(UPDATE 2) -----------------------(07:13 / 2113 GMT)----------------------- Stock Markets
S&P/ASX 200
5,303.15 -64.51 NZSX 50
5,710.76 -16.66 DJIA
17,509.01 -36.17 Nikkei
20,554.47 -65.79 NASDAQ
5,059.35 -32.35 FTSE
6,526.29 -24.01 S&P 500
2,096.92 -5.52 Hang Seng
23,474.97 -339.68 SPI 200 Fut
5,279.00 +10.00 TRJCRB Index
196.77 +0.24
Bonds
AU 10 YR Bond
2.796 +0.038 US 10 YR Bond
2.193 +0.041 NZ 10 YR Bond
3.390 +0.030 US 30 YR Bond
2.856 +0.053
Currencies (Prev at 7pm NZST)
AUD US$
0.7341 0.7346 NZD US$
0.6593 0.6583 EUR US$
1.1027 1.1072 Yen US$
124.38 124.36
Commodities
Gold (Lon)
1111.45
Silver (Lon)
14.86
Gold (NY)
1117.26
Light Crude
42.39
---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks fell on Tuesday, with the S&P 500 trading in its tightest daily range in nearly a month, weighed down by earnings-related selling in Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) and a drop in commodity stocks on concerns about China's economy.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI fell 33.84 points, or 0.19 percent, to 17,511.34, the S&P 500 .SPX lost 5.52 points, or 0.26 percent, to 2,096.92 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 32.35 points, or 0.64 percent, to 5,059.35.
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LONDON - Britain's index of leading shares slipped on Tuesday, hit by a pick-up in inflation and a decline in energy and mining stocks as oil and metals prices fell.
The FTSE 100 .FTSE closed down 0.4 percent at 6,526.29 points, more than 8 percent below its record high of 7,122.74, reached in April.
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei fell 0.3 percent on Tuesday, hurt by weakness in futures markets and other Asian stock markets as investors worried about the slowdown in China's economy.
The Nikkei share average .N225 ended down nearly 66 points at 20,554.47, surrendering all of its modest gains in early trade.
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SYDNEY - Australian stocks are on track to open about ten points higher correcting some of the steep falls in the previous session. Support is likely to be found amid a batch of earnings released throughout the day and a bounce in oil prices.
Local share price index futures YAPcm1 rose 10 points to 5,279.0, a 24 discount to the close of the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index. The benchmark fell 1.2 percent at close on Tuesday.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar rose against the euro on Tuesday, getting a lift from data showing U.S. housing starts close to an eight-year peak, which bolstered expectations the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates as soon as next month.
The dollar index .DXY , which had been down on the day, pivoted to a gain after the housing starts report and was last up 0.20 percent in early New York trading.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury yields rose on Tuesday as investors awaited the release on Wednesday of minutes of the Federal Reserve's July meeting, which will be evaluated for any new signs that an interest rate increase is likely in September.
Benchmark 10-year note yields US10YT=RR were last 2.19 percent, up from 2.17 percent before the data.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
LONDON - Gold fell on Tuesday, as the dollar rebounded following upbeat U.S. housing data that supported views of a looming interest rate increase by the Federal Reserve.
Spot gold XAU= snapped initial gains and was down 0.5 percent at $1,111.71 an ounce by 1419 GMT, while U.S. gold for December delivery GCcv1 fell 0.7 percent to $1,110.20 an ounce.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper prices slid to a six-year low below the psychological $5,000 a tonne level on Tuesday as worries about weak demand growth from top consumer China were reinforced by tumbling equity prices in Shanghai.
Benchmark copper CMCU3 on the London Metal Exchange hit $4,983 a tonne earlier in the session. The metal used in power and construction ended down 1.5 percent at $5,035, from Monday's last bid of $5,114.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil rallied on Tuesday, with U.S. crude settling up nearly 2 percent, after bullish economic data and bets for lower crude stockpiles in the United States, the world's largest oil consumer.
New York-traded U.S. crude CLc1 settled up 75 cents, or 1.8 percent, at $42.62 a barrel. That put it at more than $1 above Friday's low of $41.35, which was the market's bottom since March 2009.
Brent LCOc1 , the London-traded global benchmark for crude, settled up 7 cents at $48.81, steadying from a three-day decline. Brent was initially down on Tuesday after stock markets in China, the second largest oil consumer, fell 6 percent.
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