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Stock Markets
S&P/ASX 200
5,584.69 -5.20 NZSX 50
5,848.38 -23.68 DJIA
17,630.27 +189.68 Nikkei
20,328.89 -21.21 NASDAQ
5,089.21 +49.43 FTSE
6,555.28 +50.15 S&P 500
2,093.25 +25.61 Hang Seng
24,503.94 +151.98 SPI 200 Fut
5,565.00 +23.00 TRJCRB Index
204.39 +1.71 Bonds
AU 10 YR Bond
2.812 +0.049 US 10 YR Bond
2.250 +0.022 NZ 10 YR Bond
3.365 +0.050 US 30 YR Bond
2.963 +0.019 Currencies (Prev at 7pm NZST)
AUD US$
0.7338 0.7316 NZD US$
0.6726 0.6665 EUR US$
1.1062 1.1056 Yen US$
123.59 123.54 Commodities
Gold (Lon)
1096.20
Silver (Lon)
14.67
Gold (NY)
1094.02
Light Crude
47.98
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Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks ended sharply higher on Tuesday, breaking a five-day losing streak as attention shifted from trouble in Chinese equities to U.S. corporate earnings and to speculation the first Federal Reserve interest rate hike may not come until December.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI rose 1.09 percent, to end the session at 17,630.27. The S&P 500 .SPX gained 1.24 percent to 2,093.25 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 0.98 percent to finish at 5,089.21.
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LONDON - Britain's top share index snapped a five-day losing streak on Tuesday, with hopes for corporate deal-making and robust corporate results offsetting market turmoil in China and worries about emerging-market growth.
The FTSE 100 index .FTSE closed up 0.8 percent at 6,555.28 points, while the pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index .FTEU3 rose 1 percent. The FTSE hit a record 7,122.74 points in April but is now more than 8 percent below that high.
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share average edged down on Tuesday in volatile trade after crawling back from a more than two-week low hit earlier in the session as Chinese shares pared losses.
The Nikkei share average .N225 ended 0.1 percent lower at 20,328.89 after traversing positive and negative territory. In the morning, it fell to as low as 20,070.62, the lowest level since July 13.
The broader Topix .TOPX dropped 0.5 percent to 1,629.46 and the JPX-Nikkei Index 400 .JPXNK400 shed 0.6 percent to 14,698.04.
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SYDNEY - Australian shares are expected to rise on Wednesday as investors set aside concerns about volatile Chinese equities and bet on a later than expected rate rise by the U.S. Federal Reserve.
The local share price index futures YAPcm1 were up 23.0 points at 5,565.0, a 19.7-point discount to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO close. The benchmark slipped 0.1 percent to 5,584.7 on Tuesday.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The U.S. dollar rebounded against the euro and yen on Tuesday after traders took profits from gains in those currencies and favored the greenback on expectations that the Federal Reserve could take a hawkish bias in a policy statement on Wednesday.
The euro was last down 0.41 percent against the dollar at $1.10430 EUR=EBS . The dollar was up 0.31 percent against the yen at 123.620 yen JPY=EBS . The dollar was last up 0.11 percent against the franc at 0.96350 franc CHF=EBS .
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasuries fell on Tuesday as analysts and traders pointed to a stabilisation of Chinese share prices and a supply of new issues exacerbated by seasonally low trading volumes.
The 10-year U.S. benchmark Treasury lost 7/32 of a point in price, lifting the yield, which moves in the opposite direction, to 2.26 percent. US10YT=RR
The 30-year Treasury bond fell 15/32 of a point in price, lifting the yield up to 2.97 percent. US30YT=RR
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK/LONDON - Gold firmed on Tuesday but remained near 5-1/2-year lows as markets braced for this week's Federal Reserve meeting, at which policymakers are expected to give further clues on the timing of a U.S. rate increase.
Spot gold XAU= was up 0.2 percent at $1,095.28 an ounce, not far from Friday's low of $1,077, its weakest since early 2010. U.S. gold futures GCv1 for August delivery settled down 20 cents an ounce at $1,096.40.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper prices rose on Tuesday, but the market remained nervous over the latest convulsions in Chinese equities and the possible ramifications for demand from the world's top metals consumer.
Benchmark copper CMCU3 on the London Metal Exchange rose 2.2 percent to close at $5,300 a tonne from $5,188 at the close on Monday, when the metal used in power and construction hit a six-year low at $5,164.
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices steadied on Tuesday, recovering from near six-month lows, with U.S. crude rising more than 1 percent as bets for a drop in U.S. crude stockpiles offset worries about a global supply glut and equity market meltdown in China.
Brent futures LCOc1 settled down 17 cents, or 0.3 percent, at $53.30 a barrel. It had hit $52.28 earlier in the session, its lowest since early February, on concerns about the stock market plunge in China, the world's largest energy consumer.
U.S. crude futures CLc1 settled up 59 cents, or 1.2 percent, at $47.98 a barrel. It rose more than $1 at the session high after touching its lowest since March at $46.68.
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