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WELLINGTON, Dec 22 (Reuters) - - --------------------------------------------------------------- Snapshot at: 07:58 / 2058 GMT ---------------------------------------------------------------- Stock Markets
NetChng
NetChng S&P/ASX 200
0.00 +0.00 NZSX 50
0.00 +0.00 DJIA
17,240.13 +111.58 Nikkei
18,916.02 -70.78 NASDAQ
4,965.18 +42.09 FTSE
6,034.84 -17.58 S&P 500
2,019.74 +14.19 Hang Seng
21,791.68 +36.12 SPI 200 Fut
5,085.00 +16.00 STI
2,845.55 -7.29 SSEC
3,642.63 +63.67 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
NetChg
NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
2.740 -0.012 US 10 YR Bond
2.193 -0.004 NZ 10 YR Bond
3.525 -0.030 US 30 YR Bond
2.917 +0.009 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
1700GMT
1700GMT AUD US$
0.7184 0.7174 NZD US$
0.6763 0.6755 EUR US$
1.0920 1.0874 Yen US$
121.10 121.30 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,078.75
Silver (Lon)
14.27 Gold (NY)
1,065.81
Light Crude
34.74 TRJCRB Index
172.42 +0.27 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks moved higher on Monday, helped by a bounce in Apple (O:AAPL) and a rally in hospital stocks after more Americans signed up for subsidized health insurance.
At 2:03 p.m. the Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI. was up 0.42 percent at 17,200.99, and the S&P 500 .SPX gained 0.51 percent to 2,015.8.
The Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 0.69 percent to 4,956.82.
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LONDON - European shares fell on Monday, giving up their earlier gains as losses in Spain and a rise in the euro EUR= weighed on the region's stock markets.
The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index .FTEU3 ended down 1.2 percent, while the euro zone's blue-chip Euro STOXX 50 .STOXX50E also declined by 1.5 percent. Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE fell 0.3 percent and Germany's DAX .GDAXI retreated 1 percent.
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TOKYO - Japanese stocks edged down in thin trading on Monday after the yen gained against the dollar, putting pressure on exporters after the Bank of Japan disappointed markets with minor adjustments to its massive stimulus programme.
The Nikkei share average .N225 fell as much as 1.8 percent during the morning session but recovered some of those losses to end a day of subdued trading down by 0.4 percent at 18,916.02.
The broader Topix .TOPX fell 0.4 percent to 1,531.28 and the JPX-Nikkei 400 Index slipped 0.3 percent to 13,795.82.
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SYDNEY - Australian shares are set to open marginally higher on Tuesday, drawing support from a stronger iron ore price.
The local share price index futures YAPcm1 rose 0.3 percent or 13 points at 5,082.0, a 28-point discount to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO close. The S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO closed little changed on Monday.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar weakened against a basket of currencies in thin trading on Monday as the euro strengthened in the wake of an inconclusive election result that may increase unease over Spain's financial stability.
The dollar index .DXY has retreated from two-week highs following the U.S. Federal Reserve's first rate increase in nearly a decade last Wednesday.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury yields were little changed on Monday on hesitation to make major bets in thin year-end trading conditions and as attention generally shifted away from the timing of the Federal Reserve's next rate hike. Traders were cautious about making significant bets ahead of year-end because of the thin and potentially erratic trading environment, analysts said.
Benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury notes US10YT=RR were last mostly flat in price to yield 2.195 percent, from a yield of 2.197 percent late on Friday. U.S. 30-year Treasury bonds US30YT=RR were last down 2/32 in price to yield 2.911 percent, from a yield of 2.908 percent late on Friday.
U.S. two-year Treasury notes US2YT=RR were last mostly flat in price to yield 0.956 percent, from a yield of 0.960 percent late on Friday.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold rose almost 1 percent on Monday as weaker than expected U.S. data and uncertainty about how fast the Federal Reserve will tighten interest rates next year weighed on the dollar.
Spot gold XAU= rose 0.9 percent to $1,075.36 an ounce by 1428 GMT, following a 1.4 percent gain on Friday.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper hit a five-week peak on Monday on signs that supplies could tighten and as the dollar slipped, although worries that Chinese economic growth will remain muted next year kept gains in check.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange CMCU3 ended up 1.1 percent at $4,738 a tonne, having earlier hit a five-week high at $4,745. Prices have rebounded about 7 percent since hitting 6-1/2 year lows below $4,450 in November.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Brent oil cratered to its lowest price in more than 11 years on Monday and remained locked within a narrow range, burdened by warmer-than-normal temperatures and a market lacking clear signals.
U.S. crude futures CLc1 were down 20 cents at $34.53 a barrel by 1:46 p.m. EST (1846 GMT) after bouncing off an intraday low of $33.98.
Brent futures LCOc1 were down 56 cents at $36.32, falling as much as 2 percent during the session to a low of $36.04, their weakest since July 2004.
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