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5,195.63 +12.89 DJIA
17,851.94 -66.21 Nikkei
18,926.91 +243.67 NASDAQ
5,134.66 -10.47 FTSE
6,412.88 +29.27 S&P 500
2,099.86 -9.93 Hang Seng
23,053.57 +485.14 SPI 200 Fut
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3,040.48 +40.92 SSEC
3,458.86 +142.17 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
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NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
2.740 -0.006 US 10 YR Bond
2.230 +0.010 NZ 10 YR Bond
3.385 -0.005 US 30 YR Bond
2.993 -0.008 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
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1700GMT AUD US$
0.7149 0.7203 NZD US$
0.6583 0.6651 EUR US$
1.0858 1.0947 Yen US$
121.51 121.02 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,114.70
Silver (Lon)
15.05 Gold (NY)
1,117.21
Light Crude
46.51 TRJCRB Index
194.13 -3.42 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks edged lower on Wednesday, pulling back after recent strong gains along with energy shares, while Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said a rate hike in December was a "live" possibility, but not a certainty.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI fell 50.4 points, or 0.28 percent, to 17,867.75, the S&P 500 .SPX lost 8.34 points, or 0.4 percent, to 2,101.45 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 7.11 points, or 0.14 percent, to 5,138.02.
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LONDON - Britain's top share index closed higher on Wednesday, with a rally in mining stocks on expectations of a pick up-in metals demand and encouraging results from companies such as Marks and Spencer MKS.L helping sentiment.
The blue-chip FTSE 100 index .FTSE ended 0.5 percent higher at 6,412.88 points after rising to 6,459.46 points, the highest since late October.
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share average fell on Tuesday morning as profit-taking from last week's gains hit home and oil-related stocks were sold on lower oil prices.
The Nikkei .N225 dropped 1.0 percent to 18,247.25 in mid-morning trade after rising 4 percent last week.
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SYDNEY - Australian shares are expected to trade flat on Thursday as a weaker oil price and new suggestions of a December rate hike by the U.S. Federal Reserve keep the brakes on buying.
The local share price index futures YAPcm1 were up 2.0 points at 5,219.0, a 23.3-point discount to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO close, before the start of trading. The benchmark rose 3.1 points to 5,242.3 a day earlier.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar rose sharply on Wednesday as remarks from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen intensified bets the central bank would raise interest rates next month if the overall economy improves further.
The dollar index .DXY added to earlier gains tied to surprisingly upbeat data on the U.S. services sector, propelling this measure of the greenback against a basket of currencies to 3-month highs. As of 12:26 EST (1726 GMT), the dollar index was up 0.81 percent at 97.943.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. two-year Treasury yields hit their highest in four and a half years on Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said the U.S. economy was "performing well" and could justify an interest rate hike in December.
Benchmark 10-year notes US10YT=RR were last down 4/32 in price to yield 2.2377 percent after ending Tuesday at 2.2200 percent. U.S. 30-year Treasury bonds US30YT=RR were last up 1/32 in price to yield 2.9984 percent, compared to a yield of 3.0010 percent late Tuesday.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold fell to a one-month low on Wednesday, dropping for the sixth straight session as the dollar shot to a three-month high after U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen raised expectations for a December interest rate increase.
Spot gold XAU= fell as much as 1 percent to $1,106 an ounce, the lowest since Oct. 2, and was down 0.8 percent at $1,108.10 an ounce at 2020 GMT. U.S. gold futures GCv1 for December delivery settled down 0.7 percent at $1,106.20 an ounce.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper hit a one-week high on Wednesday, supported by bets that demand in top consumer China is set to improve thanks to government stimulus measures, and by news that miner Glencore (L:GLEN) will further cut its output of the metal.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange CMCU3 ended up 0.2 percent at $5,134.50 a tonne, having earlier hit a week high of $5,220. Zinc CMZN3 ended down 0.8 percent at $1,681, lead CMPB3 ended down 0.3 percent at $1,681, tin CNSN3 ended up 0.2 percent at $14,875 while nickel CMNI3 ended down 1 percent at $9,850.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Crude oil futures fell nearly 4 percent on Wednesday, almost wiping out gains from the previous day, as a strong dollar, tumbling gasoline prices and rising U.S. crude inventories bore down on the market.
Brent crude futures LCOc1 were down $2, or 3.9 percent, at $48.54 a barrel by 1816 GMT, while U.S. crude CLc1 slid $1.60, or 3.3 percent, to $46.30.
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