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NetChng
NetChng S&P/ASX 200
5,929.27 +16.39 NZSX 50
7,251.89 +13.03 DJIA
20,620.55 -37.47 Nikkei
18,747.87 -50.01 NASDAQ
5,857.17 -23.75 FTSE
7,365.50 +16.56 S&P 500
2,349.72 -7.44 Hang Seng
24,088.46 -173.72 SPI 200 Fut
5,924.00 +6.00 STI
3,174.75 -6.70 SSEC
3,288.19 +18.80 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
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NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
2.525 -0.013 US 10 YR Bond
2.302 -0.059 NZ 10 YR Bond
3.090 +0.010 US 30 YR Bond
2.933 -0.053 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
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1700GMT AUD US$
0.7492 0.7502 NZD US$
0.6951 0.6947 EUR US$
1.0605 1.0588 Yen US$
109.64 110.53 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,252.90
Silver (Lon)
18.30 Gold (NY)
1,254.23
Light Crude
53.19 TRJCRB Index
188.00 +0.37 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks came off session lows on Tuesday, but the S&P 500 was still on track for its worst day in three weeks amid mounting geopolitical tensions.
At 12:27 p.m. ET (1627 GMT), the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI was down 47.11 points, or 0.23 percent, at 20,610.91, the S&P 500 .SPX was down 9.88 points, or 0.42 percent, at 2,347.28 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC was down 28.49 points, or 0.48 percent, at 5,852.44.
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LONDON - A sharp drop in shares of Apple-supplier Dialog Semiconductor dominated trading in otherwise muted European stock markets on Tuesday as a shortened week and risk-off sentiment kept investors from making big bets.
The pan-European STOXX 600 .STOXX ended flat as gains in the luxury goods sectors offset weakness in chipmakers and financials. Better-than-expected quarterly sales at LVMH LVMH.PA lifted shares of the world's largest luxury goods maker to a record high.
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share average fell on Tuesday, as rising geopolitical tensions over North Korea, a stronger yen and renewed uncertainty in the French presidential election hurt investor sentiment.
The Nikkei .N225 dropped 0.3 percent to 18,747.87, while the broader Topix .TOPX shed 0.3 percent to 1,495.10, though trading was slow with the turnover at the Tokyo Stock Exchange's main board hitting its lowest in almost a month.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar fell broadly on Tuesday as geopolitical risk and declining U.S. Treasury yields pushed traders out of the greenback.
The yen rose as much as 0.6 percent to 110.21 yen against the dollar JPY= in early North American trading. The dollar was last trading at 110.31 yen.
For a full report, double click on USD/
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury yields on Tuesday retreated from earlier lows in the wake of soft results at a $20 billion 10-year note supply, which was part of this week's $56 billion in coupon-bearing government bond supply.
Benchmark 10-year Treasury yield US10YT=RR was last down 4 basis points at 2.323 percent, while the 30-year bond yield US30YT=RR was at 2.955 percent, 3 basis points lower than late on Monday.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold jumped more than 1 percent on Tuesday as investors sought assets seen as havens from risk amid mounting political and security concerns over North Korea, the Middle East and the looming French election.
Spot gold XAU= was up 0.9 percent to $1,265.47 per ounce at 1412 GMT, within striking distance of its highest level since November of $1,270.46 touched on Friday. U.S. gold futures GCcv1 rose 0.4 percent to $1,259.20.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper steadied on Tuesday after hitting a two-week low as the world's top two copper mines continue to recover from recent disruptions, while zinc fell to a new three-month trough.
London Metal Exchange copper CMCU3 ended down 0.3 percent at $5,765 a tonne, after hitting $5,710, a low since late March.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Crude oil turned positive on Tuesday, reversing course on reports that Saudi Arabia has told OPEC officials it wants to continue OPEC cuts for an additional six months.
Brent crude LCOc1 , the international benchmark for oil, was down 5 cents from its previous close at $55.93 per barrel. Earlier in the session, Brent had climbed to its highest since March 7 at $56.16.
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