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NetChng
NetChng S&P/ASX 200
5,235.57 -34.14 NZSX 50
5,895.49 +60.66 DJIA
17,217.11 -13.43 Nikkei
18,207.15 +75.92 NASDAQ
4,880.97 -24.50 FTSE
6,345.13 -7.20 S&P 500
2,030.77 -2.89 Hang Seng
22,989.22 -86.39 SPI 200 Fut
5,199.00 -14.00 STI
3,019.03 -5.47 SSEC
3,424.33 +37.63 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
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NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
2.697 +0.000 US 10 YR Bond
2.069 +0.041 NZ 10 YR Bond
3.325 +0.000 US 30 YR Bond
2.914 +0.032 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
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1700GMT AUD US$
0.7255 0.7281 NZD US$
0.6746 0.6804 EUR US$
1.1345 1.1330 Yen US$
119.85 119.47 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,177.75
Silver (Lon)
15.88 Gold (NY)
1,170.30
Light Crude
45.55 TRJCRB Index
197.42 +0.70 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks ended slightly lower on Tuesday as a decline in healthcare and biotech stocks offset gains in United Technologies (N:UTX) and Verizon.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI fell 13.43 points, or 0.08 percent, to 17,217.11, the S&P 500 .SPX lost 2.89 points, or 0.14 percent, to 2,030.77, and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 24.50 points, or 0.5 percent, to 4,880.97.
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LONDON - Britain's top share index steadied at the close on Tuesday, with a rally in InterContinental Hotels Group IHG.L and Whitbread WTB.L following their well-received results underpinning the market.
The blue-chip FTSE 100 .FTSE ended 0.1 percent lower at 6,345.13 points, outperforming a 0.4 percent fall in the pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 .FTEU3 . The FTSE 100 index still trades about 11 percent below its all-time highs hit in April.
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TOKYO - Japanese shares edged up on Tuesday as investors adopted a cautious approach ahead of October policy meetings at big central banks, kicking off on Thursday when the European Central Bank meets.
The Nikkei share average .N225 gained 0.4 percent to close at 18,207.15.
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SYDNEY - Australian stocks are poised to open lower on Wednesday following a negative lead from Wall Street.
Pointing to a soft start, stock index futures YAPcm1 eased 0.3 percent to 5,199.0, a 36.6-point discount to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO .
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The euro rose against the dollar on Tuesday after falling for three straight sessions, bolstered by solid regional economic data and comments from European Central Bank officials suggesting further monetary easing may not be imminent.
In late New York trading, the euro was up 0.1 percent at $1.1341 EUR= , rebounding from a 10-day low hit on Monday. That slightly put pressure on the dollar index, which was down 0.1 percent at 94.880 .DXY .
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury bond yields rose for a fourth straight session on Tuesday, getting a lift from unexpectedly strong data showing that home building remains a bright sector in the slowing U.S. economy.
The bellwether 10-year Treasury US10YT=RR was last down 12/32 in price and yielded 2.07 percent.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold rose on Tuesday as solid lending data helped the euro rebound against the dollar ahead of a European Central Bank meeting this week, which is expected to clarify the outlook for monetary policy.
Spot gold XAU= was up 0.6 percent at $1,177.76 an ounce at 1408 GMT, while U.S. gold futures GCv1 for December delivery were up $5.10 an ounce at $1,177.90.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper eased on Tuesday on worries over demand growth in China, but short-covering supported as investors placed bets on another fiscal boost for the world's top metals consumer.
Benchmark copper on the London Metal Exchange CMCU3 closed 0.1 percent down at $5,201 a tonne in official trading, after dipping to its lowest level since Oct. 8 in earlier trading.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Crude oil prices settled mixed on Tuesday with U.S. futures down slightly as market participants pointed to ongoing global oversupply concerns as they waited for direction from two key U.S. oil storage reports.
Brent futures LCOc1 for December delivery, meanwhile, settled 10 cents up at $48.71 a barrel.
U.S. crude CLc1 futures for November, which expired on Tuesday, settled down 34 cents at $45.55 per barrel after briefly rising as much as 63 cents in the morning. The December contract CLc2 , which will become the front month on Wednesday, settled up one cent at $46.29.
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