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NetChng S&P/ASX 200
5,226.39 -50.03 NZSX 50
6,101,27 +23.65 DJIA
17,821.38 +28.70 Nikkei
19,924.89 +45.08 NASDAQ
5,101.31 -1.16 FTSE
6,277.23 -28.26 S&P 500
2,090.22 +3.63 Hang Seng
22,587.63 -78.27 SPI 200 Fut
5,248.00 +18.00 STI
2,923.49 +20.00 SSEC
3,615.82 +5.50 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
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NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
2.915 -0.024 US 10 YR Bond
2.236 -0.014 NZ 10 YR Bond
3.595 -0.015 US 30 YR Bond
2.998 -0.009 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
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1700GMT AUD US$
0.7240 0.7207 NZD US$
0.6548 0.6528 EUR US$
1.0643 1.0626 Yen US$
122.49 122.70 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,076.40
Silver (Lon)
14.14 Gold (NY)
1,068.94
Light Crude
42.90 TRJCRB Index
185.27 +1.83 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - U.S. shares were up slightly in afternoon trading, driven by a rise in the S&P energy sector as oil prices rose, as investors focused on global politics after Turkey shot down a Russian warplane near the Syrian border.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI rose 57.02 points, or 0.32 percent, to 17,849.7, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 6.59 points, or 0.32 percent, to 2,093.18 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 5.02 points, or 0.1 percent, to 5,107.50.
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LONDON - UK shares retreated on Tuesday, with the British travel sector down again after signs that armed attacks in France and Mali were dampening customer demand.
British travel and leisure stocks were hit after data from ForwardKeys showed new flight bookings to Paris, one of the world's most visited cities, have fallen by over a quarter in the week after the Nov. 13 attacks that killed 130 people.
The FTSE 350 travel and leisure index .FTNMX5750 fell 1.6 percent, down for a third straight trading session.
The FTSE 100 index .FTSE was down 28.26 points, or 0.5 percent, at 6,277.23 points at the close, extending the previous session's losses.
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TOKYO - Japanese stocks posted a modest rise in choppy trade on Tuesday to mark a fifth consecutive day of gains as investors waited for fresh trading cues. The Nikkei share average .N225 ended 0.2 percent higher at 19,924.89.
The broader Topix .TOPX rose 0.2 percent to 1,605.94 and the JPX-Nikkei Index 400 .JPXNK400 also gained 0.2 percent to 14,482.06.
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SYDNEY - Australian stocks are set for a cautious start on Wednesday with geopolitical tensions likely to weigh on investor confidence.
Pointing to a subdued start, stock index futures YAPcm1 were up a mere 0.3 percent at 5,248.0, a 21.6-point premium to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO . The benchmark fell 0.95 percent on Tuesday, breaking a five-session winning streak.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The U.S. dollar edged down on Tuesday as investors piled into safe-haven currencies on concerns about rising tension between Russia and Turkey, shrugging off positive data on the U.S. economy. The U.S. gross domestic product grew 2.1 percent in the third quarter, a healthier clip than initially thought, the government said.
The euro EUR= added 0.25 percent against the greenback to $1.0661. The dollar hit a session low against the yen JPY= after the GDP release, falling to 122.47 JPY= , off 0.3 percent.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasuries prices rose on Tuesday, with the 30-year yield hovering near 3 percent after Turkey's downing of a Russian warplane stoked safe-haven demand for low-risk government debt.
In afternoon trading, benchmark 10-year Treasuries notes US10YT=RR were up 3/32 in price to yield 2.239 percent, down 1 basis point from late on Monday.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold rose 1 percent on Tuesday, recovering from near six-year lows as news that Turkish fighter jets had shot down a Russian warplane near the Syrian border sparked a rush to safety among investors, weighing on the dollar.
Spot gold XAU= rose as much as 1.1 percent to $1,080.51 and was up 0.5 percent at $1,074.61 an ounce at 2013 GMT. U.S. gold futures GCZ5 for December delivery settled up 0.7 percent at $1,073.80.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Zinc, copper and nickel rebounded on Tuesday as bearish investors bought back positions to lock in profits while a weaker dollar and firmer oil also supported the hard-hit market.
Three-month zinc on the London Metal Exchange CMZN3 failed to trade in closing open outcry activity and was bid up 2.2 percent at $1,580.50 a tonne.
LME zinc, which has shed 27 percent this year, touched a six-year low of $1,487.50 last week, weighed down by worries about softer Chinese demand and excess supplies.
LME copper CMCU3 , which sunk to a six-year low on Monday, also jumped, ending the day 2.6 percent stronger at $4,608 a tonne, while nickel CMNI3 surged 5.7 percent, the biggest one-day gain since September 2012, to close at $8,775.
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices hit two-week highs on Tuesday, rising about 3 percent, after a spike in Middle East tensions from Turkey's downing of a Russian warplane and a rally in U.S. gasoline futures.
Brent LCOc1 settled up $1.29, or 2.9 percent, at $46.12 a barrel, after hitting a two-week high at $46.50.
U.S. crude's West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures CLc1 finished the session up $1.12, or 2.7 percent, at $42.87. It hit $43.46 earlier, its highest since Nov. 11.
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