(Updates with fresh numbers throughout) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Snapshot at: 07:15 / 2015 GMT ---------------------------------------------------------------- Stock Markets
NetChng
NetChng S&P/ASX 200
5,821.23 +74.54 NZSX 50
7,065.23 +2.52 DJIA
20,701.50 +150.52 Nikkei
19,202.87 +217.28 NASDAQ
5,875.14 +34.77 FTSE
7,343.42 +49.92 S&P 500
2,358.57 +16.98 Hang Seng
24,345.87 +152.17 SPI 200 Fut
5,826.00 +13.00 STI
3,157.82 +30.94 SSEC
3,252.99 -13.96 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
NetChg
NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
2.731 +0.018 US 10 YR Bond
2.418 +0.043 NZ 10 YR Bond
3.205 -0.005 US 30 YR Bond
3.021 +0.041 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
1700GMT
1700GMT AUD US$
0.7633 0.7591 NZD US$
0.7012 0.7011 EUR US$
1.0812 1.0852 Yen US$
111.09 110.72 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,257.25
Silver (Lon)
18.15 Gold (NY)
1,253.79
Light Crude
48.35 TRJCRB Index
184.08 +0.98 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks ended sharply higher on Tuesday, with financial and energy shares surging as data showed U.S. consumer confidence soaring to a more than 16-year high.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 150.52 points, or 0.73 percent, to 20,701.5, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 16.98 points, or 0.73 percent, to 2,358.57 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 34.77 points, or 0.6 percent, to 5,875.14.
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LONDON - Britain's top share index climbed back on Tuesday, underpinned by a recovery in miners and banks as well as a surge in Wolseley 's WOS.L shares following strong results.
The FTSE 100 .FTSE ended up 0.7 percent, boosted late in the session by a reversal into positive territory at Wall Street following strong consumer data.
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share average rebounded from a more than six-week low on Tuesday as a rally in the yen paused and investors bought high-yield stocks before they went ex-dividend.
The Nikkei .N225 rose 1.1 percent to 19,202.87, after plumbing to its lowest since Feb. 9 in the previous session as U.S. President Donald Trump's setback on his healthcare reform bill raised questions about his ability to push through planned stimulus policies.
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SYDNEY - Australian shares are expected to climb again on Wednesday tracking gains in Wall Street overnight.
Local share price index futures YAPcm1 rose 0.2 percent, or 13 points, to sit at a 4.8-point premium to the underlying market. The benchmark .AXJO closed at 5,812.2 on Tuesday, its highest finish since May 2015.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar rose on Tuesday, bouncing from 4-month lows, as a top Federal Reserve official reinforced expectations of more U.S. rate hikes to come while political uncertainties surrounding Britain's exit from the EU pressured European currencies.
It was last up 0.6 percent against a basket of major currencies .DXY that measures its overall strength to 99.711, the strongest one-day percentage gain since March 1.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury debt yields rose on Tuesday, in generally below-average volume, tracking a jump in stocks after U.S. consumer confidence surged to a 16-year high.
In afternoon trading, benchmark 10-year notes US10YT=RR were down 11/32 in price to yield 2.416 percent, up from 2.375 percent on Monday.
U.S. 30-year bond prices were down 24/32 US30YT=RR , yielding 3.017 percent, higher than Monday's 2.98 percent. U.S. two-year note yields were at 1.301 percent US2YT=RR , up from Monday's 1.267 percent.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold prices turned lower on Tuesday, after nearing the prior session's one-month high, as the U.S. dollar, Treasury yields and stock markets extended gains.
Bullion was higher earlier on support from U.S. political and economic uncertainty and expectations of a lower dollar.
Spot gold XAU= was down 0.3 percent at $1,249.56 an ounce by 2:34 p.m. EDT (1834 GMT), having touched its highest in a month at $1,261.03 on Monday. U.S. gold futures GCcv1 settled down 0.01 percent at $1,255.60.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper rose on Tuesday after hitting a two-week low in the previous session as hopes that U.S. President Donald Trump would shift focus away from failed healthcare reform to economic stimulus lifted stocks and the dollar.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange CMCU3 closed up 2 percent at $5,873 a tonne. It touched $5,671, its lowest since March 9, on Monday.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil prices rose as much as 2 percent on Tuesday after a severe disruption to Libyan oil supplies and as officials suggested OPEC and other producing countries could extend an output cuts deal to the end of the year.
Brent crude LCOc1 rose 58 cents, or 1.14 percent to settle end $51.33 per barrel. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude CLc1 ended the session 64 cents, or 1.34 percent higher at$48.37 a barrel. Both benchmarks were up about 2 percent at their session highs.
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