(Updates prices, table) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Snapshot at: 07:36 / 2036 GMT ---------------------------------------------------------------- Stock Markets
NetChng
NetChng S&P/ASX 200
5,684.51 -90.10 NZSX 50
7,060.83 -24.71 DJIA
20,661.30 -6.71 Nikkei
19,041.38 -414.50 NASDAQ
5,804.12 +10.29 FTSE
7,324.72 -53.62 S&P 500
2,348.45 +4.43 Hang Seng
24,320.41 -272.71 SPI 200 Fut
5,687.00 +19.00 STI
3,118.19 -40.38 SSEC
3,245.45 -16.16 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
NetChg
NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
2.757 -0.018 US 10 YR Bond
2.403 -0.031 NZ 10 YR Bond
3.245 +0.005 US 30 YR Bond
3.018 -0.032 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
1700GMT
1700GMT AUD US$
0.7680 0.7667 NZD US$
0.7048 0.7040 EUR US$
1.0801 1.0813 Yen US$
111.13 111.42 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,249.05
Silver (Lon)
17.48 Gold (NY)
1,244.50
Light Crude
48.13 TRJCRB Index
183.85 -0.43 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - The S&P 500 ended up slightly on Wednesday as investors focused on President Donald Trump's struggle to push through a healthcare bill and snapped up stocks after a steep drop the day before.
Based on the latest available data, the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI was down 6.84 points, or 0.03 percent, to 20,661.17, the S&P 500 .SPX had gained 4.43 points, or 0.19 percent, to 2,348.45 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC had added 27.82 points, or 0.48 percent, to 5,821.64.
For a full report, double click on .N
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LONDON - British shares pulled back on Wednesday, weighed by banks and miners, as investors repriced expectations for fiscal easing from the U.S. and a stronger outlook for sterling compounded weakness in the UK stock market.
Britain's blue-chip FTSE 100 index .FTSE was down 0.8 percent by 1240 GMT, hitting a two-week low and set for its biggest daily drop since late January. Though some of those losses were pared as attention turned to what police called a terrorist incident near Parliament.
For a full report, double click on .L
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share average tumbled on Wednesday to its lowest close since late February, taking its cue from a sell-off on Wall Street and a strengthening of the perceived safe-haven yen.
The Nikkei .N225 ended down 2.1 percent at 19,041.38, plumbing its lowest levels since Feb. 27.
For a full report, double click on .T
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SYDNEY - Australian shares are set to open higher on Thursday, rebounding from the biggest one-day fall in more than four months.
Local share price index futures YAPcm1 rose 0.34 percent to 5,687, a 3.5-point premium to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO close. The benchmark fell 1.6 percent on Wednesday.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The U.S. dollar hit a four-month low against the safe-haven yen on Wednesday as investors rethought growth expectations under a Trump administration that had pushed the greenback to a 14-year peak and stocks to record highs.
On Wednesday, the dollar index .DXY, which measures the greenback against a basket of six major currencies, was down 0.12 percent at 99.698 after touching a near seven-week low of 99.547.
For a full report, double click on USD/
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury yields fell on Wednesday as investors reduced expectations that the Federal Reserve is likely to adopt a faster path in raising interest rates and any new fiscal stimulus is seen as unlikely in the near-term.
Benchmark 10-year notes US10YT=RR gained 11/32 in price to yield 2.40 percent, down from 2.43 percent on Tuesday.
For a full report, double click on US/
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold climbed to a three-week high on Wednesday as the dollar fell to near six-week lows and bond yields sank on uncertainty over the economic policies of U.S. President Donald Trump. Spot gold XAU= was up 0.3 percent at $1,248.68 an ounce by 1453 GMT, close to the session high of $1,250.51.
For a full report, double click on GOL/
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper rebounded from a near two-week low on Wednesday as investors took advantage of a correction to rebuild long positions amid persistent supply issues, including a strike at the world's biggest copper mine in Chile.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange CMCU3 closed up 0.6 percent at $5,808 a tonne, bouncing from its weakest since March 10 at $5,715 a tonne.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices slipped on Wednesday to their lowest since late November, with Brent testing the $50 per barrel support, after data showed record high U.S. crude inventories rising faster than expected, raising doubts over the viability of OPEC-led output cuts.
Global benchmark Brent LCOc1 shed 32 cents, or 0.6 percent, to settle at $50.64 a barrel, its lowest close since Nov. 30 when OPEC countries agreed to cut output. The contract fell as low as $49.71 in morning trade.
On its first day as the front-month, U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude CLc1, CLK7 futures for May slipped 20 cents, or 0.4 percent, to settle at $48.04 per barrel. The session low was $47.01, its lowest since Nov. 30.
For a full report, double click on O/R
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