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NetChng S&P/ASX 200
4,995.32 -4.07 NZSX 50
6,743.60 +31.77 DJIA
17,737.00 -55.75 Nikkei
16,123.27 -40.89 NASDAQ
4,891.80 -22.75 FTSE
6,164.72 +18.67 S&P 500
2,066.13 -6.65 Hang Seng
20,498.92 -277.78 SPI 200 Fut
4,982.00 +2.00 STI
2,835.35 +16.86 SSEC
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2.474 +0.003 US 10 YR Bond
1.762 -0.029 NZ 10 YR Bond
2.875 -0.030 US 30 YR Bond
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1700GMT AUD US$
0.7600 0.7625 NZD US$
0.6827 0.6864 EUR US$
1.1390 1.1373 Yen US$
111.31 111.41 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,219.75
Silver (Lon)
14.87 Gold (NY)
1,222.11
Light Crude
35.46 TRJCRB Index
165.79 -2.24 ----------------------------------------------------------------
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks ended weaker on Monday, pulling back from a recent rally that took them to new 2016 highs, as losses in commodity-related and industrial shares offset gains in healthcare.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI closed down 55.75 points, or 0.31 percent, to 17,737, the S&P 500 .SPX lost 6.65 points, or 0.32 percent, to 2,066.13 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 22.75 points, or 0.46 percent, to 4,891.80.
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LONDON - British shares edged higher on Monday, buoyed by a rise in pharmaceutical firms, which helped the index to gain for the first time this quarter.
Britain's blue-chip FTSE 100 index .FTSE closed up 18.67 points, or 0.3 percent at 6,164.72 points, snapping a two-session losing run, which had seen it close out the first quarter with a 1.1 percent fall to start 2016.
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share average fell to a fresh one-month low on Monday as the dollar sagged against the yen despite a stronger-than-expected U.S. jobs report, while automakers skidded after posting disappointing sales. The Nikkei .N225 dropped 0.3 percent to 16,123.27 points.
The broader Topix .TOPX rose 0.1 percent to 1,302.71, supported by buying in such defensive stocks as drugmakers.
The JPX-Nikkei Index 400 .JPXNK400 was flat at 11,743.32.
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SYDNEY - Australian stocks are set for a defensive start on Tuesday with falls in commodity prices likely to drag on the resources sector.
Stock index futures YAPcm1 ended flat at 4,982.0, a 13.3-point discount to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO . The benchmark closed 0.08 percent lower on Monday.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The U.S. dollar hit its lowest level against the yen in more than two weeks on Monday and was lower against a basket of major currencies on continued expectations of a slow path of Federal Reserve rate increases this year.
The dollar was last down 0.32 percent against the yen at 111.31 JPY= . The dollar index .DXY was last down 0.07 percent at 94.551, not far from a 5-1/2-month low of 94.319 touchedlast week. The euro was last up 0.04 percent against the dollar, at $1.1390, after touching a 5-1/2-month high of $1.1437 on Friday.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury yields edged downon Monday, with benchmark yields hovering near one-month lows as doubts about the durability of the U.S. economic expansion supported views the Federal Reserve may slow the pace of interest rate hikes.
Benchmark U.S. 10-year Treasury yields fell 2 basis points US10YT=RR to 1.772 percent. They hit 1.753 percent earlier on Monday, the lowest since March 1.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold fell on Monday after strong U.S. economic data boosted investor risk sentiment and a top U.S. Federal Reserve official said an interest rate hike is likely to take place ahead of the market's current expectations due to fading economic concerns.
Spot gold XAU= eased 0.5 percent to $1,216.10 an ounce by 3:01 p.m. EDT, while U.S. gold for June delivery GCM6 settled down 0.3 percent at $1,219 an ounce.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper touched its lowest in a month and nickel slipped to its weakest in six weeks on Monday as investors pared long positions on persisting concern over Chinese growth and metals demand.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange CMCU3 fell for the seventh straight session. The price dropped to $4,757.50 a tonne, its lowest since March 3, before paring losses to close at $4,760.50, down 1.5 percent.
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices fell more than 2 percent on Monday, with Brent touching one-month lows, as investors doubted that producing countries will freeze output to rein in a worldwide glut.
Brent LCOc1 settled down 98 cents, or 2.5 percent, at $37.69 a barrel, touching a March 4 low of $37.60. It is down 11 percent from a 2016 high of $42.54 struck on March 18.
U.S. crude CLc1 finished the session down $1.09, or nearly 3 percent, at $35.70 a barrel.
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