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RPT-UPDATE 1-New Zealand/Australia Morning Call-Global markets

Published 18/01/2017, 07:38 am
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(Repeats to additional subscribers with no changes to text) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Snapshot at: 07:33 / 2033 GMT ---------------------------------------------------------------- Stock Markets

NetChng

NetChng S&P/ASX 200

5,721.12 -45.74 NZSX 50

7,046.97 -16.62 DJIA

19,807.05 -78.68 Nikkei

19,287.28 +152.58 NASDAQ

5,574.12 +26.63 FTSE

7,220.38 -106.75 S&P 500

2,265.59 -9.05 Hang Seng

22,840.97 +122.82 SPI 200 Fut

5,638.00 -13.00 STI

3,012.77 -0.35 SSEC

3,108.77 +5.34 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds

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NetChg AU 10 YR Bond

2.682 -0.025 US 10 YR Bond

2.329 -0.051 NZ 10 YR Bond

3.095 -0.040 US 30 YR Bond

2.932 -0.045 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies

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1700GMT AUD US$

0.7559 0.7516 NZD US$

0.7204 0.7145 EUR US$

1.0703 1.0653 Yen US$

112.73 113.28 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)

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17.12 Gold (NY)

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52.48 TRJCRB Index

195.14 +0.60 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.

EQUITIES

NEW YORK - U.S. stocks fell on Tuesday as financials and other big post-election gainers lost ground.

At 2:33 p.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI was down 69.18 points, or 0.35 percent, to 19,816.55, the S&P 500 .SPX had lost 7.91 points, or 0.3 percent, to 2,266.73 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC had dropped 37.43 points, or 0.67 percent, to 5,536.69.

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LONDON - European shares ended flat on Tuesday, coming off lows after British Prime Minister Theresa May provided some clarity on her country's plans to leave the European Union.

The pan-European STOXX .STOXX index ended 0.1 percent lower, having fallen as much as 0.7 percent just before May began speaking. Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index fell 1.5 percent, its biggest one-day drop since June 2016, as sterling surged on May's speech.

For a full report, double click on .L

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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei fell to its lowest level in more than a month on Tuesday as a strong yen soured sentiment, while shares of Honda tumbled after it said an air bag made by Takata Corp 7312.T had ruptured in one of its cars in Japan.

The Nikkei share average .N225 ended 1.5 percent lower at 18,813.53, the weakest closing level since Dec. 8.

For a full report, double click on .T

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SYDNEY - Australian shares are set to open lower on Wednesday, under pressure from a weaker Wall Street.

Local share price futures YAPcm1 fell 0.3 percent to 5,635 points, a 32.4 point discount to the underling S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO . The benchmark lost 0.85 percent on Tuesday when the index hit a two-week low.

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FOREIGN EXCHANGE

NEW YORK - The dollar fell to a four-week low on Tuesday, moving lower against all Group of 10 currencies with sterling leading the charge after a soothing speech on Brexit from British Prime Minister Theresa May triggered the pound's largest one-day percentage gain since 2008.

The euro rose above $1.07 EUR= for the first time since Dec. 8 and the dollar dipped below 113 yen JPY= to its lowest level against the Japanese currency since November.

For a full report, double click on USD/

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TREASURIES

NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury prices gained on Tuesday on concerns about protectionist trade policies by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, which hurt the U.S. dollar and increased demand for U.S. bonds.

Benchmark 10-year notes US10YT=RR gained 14/32 in price to yield 2.33 percent, down from 2.38 percent late on Friday. The yields earlier fell to 2.305 percent, the lowest since November

For a full report, double click on US/

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COMMODITIES

GOLD

NEW YORK - Gold jumped more than 1 percent to its highest in nearly eight weeks on Tuesday after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said the dollar was "too strong", sending the greenback lower.

Spot gold XAU= rose 0.7 percent to $1,217.11 per ounce by 1335 GMT, after touching a Nov. 22 high of $1,218.64 ounces.

For a full report, double click on GOL/

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BASE METALS

LONDON - Copper fell for a second day on Tuesday as uncertainty ahead of Donald Trump's inauguration as U.S. president this week and concerns over Britain's impending exit from the European Union hurt appetite for cyclical assets.

Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange CMCU3 closed down 1.9 percent at $5,754 a tonne, off an earlier low of $5,727 a tonne.

For a full report, double click on MET/L

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OIL

NEW YORK - Oil prices edged higher on Tuesday propped up by a decline in the U.S. dollar and comments by Saudi Arabia that it would adhere to OPEC's commitment to cut output.

Brent LCOc1 futures were up 15 cents, or 0.3 percent, at $56.01 a barrel by 1:49 p.m. EST (1849 GMT), while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude CLc1 rose 52 cents, or 1 percent, to $52.89 per barrel. Both contracts were up by $1 earlier Tuesday.

For a full report, double click on O/R

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