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Light Crude
49.19 TRJCRB Index
188.72 -0.63 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - Quarterly results were the main driver for Wall Street on Wednesday as a decline in Apple shares (NASDAQ:AAPL) weighed on the S&P 500 and Nasdaq, while the price-weighted Dow Industrials was buoyed by gains in Boeing (NYSE:BA).
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI rose 30.2 points, or 0.17 percent, to 18,199.47, the S&P 500 .SPX lost 3.72 points, or 0.17 percent, to 2,139.44 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 33.13 points, or 0.63 percent, to 5,250.27.
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LONDON - Britain's top share index hit a three-week low on Wednesday, with hotel operator Whitbread WTB.L falling on a raft of negative broker comments and Antofagasta ANTO.L dragging down miners after a disappointing earnings update.
The blue-chip FTSE 100 index .FTSE closed 0.9 percent lower after falling to its lowest level since Oct. 3 earlier in the day. But it is still up about 11 percent so far this year.
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share average pared earlier losses and edged up on Wednesday, with a weak yen shoring up market sentiment.
The Nikkei .N225 rose 0.15 percent to 17,391.84, its highest since April 28.
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SYDNEY - Australian shares are poised to open higher on Thursday, with the miners set to rise on higher iron ore and coal prices, but could turn down if results from National Australia Bank, kicking off bank reporting season, disappoint.
Local share price index futures YAPcm1 rose 0.2 percent to 5,340.0, but that was a 19.8-point discount to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO close. The benchmark fell 1.5 percent on Wednesday.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The U.S. dollar dipped against a basket of major currencies on Wednesday, reflecting nervousness surrounding Federal Reserve monetary policy and the U.S. election, a day after touching a nearly nine-month high.
The dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of six major currencies, was last down 0.09 percent at 98.634 after touching 99.119 on Tuesday, its highest since Feb. 1. The index has risen about 3.2 percent this month, putting it on track for its best month in nearly a year.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury debt prices fell on Wednesday, in line with losses in Europe and Britain, in generally quiet trading ahead of a debt auction later in the session and key U.S. gross domestic product data due on Friday.
German bund yields were higher at 0.085 percent DE10YT=RR , while that of 10-year British bonds rose to 1.156 percent GB10YT=RR . European bond prices have been weighed down by supply with auctions in Italy, Germany and Portugal.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK/LONDON - Gold prices fell on Wednesday as investor appetite for riskier assets such as equities and crude oil recovered slightly, denting demand for bullion, often considered a safe haven.
Spot gold XAU= fell 0.6 percent to $1,265.75 an ounce by 3:05 p.m. EDT (1905 GMT). In the previous session, it hit $1276.67, its highest since Oct. 5.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Tin prices hit their highest in nearly two years on Wednesday on low stocks of metal while copper steadied after the previous session's strong gains, underpinned by a lower dollar.
Three-month tin CMTN3 on the London Metal Exchange hit a new high since December 2014 at $20,500 a tonne and closed at $20,425, up 0.5 percent.
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil fell more than 1 percent on Wednesday even after a surprise drawdown in U.S. crude inventories, as traders remained cautious that OPEC would be able to cut production come late November.
Brent crude LCOc1 was down 86 cents, or 1.7 percent, at $49.93 a barrel by 13:53 p.m. EDT (1753 GMT). It fell as low as $49.65, its lowest since Sept. 30.
U.S. crude oil futures CLc1 settled at $49.18, down 78 cents, or 1.56 percent.
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