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WELLINGTON, March 2 (Reuters) - - --------------------------------------------------------------- Snapshot at: 0746/ 2046 GMT ---------------------------------------------------------------- Stock Markets
NetChng
NetChng S&P/ASX 200
4,922.25 +41.33 NZSX 50
6280.90 +50.03 DJIA
16,830.39 +313.89 Nikkei
16,085.51 +58.75 NASDAQ
4,678.52 +120.57 FTSE
6,152.88 +55.79 S&P 500
1,973.90 +41.67 Hang Seng
19,407.46 +295.53 SPI 200 Fut
4,977.00 +87.00 STI
2,682.39 +15.88 SSEC
2,733.91 +45.93 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
NetChg
NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
2.454 +0.099 US 10 YR Bond
1.825 +0.085 NZ 10 YR Bond
3.040 +0.095 US 30 YR Bond
2.702 +0.086 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
1700GMT
1700GMT AUD US$
0.7179 0.7158 NZD US$
0.6627 0.6613 EUR US$
1.0867 1.0882 Yen US$
113.82 112.66 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,236.50
Silver (Lon)
14.88 Gold (NY)
1,237.76
Light Crude
34.33 TRJCRB Index
163.87 +0.67 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - Wall Street surged on Tuesday to its highest since early January, led by financial and technology stocks after encouraging U.S. factory and construction data suggested the world's biggest economy was regaining momentum.
At 2:28 pm (1928 GMT), the Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was up 1.79 percent to 16,811.35 and the S&P 500 .SPX had gained 1.9 percent to 1,969.01.
The Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 2.34 percent to
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LONDON - Britain's top equity index rose on Tuesday as a possible counter-bid lifted shares in the London Stock Exchange LSE.L, offsetting drops for Barclays BARC.L , Ashtead AHT.L and Glencore GLEN.L .
The blue-chip FTSE 100 index .FTSE rose 0.9 percent to 6,152.88 points, its highest in about two months.
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SYDNEY - Australian shares are set to open up nearly 2 percent on Wednesday, drawing support from Wall Street, which rallied on strong economic data.
Local share price index futures YAPcm1 pointed to a 1.8 percent gain to 4,978.0, a 55.8-point premiumto the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO close. The benchmark closed up 0.9 percent on Tuesday.
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TOKYO - Japanese stocks edged up on Tuesday, erasing earlier losses as risk appetite improved following a rebound on China's benchmark Shanghai Composite Index .SSEC after Beijing's latest easing steps.
The Nikkei share average .N225 ended 0.4 percent higher at 16,085.51 after recovering from a 1.1 percent decline earlier in the session. The broader Topix .TOPX edged up 0.2 percent to 1,300.83 and the JPX-Nikkei Index 400 .JPXNK400 rose 0.3 percent to 11,785.33.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The U.S. dollar rebounded against the yen and hit one-month highs against the euro on Tuesday after traders saw the yen's rally as overextended, while strong U.S. manufacturing data supported views of higher U.S. interest rates.
The dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of six major rivals, was last up 0.15 percent, at 98.359, after hitting a nearly one-month high of 98.570 .DXY .
The dollar was last up 1.22 percent against the yen JPY= , at 114.03 yen. The euro was last down 0.08 percent against the dollar, at $1.0862, while the dollar was down 0.07 percent against the Swiss franc, at 0.9971 franc CHF= .
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury yields rose on Tuesday after data showed manufacturing activity rebounded in February, suggesting the U.S. economy was on a steadier path after recent mixed data and decreasing investor interest in safe-haven government debt.
The benchmark 10-year note US10YT=RR was last down 16/32 in price to yield 1.793 percent, up from 1.74 percent late on Monday.
The 30-year bond US30YT=RR was last down 1-4/32 in price to yield 2.672 percent, up from 2.616 percent late on Monday.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold turned lower on Tuesday, as the dollar and global equity markets rose on better-than-expected U.S. data, fueling speculation the Fed will raise U.S. interest rates.
Spot gold XAU= was down 0.2 percent at $1,235.96 an ounce at 3:12 p.m. EST (2012 GMT), after its biggest monthly gain in four years on safe-haven buying spurred by global economic concerns.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper prices rose on Tuesday as expectations of further moves by China to try and boost its economic growth boosted sentiment despite more economic data pointing to a continued slowdown in the world's second-biggest economy.
Benchmark copper CMCU3 on the London Metal Exchange ended up 0.5 percent at $4,716 a tonne.
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil markets rose as much 2 percent on Tuesday, maintaining their charge higher, after a Wall Street rally helped turn around crude prices depressed initially by expectations that U.S. inventories had hit another record high.
Brent LCOc1 , the global benchmark for crude oil, was up 20 cents, or 0.6 percent, at $36.77 a barrel by 1:46 p.m. EST (1846 GMT), after touching a session low at $35.95.
U.S. crude CLc1 was up 65 cents, or 2 percent, at $34.40 a barrel, after an intraday low at $33.37.
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