(Add Australian stock market trend) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Snapshot at: 07:35 / 2135 GMT ---------------------------------------------------------------- Stock Markets
NetChng
NetChng S&P/ASX 200
5,236.37 -36.35 NZSX 50
6,866.11 -39.99 DJIA
17,936.05 -67.70 Nikkei
17,439.30 -133.19 NASDAQ
4,895.79 -10.44 FTSE
6,260.92 -49.52 S&P 500
2,087.79 -3.79 Hang Seng
21,304.44 -162.60 SPI 200 Fut
5,211.00 -25.00 STI
2,900.28 -40.15 SSEC
2,946.96 -12.28 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
NetChg
NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
2.668 +0.029 US 10 YR Bond
1.915 +0.026 NZ 10 YR Bond
2.905 +0.005 US 30 YR Bond
2.737 +0.034 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
1700GMT
1700GMT AUD US$
0.7713 0.7717 NZD US$
0.6853 0.6869 EUR US$
1.1271 1.1237 Yen US$
111.22 111.28 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,238.90
Silver (Lon)
16.99 Gold (NY)
1,231.91
Light Crude
42.64 TRJCRB Index
178.87 -0.78 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - Energy shares dragged Wall Street slightly lower on Monday, tracking a decline in oil prices, while earnings and guidance from companies including Perrigo and Xerox (NYSE:XRX) also weighed on U.S. stocks.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI fell 26.51 points, or 0.15 percent, to 17,977.24, the S&P 500 .SPX lost 3.79 points, or 0.18 percent, to 2,087.79 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 10.44 points, or 0.21 percent, to 4,895.79.
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LONDON - Britain's top share index hit a one-week low on Monday, led by sharp falls in mining companies and oil and gas stocks as investors voiced concerns about whether commodities-related assets could sustain a recent rally.
The blue-chip FTSE 100 index .FTSE ended 0.8 percent lower at 6,260.92 points after falling up to 6,249.34, its lowest since the middle of this month and further away from this year's high of 6,427.32 scaled on Thursday.
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TOKYO - Japanese stocks fell on Monday as investors cashed in profits from a four-day rally that last week lifted the benchmark Nikkei index to an 11-1/2-week high amid rising expectations of further central bank easing.
The Nikkei share average .N225 closed 0.8 percent lower at 17,439.30. Japan's benchmark index added more than four percent in the previous week.
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SYDNEY - Australian stocks are set to open lower on Tuesday, tracking a subdued performance on Wall Street and taking a pause after last week's rally.
Stock index futures YAPcm1 fell 0.5 percent to 5,211.0, a 25.4-point discount to the close of the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO on Friday. The benchmark gained 1.5 percent last week, having touched its highest since early January.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The U.S. dollar slipped against the yen on Monday as traders took profits from the greenback's recent rally against the Japanese currency, while the dollar weakened against other major currencies on expectations for a dovish Federal Reserve meeting.
The dollar hit a session low of 110.85 yen after reaching a more than three-week high of 111.90 yen JPY= .
The euro EUR= rebounded against the dollar, hitting a session high of $1.1267 after hitting a nearly four-week low of $1.1213 earlier Monday.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury yields rose to four-week highs on Monday as investors moved to the sideline in anticipation of possible clues on the pace of interest rate increases from the Federal Reserve with evidence of a cooling economic expansion.
U.S. benchmark 10-year Treasury notes US10YT=RR dipped 3/32 in price with the yield at 1.899 percent, up 1 basis point on the day. Earlier Monday, the 10-year yield reached 1.907 percent, its highest since March 28 according to Reuters.
The two-year note's yield US2YT=RR , which is sensitive to traders' views on Fed policy, was 0.834 percent, 1 basis point above Friday's close.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold rose on Monday as a retreat in the U.S. dollar helped to tempt back some buyers after the previous session's 1.3 percent slide, but moves were muted ahead of a Federal Reserve policy meeting this week.
Spot gold XAU= was at $1,237.11 an ounce at 1340 GMT, up 0.4 percent, while U.S. gold futures GCv1 for June delivery settled up 0.8 percent at $1,240.20.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Prices of industrial metals slid on Monday as the market adopted a more cautious attitude towards demand growth in top consumer China, but losses were limited by the weaker dollar.
Benchmark copper CMCU3 on the London Metal Exchange ended down 0.7 percent at $4,998 a tonne. The metal, widely used in power and construction, touched $5,091 on Friday, its highest in more than 4 weeks.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices fell more than 2 percent on Monday as data pointed to fresh U.S. crude builds, while leading banks in commodities said the two-month long oil market rebound has defied fundamentals.
U.S. crude CLc1 settled down $1.09, or 2.5 percent, at $42.64 a barrel. Last week, it hit a five-month high of $44.49.
Brent LCOc1 closed down 63 cents, or 1.4 percent, at $44.48. It hit a mid-November high of $46.18 last week.
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