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

Published 29/09/2015, 07:27 am
© Reuters.  RPT-UPDATE 1-New Zealand/Australia Morning Call-Global markets
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(Repeats to additional subscribers, no changes to text) -----------------------(07:24/ 2124 GMT)----------------------- Stock Markets

S&P/ASX 200

5,113.49 +71.39 NZSX 50

5,699.130 +3.19 DJIA

16,001.89 -312.78 Nikkei

17,645.11 -235.40 NASDAQ

4,543.97 -142.53 FTSE

5,958.86 -150.15 S&P 500

1,881.77 -49.57 Hang Seng

21,186.32 +90.34 SPI 200 Fut

5,002.00 -104.00 STI

2,791.92 -40.72 SSEC

3,100.99 +8.65 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds

NetChg

NetChg AU 10 YR Bond

2.653 -0.048 US 10 YR Bond

2.098 -0.070 NZ 10 YR Bond

3.320 -0.015 US 30 YR Bond

2.877 -0.083 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies

1700GMT

1700GMT AUD US$

0.6984 0.7021 NZD US$

0.6314 0.6384 EUR US$

1.1246 1.1167 Yen US$

119.89 120.26 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)

1,131.05

Silver (Lon)

14.56 Gold (NY)

1,145.86

Light Crude

44.47 TRJCRB Index

192.80 -2.91 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.

EQUITIES

NEW YORK - U.S. stocks finished sharply lower on Monday and were on track for their worst quarter in four years as investors worried about the health of China's economy and its potential impact on the timing of a U.S. interest rate increase.

The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI fell 1.92 percent to end at 16,001.89 points.

The S&P 500 .SPX lost 2.57 percent to 1,881.77 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 3.04 percent to finish at 4,543.97.

For a full report, double click on .N

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LONDON - Britain's leading share index fell on Monday as fears grew over mining group Glencore's GLEN.L ability to withstand a metals price slump and as Vodafone's VOD.L European tie-up talks with Liberty Global LBTYA.O ended.

The FTSE 100 index .FTSE was down 2.5 percent, at 5,958.86 points at its close, a touch lower than European indexes. The UK market is relatively exposed to mining and commodities stocks, which have fallen sharply as emerging market growth slows.

For a full report, double click on .L

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TOKYO - Japanese stocks fell on Monday as investors took profits from gains made on Friday ahead of key economic indicators scheduled for release this week in Japan, China and the U.S.

The Nikkei share average .N225 dropped 1.3 percent to 17,645.11, wiping out a large chunk of Friday's 1.8 percent gain.

For a full report, double click on .T

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SYDNEY - Australian shares are set to join the global stock slump on Tuesday, dragged down by the major miners on worries about China's slowing growth and sliding metals and oil prices.

Local share price index futures slumped 2 percent to 5,002.0, a 111.5-point discount to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO close. The benchmark rose 1.4 percent on Monday defying weakness across Asia.

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FOREIGN EXCHANGE

NEW YORK - The dollar declined on Monday as the yen rallied amid slumping global stock prices pulled down by worrisome corporate profits in China and anxiety over potentially market-rattling economic data due this week from China, Europe and the United States.

The dollar, which advanced broadly last week as U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen boosted expectations for U.S. interest rate hikes, was down 0.7 percent at 119.81 yen JPY= . The euro, too, was lower against the yen by 0.40 percent at 134.53 yen EURJPY= .

For a full report, double click on USD/

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TREASURIES

NEW YORK - U.S. Treasuries prices gained on Monday as global equity prices fell amid concerns over sluggish economic growth in China and falling commodity prices, ahead of Friday's highly anticipated employment report.

In afternoon U.S. trading, 10-year Treasuries US10YT=RR were up 20/32 in price to yield 2.096 percent, down from 2.164 percent late on Friday.

The 30-year bond US30YT=RR rose as much as 1-24/32 in price to yield 2.869 percent, its lowest in a month, during afternoon trading.

For a full report, double click on US/

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COMMODITIES

GOLD

NEW YORK/LONDON - Gold had its worst session in 2-1/2 weeks on Monday, extending Friday's losses ahead of a key U.S. jobs report later in the week that could boost bets the U.S. Federal Reserve will raise interest rates this year.

Spot gold XAU= fell 1.5 percent to a session low of $1,127.70 an ounce, its biggest fall since Sept 9, and was trading down 1.1 percent at $1,132.53 by 2:15 p.m. EDT (1815 GMT).

For a full report, double click on GOL/

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BASE METALS

LONDON - Copper and aluminium slid to one month lows on Monday while zinc hit its weakest level in more than five years on worries about upcoming data that may show weak industrial activity in top metals consumer China.

Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange CMCU3 hit$4,925 a tonne, the weakest since Aug. 26. It ended down 1.2 percent at $4,965 a tonne. Copper prices hit six-year lows of $4,855 last month.

For a full report, double click on MET/L

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OIL

NEW YORK - Oil prices fell nearly 3 percent on Monday, pressured by tumbling equities on Wall Street and weak Chinese economic data, although an estimated drawdown in crude stocks at the key U.S. storage hub appeared to limit losses, traders said.

Brent LCOc1 , the key indicator for global crude prices, settled down $1.26, or 2.6 percent, at $47.34 a barrel.

The U.S. crude benchmark CLc1 , West Texas Intermediate (WTI) settled down $1.27, or 2.8 percent, at $44.43.

For a full report, double click on O/R

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