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NetChng
NetChng S&P/ASX 200
5,889.95 -44.01 NZSX 50
7,229.8 -21.74 DJIA
20,636.92 +183.67 Nikkei
18,355.26 +19.63 NASDAQ
5,856.79 +51.64 FTSE
7,327.59 -21.40 S&P 500
2,349.01 +20.06 Hang Seng
24,261.66 -51.84 SPI 200 Fut
5,852.00 -15.00 STI
3,138.30 -30.94 SSEC
3,221.67 -24.39 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
NetChg
NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
2.545 +0.000 US 10 YR Bond
2.248 +0.000 NZ 10 YR Bond
2.975 +0.015 US 30 YR Bond
2.906 +0.000 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
1700GMT
1700GMT AUD US$
0.7588 0.7590 NZD US$
0.7011 0.7010 EUR US$
1.0644 1.0623 Yen US$
108.93 108.34 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,284.15
Silver (Lon)
18.39 Gold (NY)
1,284.30
Light Crude
52.71 TRJCRB Index
187.39 -0.38 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks bounced back on Monday after the S&P 500 closed the previous session at a two-month low, in a broad rally led by recently beaten-down bank and technology shares.
At the closing bell on Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 183.67 points, or 0.9 percent, to 20,636.92, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 20.06 points, or 0.86 percent, to 2,349.01 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 51.64 points, or 0.89 percent, to 5,856.79.
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LONDON - The London market was closed for a public holiday on Monday.
Last Thursday, European shares were led lower by declines in the bank sector, leaving an index of the continent's top companies to nurse a weekly loss.
The pan-European STOXX 600 .STOXX index closed down 0.4 percent, ending the week with a 0.2 percent decline over a holiday-shortened four-day week, following two weeks of gains.
For a full report, double click on .L
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TOKYO - Japanese stocks eked out small gains in thin and choppy trade on Monday, with retail investors hunting for small-to-mid cap stocks in the absence of foreign investors due to the Easter holiday.
The Nikkei 225 share average .N225 opened lower and moved closer to near five-month lows in the morning, after the dollar fell on rising tensions over North Korea, hurting such exporters as automakers on worries that a strong yen would eat into their earnings.
For a full report, double click on .T
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SYDNEY - Australian shares are likely to open lower on Tuesday following a four-day weekend amid escalating tension on the Korean peninsula and with the major miners set to come under pressure from sliding iron ore prices.
Local share price index futures YAPcm1 last traded down 0.3 percent at 5,852.0, a 37.9-point discount to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 .AXJO close last Thursday.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar shook off early weakness against the yen on Monday after U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said a strong dollar would be a good thing over a long period, but the greenback remained subdued against a basket of currencies amid geopolitical tensions.
Against the yen, the U.S. dollar rose to session high of 109.05 after the Financial Times quoted Mnuchin playing down President Donald Trump's interview with the Wall Street Journal last week where Trump said the dollar was "getting too strong."
For a full report, double click on USD/
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury yields rose from five-month lows on Monday as stocks gained, reducing demand for safe-haven debt, and on reports that the Trump administration is likely to nominate a bank friendly official as the Federal Reserve's vice chairman for bank supervision.
Benchmark 10-year notes US10YT=RR were last down 7/32 in price to yield 2.252 percent, after dropping to 2.198 percent overnight, the lowest since Nov. 17.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK/BENGALURU - Gold pared gains from a five-month high on Monday, losing steam as U.S. Treasury yields turned higher and the dollar came off its lows, after rising geopolitical tensions over North Korea spurred earlier safe-haven buying in bullion.
Spot gold XAU= was up 0.05 percent at $1,285.86 an ounce by 2:43 p.m. EDT (1843 GMT), after hitting its highest since early November at $1,295.42.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Shanghai aluminium soared to nearly a four-year high on Monday after fresh capacity cuts in top producer China, while the country's robust first-quarter growth underpinned its demand outlook for most metals.
Shanghai Futures Exchange aluminium SAFcv1 closed 2.3 percent higher at 14,485 yuan a tonne, after climbing to its highest in five months earlier in the session at 14,995 yuan a tonne.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Crude oil prices slipped 1 percent on Monday in subdued trading after a long Easter holiday weekend, on news of rising U.S. shale production and profit-taking following three straight weeks of gains.
Benchmark Brent crude futures LCOc1 ended the session 53 cents lower at $55.36 while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures CLc1 settled down 53 cents at $52.65 a barrel.
For a full report, double click on O/R
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