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Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - Wall Street slid on Tuesday on pressure from a renewed drop in oil prices, snapping a rally that had helped the market rebound from its sluggish start to 2016.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI fell 167.03 points, or 1 percent, to 16,453.63, while the S&P 500 .SPX shed 19.47 points, or 1 percent, to 1,926.03. The Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 48.77 points, or 1.07 percent, to 4,521.84.
For a full report, double click on .N
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LONDON - Britain's top equity index fell on Tuesday, as slumps in banking group Standard Chartered STAN.L and miner BHP Billiton BLT.L offset a surge in London Stock Exchange Group (L:LSE) LSE.L on merger talks.
The blue-chip FTSE 100 .FTSE index closed down 1.3 percent at 5,962.31 points, retreating from the previous session's 1.5 percent rise.
For a full report, double click on .L
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TOKYO - Japanese shares fell on Tuesday in choppy trade, giving up earlier gains as oil prices reversed course, while a stronger yen kept investors on edge and pressured global cyclical shares.
The Nikkei share average .N225 ended 0.4 percent lower at 16,052.05.
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SYDNEY - Australian shares are set for a cautious start on Wednesday following a negative lead from Wall Street and with renewed weakness in oil prices likely to hit energy stocks.
Pointing to a lower open, stock index futures slid 0.7 percent to 4,910.0, a 69.6-point discount to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO . The benchmark closed 0.43 percent lower on Tuesday.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The yen and Swiss franc rallied across the board on Tuesday as a recent rebound in stocks and crude oil faded, reviving demand for both safe-haven currencies.
In late morning trading, the dollar fell 0.8 percent to 112.02 JPY= , dropping as low as 111.78 yen, the lowest since Feb. 11. The euro, meanwhile, touched 123.13 yen EURJPY= , its lowest since April 2013. It was last at 123.57, down 0.8 percent.
For a full report, double click on USD/
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury yields fell on Tuesday after Saudi Oil Minister Ali Al-Naimi effectively ruled out production cuts by major crude producers anytime soon, sending oil and stock prices lower.
Benchmark 10-year notes US10YT=RR rose 6/32 in price to yield 1.75 percent, down from 1.76 percent late Monday.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold rose by about 1 percent on Tuesday as European shares fell and inflows into bullion funds continued, boosting prices.
Spot gold XAU= was up 1 percent at $1,220.21 an ounce by 1453 GMT. Prices had fallen 1.6 percent on Monday, when the dollar and equities rallied.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper prices slipped on Tuesday as a fall in Chinese equities and the central banks' setting of a lower fix for the yuan reinforced concerns about the economy and demand growth in the top consumer.
Benchmark copper CMCU3 on the London Metal Exchange ended down 1 percent at $4,645 a tonne, having hit a two-week high of $4,701 on Monday.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices fell 4 percent on Tuesday after Saudi Oil Minister Ali Al-Naimi ruled out any production cuts, restating the kingdom's rationale for maintaining output was that demand would pick up excess crude that has crushed prices over the past 20 months.
Benchmark Brent crude futures LCOc1 were down $1.33, or 3.8 percent, at $33.36 a barrel by 11:03 a.m. EST (1603 GMT), while U.S. crude futures CLc1 fell $1.51, or 4.5 percent, to $31.88 a barrel.
For a full report, double click on O/R
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