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5,659.13 -7.64 FTSE
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2,291.40 -6.02 Hang Seng
23,348.24 +219.03 SPI 200 Fut
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0.7320 0.7311 EUR US$
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111.70 112.63 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,226.75
Silver (Lon)
17.75 Gold (NY)
1,219.80
Light Crude
53.10 TRJCRB Index
192.16 -1.04 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks fell on Monday, led lower by the energy sector as oil prices slumped, amid a pause in quarterly earnings reports and uncertainty over President Donald Trump's economic policies.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI fell 34 points, or 0.17 percent, to 20,037.46, the S&P 500 .SPX lost 7.24 points, or 0.32 percent, to 2,290.18 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 11.27 points, or 0.2 percent, to 5,655.50.
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LONDON - Britain's top equity index ended slightly lower on Monday after hitting a two-week high earlier in the session, with a fall in energy and housebuilding stocks outpacing a rally in shares of precious metals miners.
The blue-chip FTSE 100 index .FTSE closed 0.2 percent lower at 7,172.15 points after setting an intra-day peak of 7,208.73, the highest level since January 20.
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share average rose on Monday as bank stocks climed following measures ordered by U.S. President Donald Trump to reduce regulation in the financial sector, although a slightly stronger yen kept gains limited.
The Nikkei .M225 rose 0.3 percent to 18,976.71.
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SYDNEY - Australian shares are set to follow Wall Street lower on Tuesday, with sliding oil prices denting energy stocks, but losses could be partly offset by gains in the gold sector. Investors will be focused on a briefing from investment bank Macquarie Group and results from toll road operator Transurban.
Local share price index futures YAPcm1 fell 0.2 percent to 5,555.0, a 60.6-point discount to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO close. The benchmark slipped 0.1 percent on Monday.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The euro fell to a one-week low against the dollar on Monday on concerns over French politics ahead of the presidential vote in April as well as other impending elections in Europe in a year of political uncertainty.
In mid-morning trading, the euro fell 0.5 percent against the dollar to $1.0733 EUR= . It dropped to $1.0705, its weakest level since Jan. 31.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. short- and medium-dated Treasury yields hit their lowest levels in at least 13 days on Monday on mounting European political uncertainty and a dearth of information on U.S. President Donald Trump's promised pro-growth policies.
U.S. 30-year Treasuries US30YT=RR prices briefly rose by more than a full point as their yields touched a session low of 3.050 percent.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK/LONDON - Gold jumped 1 percent on Monday to its highest in nearly three months as worries about the political landscape in the United States and Europe, and a subdued dollar, reinforced investor interest.
Spot gold XAU= was up 1.1 percent at $1,233.01 an ounce by 3:02 p.m. EST (2002 GMT), after touching $1,233.80 -- a level last reached on Nov. 11. U.S. gold futures GCcv1 settled up 0.9 percent at $1,232.10.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper rose on Monday as investors' focus returned to supply risks in Chile and Indonesia, though gains were capped by last week's surprise economic policy tightening in top consumer China.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange CMCU3 ended up 1.3 percent at $5,847 a tonne. The metal lost 1.9 percent on Friday in its biggest daily fall since Dec. 19 on worries over Chinese policy tightening.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil fell more than 1.5 percent on Monday as a stronger dollar, ample U.S. supplies and excess speculative length outweighed OPEC output curbs and rising tensions between the United States and Iran.
Brent LCOc1 futures were down $0.98, or 1.7 percent, at $55.83 a barrel by 2033 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude CLc1 settled down 82 cents, or 1.5 percent, at $53.01.
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