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Snapshot at: 07:11 / 2011 GMT ---------------------------------------------------------------- Stock Markets
NetChng
NetChng S&P/ASX 200
5,202.85 -30.01 NZSX 50
5,702.82 +12.99 DJIA
17,081.89 -49.97 Nikkei
18,234.74 -203.93 NASDAQ
4,796.61 -42.03 FTSE
6,342.28 -28.90 S&P 500
2,003.69 -13.77 Hang Seng
22,600.46 -130.47 SPI 200 Fut
5,161.00 -30.00 STI
2,984.88 -47.23 SSEC
3,293.64 +5.98 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
NetChg
NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
2.684 +0.021 US 10 YR Bond
2.044 -0.055 NZ 10 YR Bond
3.430 +0.000 US 30 YR Bond
2.884 -0.044 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
1700GMT
1700GMT AUD US$
0.7254 0.7318 NZD US$
0.6630 0.6686 EUR US$
1.1383 1.1375 Yen US$
119.73 119.83 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,165.20
Silver (Lon)
15.84 Gold (NY)
1,163.60
Light Crude
46.63 TRJCRB Index
199.46 -0.27 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks edged lower on Tuesday on renewed fears of slowing growth in China and worries about upcoming earnings reports.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI fell 49.97 points, or 0.29 percent, to 17,081.89, the S&P 500 .SPX lost 13.77 points, or 0.68 percent, to 2,003.69 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 42.03 points, or 0.87 percent, to 4,796.61.
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LONDON - Britain's top equity index fell on Tuesday, weighed down by mining stocks following mixed Chinese economic data, although drinks group SABMiller SAB.L surged on a new bid proposal from rival AB InBev ABI.BR .
The blue-chip FTSE 100 index .FTSE , which fell on Monday to end an eight-day winning run, was down 0.5 percent at 6,342.28 points at the close on Tuesday, broadly outperforming European indexes.
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TOKYO - Japanese shares fell on Tuesday as investors took profits on the previous week's gains, while tumbling crude prices led to a selloff on oil-related stocks.
The Nikkei share average .N225 lost 1.1 percent to close at 18,234.74 after rising 4 percent last week.
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SYDNEY - Australian shares are poised to fall for a third straight session on Wednesday on worries about slowing growth in China and on nerves ahead of U.S. earnings season.
The share price index futures YAPcm1 fell 0.6 percent overnight to 5,161 points, sitting at a 41.9-point discount to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO . The benchmark dropped 0.6 percent on Tuesday, receding further away from a recent six-week high.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar hit three-week lows on Tuesday and commodity-linked currencies fell hard as disappointing Chinese import data fed worries about the global economy and raised bets the Federal Reserve would not raise U.S. interest rates until 2016.
The dollar index .DXY , which tracks the U.S. currency against a basket of six major currencies, hit a three-week low of 94.539 before retracing much of the decline to be fractionally lower at 94.759.
The dollar was down 0.15 percent at 119.820 yen JPY=EBS , while the euro rose to $1.14110 EUR=EBS , a three-week peak, before easing to $1.1381, according to EBS data.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasuries prices rose on Tuesday on concerns over global growth after data showed China's imports plunged in September, while continued expectations for a Federal Reserve interest rate liftoff next year rather than in 2015 also supported prices.
U.S. 30-year Treasury bonds US30YT=RR were last up 21/32 in price to yield 2.89 percent, from a yield of 2.93 percent late Friday. Benchmark 10-year notes US10YT=RR were last up 13/32 to yield 2.05 percent, from a yield of 2.10 percent late on Friday.
Three-year notes US3YT=RR were last up 3/32 to yield 0.92 percent, from a yield of 0.96 percent late on Friday.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold rose on Tuesday, recovering an earlier 1 percent slide on expectations the Federal Reserve will not lift U.S. interest rates this year, which helped push the dollar to three-week lows against the euro.
Spot gold XAU= was up 0.2 percent at $1,165.91 an ounce at 1:57 p.m. EDT (1757 GMT), off an earlier low of $1,151.16, and below Monday's three-month high. U.S. gold futures GCv1 for December delivery settled up 90 cents an ounce at $1,165.40.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper prices slid on Tuesday as mixed trade data revived fears about China's economy, despite showing a surge in imports of the metal.
Benchmark copper on the London Metal Exchange CMCU3 closed 0.8 percent down at $5,273 a tonne, tumbling from near a three-week high after data showed a sharp drop in Chinese imports for September.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices gave up early gains and closed lower on Tuesday after the International Energy Agency rekindled fears that the market remains over supplied.
Brent LCOc1 futures for November delivery settled at $49.24 per barrel, down 1.24 percent, or 62 cents. Brent futures were above $50 in earlier trading.
U.S. crude CLc1 settled at $46.66 per barrel, down 0.93 percent, or 44 cents, wiping out early gains of over a dollar on technical trades.
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