-----------------------(07:25 / 2125 GMT)----------------------- Stock Markets
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NetChng S&P/ASX 200
5,030.42 +84.83 NZSX 50
5,610.31 +37.58 DJIA
16,492.68 +390.30 Nikkei
17,427.08 +0.00 NASDAQ
4,811.93 +128.01 FTSE
6,146.10 +71.58 S&P 500
1,969.41 +48.19 Hang Seng
21,259.04 +675.52 SPI 200 Fut
5,142.00 +42.00 FTSTI
2,885.32 +32.91 SSEC
3,170.57 +90.15 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds
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NetChg AU 10 YR Bond
2.697 +0.038 US 10 YR Bond
2.186 +0.058 NZ 10 YR Bond
3.350 +0.025 US 30 YR Bond
2.960 +0.069 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Currencies
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1700GMT AUD US$
0.7011 0.6970 NZD US$
0.6339 0.6292 EUR US$
1.1201 1.1199 Yen US$
119.81 119.83 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,121.15
Silver (Lon)
14.77 Gold (NY)
1,119.10
Light Crude
45.73 TRJCRB Index
198.39 +1.69 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks rose more than 2 percent on Tuesday, following a three-day weekend, bouncing after steep losses last week and a China-fueled rebound in global equities.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI rose 390.3 points, or 2.42 percent, to 16,492.68, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 48.19 points, or 2.51 percent, to 1,969.41 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 128.01 points, or 2.73 percent, to 4,811.93.
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LONDON - The UK's top share index rallied on Tuesday, extending its gains from the previous session with a boost from better-than-expected euro zone Q2 GDP data and hope for further market stimulus on Chinese markets.
The FTSE 100 was up 1.2 percent at 6,146.10 points at the close, lagging blue-chip German stocks.
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TOKYO - Japanese stocks fell on Tuesday, taking the benchmark Nikkei index into negative territory for the year to date, after soft trade data out of China added to concerns over the economic health of one of Japan's main trading partners.
The Nikkei share average N.225 lost 2.4 percent to close at 17,427.08, tipping it into negative territory for the year to date. It has fallen 15.9 percent in the last 30 days.
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SYDNEY - Australian stocks are set to climb on Wednesday, led by the big miners, following rallies offshore on hopes China will take more steps to boost growth after its imports shrank much more than expected in August.
Local share price index futures YAPcm1 rose 0.8 percent to 5,142.0, a 26.8-point premium to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO , pointing to a stronger opening. The benchmark jumped 1.7 percent on Tuesday.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar was mixed on Tuesday as rallying stock markets and positive German economic data gave global investors reasons to throttle down the risk aversion tactics that recently boosted the euro and yen.
The euro recovered from early losses and was last flat against the dollar at $1.1166 EUR= , while the yen shed 0.6 percent against the dollar to trade at 120 yen JPY= . The euro was down 0.75 percent against sterling EURGBP= .
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury yields rose on Tuesday as investors prepared for the possibility that the Federal Reserve will increase interest rates next week for the first time in almost a decade, and as the Treasury sells $58 billion in new supply this week.
Five-year notes US5YT=RR , which are among the most sensitive to interest rate changes, dropped 9/32 in price to yield 1.53 percent, up from 1.47 percent. Benchmark 10-year notes US10YT=RR were last down 19/32 in price to yield 2.19 percent, up from 2.13 percent late on Friday.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold firmed on Tuesday as a retreat in the dollar index helped the metal snap a four-day losing streak, but bullion remained close to 3-week lows as uncertainty over a looming U.S interest rate hike persisted.
Spot gold XAU= was up 0.2 percent at $1,121.10 an ounce at 2:56 p.m. EDT (1856 GMT), while U.S. gold futures GCv1 for December delivery settled down 40 cents at $1,121 an ounce.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper surged to a four-week high on Tuesday, boosted by data showing healthy Chinese imports and a bounce in hard-hit equity markets in the world's top metals consumer.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange CMCU3 raced 3.8 percent higher, closing at $5,345 a tonne, the highest since Aug. 11, after ending a little firmer in the previous session.
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OIL
NEW YORK - Brent crude settled up 4 percent on Tuesday as strength in stock markets helped the global oil benchmark recoup the bulk of its losses from the previous session.
London-traded Brent LCOc1 settled up $1.89 at $49.52 a barrel, and was at $49.50 by 4:35 p.m. EDT (2135 GMT) in post-settlement trade.
U.S. crude CLc1 settled down 11 cents, or almost a quarter percent, at $45.94, and was at $45.86 by 4:35 p.m.
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