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6,726.02 +0.92 DJIA
17,721.25 +164.84 Nikkei
15,928.79 +177.66 NASDAQ
4,872.09 +38.69 FTSE
6,242.39 +42.27 S&P 500
2,061.72 +19.73 Hang Seng
20,504.44 +63.63 SPI 200 Fut
4,993.00 +42.00 STI
2,814.65 +5.41 SSEC
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0.6915 0.6879 EUR US$
1.1384 1.1418 Yen US$
108.54 108.34 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,254.60
Silver (Lon)
16.16 Gold (NY)
1,257.55
Light Crude
42.17 TRJCRB Index
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EQUITIES
NEW YORK - Wall Street gained on Tuesday, led by surging energy shares that were buttressed by rising oil prices, as investors scooped up equities at the start of corporate earnings season.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI rose 164.84 points, or 0.94 percent, to 17,721.25, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 19.73 points, or 0.97 percent, to 2,061.72 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 38.69 points, or 0.8 percent, to 4,872.09.
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LONDON - UK shares advanced on Tuesday in choppy trade, buoyed by a rally in the energy sector after oil prices rose on a report that Saudi Arabia and Russia had reached agreement on output restrictions.
The blue-chip FTSE 100 index .FTSE was up 42.27 points, or 0.7 percent at 6,242.39 points by the close. Energy and materials shares contributed nearly 24 points to the index's advance.
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TOKYO - Japanese stocks rose on Tuesday as the yen began to retreat from the previous day's 17-month high against the dollar, lifting shares of exporters as well as recently battered banks.
The Nikkei share average .N225 climbed 1.1 percent to 15,928.79.
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SYDNEY - Australian shares are set to open higher on Wednesday following a positive lead from Wall Street, with energy stocks likely to benefit from higher oil prices.
Stock index futures YAPcm1 rose 0.8 percent to 4,993.0, a 17.4-point premium to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO . The benchmark closed 0.9 percent higher on Tuesday.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The U.S. dollar rebounded against the safe-haven yen on Tuesday, a day after hitting its lowest level in over a year, thanks to greater risk appetite stemming from gains in equity and oil prices.
The greenback hit a session high 108.79 yen JPY= , pulling well away from Monday's trough around 107.63. The euro eased 0.14 percent to $1.1390 EUR= , having turned around from a fresh six-month peak of $1.1464.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury yields rose on Tuesday as oil and stock prices jumped on reports that Saudi Arabia and Russia had agreed to freeze crude output, reducing demand for safe-haven debt.
Benchmark 10-year notes US10YT=RR dropped 17/32 in price to yield 1.78, up from 1.72 percent on Monday.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold was flat after rising to three-week highs on Tuesday as the dollar nudged up from a near 8-month low against a basket of currencies, with the rally in oil helping to improve risk appetite, while silver rose to a 5-1/2-month high.
Spot gold XAU= touched a high of $1,262.60 an ounce before easing back to $1,257.01 by 1949 GMT, little changed from late on Monday. U.S. gold futures GCv1 for June delivery settled up 0.2 percent at $1,260.90 an ounce.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Nickel rose to its highest in over three weeks while other metals also gained on Tuesday, bolstered by higher oil prices and hopes that production cuts at mines were starting to curb surpluses.
Three-month nickel CMNI3 on the London Metal Exchange surged 3.6 percent to close at $8,860 a tonne after touching $8,890, the highest since March 18. LME copper CMCU3 climbed 2.2 percent to close at $4,765 a tonne.
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OIL
NEW YORK - Global oil prices hit four-month highs on Tuesday, hovering just under $45 a barrel after a report that top producers Russia and Saudi Arabia have agreed to freeze output ahead of a much-anticipated producers meeting on Sunday.
Brent crude LCOc1 prices settled up $1.86, or 4.3 percent, at $44.69 a barrel. U.S. crude CLc1 settled up $1.81, or 4.48 percent at $42.17 a barrel.
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