, into overbought territory for the first time since the end of December.
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