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6,230.87 +5.89 DJIA
16,553.10 -86.87 Nikkei
16,026.76 -161.65 NASDAQ
4,572.03 -18.45 FTSE
6,097.09 +1.08 S&P 500
1,937.66 -10.39 Hang Seng
19,111.93 -252.22 SPI 200 Fut
4,866.00 -8.00 STI
2,666.51 +17.13 SSEC
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2.980 -0.015 US 30 YR Bond
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0.6584 0.6593 EUR US$
1.0886 1.0942 Yen US$
112.75 112.97 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,234.90
Silver (Lon)
14.91 Gold (NY)
1,222.21
Light Crude
33.77 TRJCRB Index
163.22 +1.55 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - Wall Street fell on Monday, breaking from its recent lockstep with oil prices as a recovery in recently beaten-down utilities stocks was offset by a drop in healthcare and energy shares.
At 3:14 pm, the Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was down 0.63 percent to 16,534.75 and the S&P 500 .SPX had lost 0.64 percent to 1,935.63. The Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 0.53 percent to 4,566.36.
Nine of the 10 major S&P sectors fell, led by a 1 percent decline in the healthcare sector .SPXHC .
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LONDON - Britain's top share index closed in marginally positive territory on Monday, as a rally in mining stocks following new stimulus measures from China - the world's top metals consumer - lent support to the market.
The blue-chip FTSE 100 index .FTSE closed up 1.1 points - flat in percentage terms - at 6,097.09 points. The FTSE also marked its first monthly gain since October.
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TOKYO - Japanese stocks dropped on Monday as the dollar slipped against the yen and investor sentiment was hit by falls for Chinese shares.
The Nikkei share average .N225 ended 1.0 percent lower to 16,026.76 in choppy trade.
The broader Topix .TOPX fell 1.0 percent to 1,297.85 and the JPX-Nikkei Index 400 .JPXNK400 declined 1.1 percent to 11,755.65.
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SYDNEY - Australian shares are set to open a touch lower on Tuesday, but mining and energy stocks should help limit losses buoyed by China's move to boost growth, Saudi efforts to shore up oil prices and expectations of no near term rate rises in the United States.
Local share price index futures YAPcm1 pointed to a slightly weaker opening, slipping 0.2 percent to 4,865.0, a 15.9-point discount to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO close. The benchmark ended flat on Monday.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The Japanese yen rose broadly on Monday as investors sought safety after a statement from the Group of 20 countries offered no concrete action to address concerns about slow growth and low inflation.
The dollar was last down more than 1 percent against the yen, traditionally investors' safe haven of choice in times of global stress, after hitting a session low of 112.67 yen JPY= . The euro was off 1.5 percent against the yen after hitting a session low of 122.47 yen EURJPY= .
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - Long-dated U.S. Treasury prices rose on Monday after weaker-than-expected domestic data supported the view that the Federal Reserve could slow the pace of interest rate hikes this year, adding appetite for safe-haven government debt.
The benchmark 10-year note US10YT=RR was last up 6/32 in price to yield 1.741 percent, down from 1.764 percent late on Friday.
The 30-year bond US30YT=RR was last up 16/32 in price to yield 2.609 percent, down from 2.636 percent on Friday.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK/LONDON - Gold rose 1 percent on Monday, boosted by lower equities and weak U.S. data, leaving the metal well placed to log its best monthly performance in four years as turmoil in wider markets increased its safe-haven appeal.
Spot gold XAU= rose 1.3 percent to $1,238.41 by 2:56 p.m. EST (1956 GMT) and was on track to finish February up 10.6 percent, its strongest monthly performance since January 2012.
U.S. gold futures for April delivery GCJ6 settled up 1.1 percent at $1,234.40 an ounce.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Aluminium hit a 4-1/2 month high and copper trimmed losses on Monday after top metals consumer China cut its reserve ratio for banks in an effort to revive flagging growth.
Three-month aluminium CMAL3 on the London Metal Exchange gained 0.8 percent to close at $1,573 a tonne after touching $1,589, its highest since Oct. 15.
The premium for LME cash aluminium over the benchmark three-month contract CMAL0-3 jumped to $18 a tonne, the strongest since April 2015, indicating tight near-term supply.
LME copper CMCU3 recovered most of its losses after the Chinese central bank news and ended down 0.2 percent at $4,695 a tonne, having earlier fallen by as much as 1.3 percent.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices rose more than 2 percent on Monday after China moved to boost its slowing economy and Saudi Arabia pledged to work with other crude producers to limit market volatility, developments that fed hopes the oil selloff would end.
Brent crude's front-month futures contract LCOc1 was up 90 cents at $36 a barrel by 12:49 p.m. EST (1749 GMT), ahead of its expiry. Brent's more active second month LCOc2 rose more than $1.20 a barrel at the session high.
U.S. crude's front-month CLc1 settled up 97 cents, or 2.96 percent, at $33.75 a barrel.
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