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Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks fell sharply on Monday, with the
Nasdaq marking its biggest daily percentage drop since early
February as some of the market's recent best performers like
technology and biotech shares led the way down.
The Dow Jones industrial average was down 63.36
points, or 0.39 percent, at 16,239.41. The Standard & Poor's 500
Index was down 13.62 points, or 0.73 percent, at
1,852.90. The Nasdaq Composite Index was down 70.40
points, or 1.65 percent, at 4,206.39.
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LONDON - Britain's top share index fell on Monday on
concerns about the situation in Ukraine and a slowdown in
Chinese growth, while energy providers were hit by worries they
may be forced to break up their businesses.
The blue-chip FTSE 100 index ended 0.6 percent lower
at 6,520.39 points, falling for nine of the past 12 trading
sessions. It has lost more than 4 percent this month.
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share average climbed 1.8 percent on
Monday, bouncing off from a six-week low on the back of a
tentative recovery in risk appetite, though underlying concerns
about Japan's economic outlook kept gains in check.
The benchmark Nikkei gained 251.07 points to
14,475.30, completely reversing the previous session's losses,
after a market holiday on Friday. Still, the index was down more
than 11 percent since the start of this year, likely heading for
its first quarterly decline in 1-1/2 years.
The broader Topix advanced 1.5 percent to 1,163.04
in relatively active trade, with 2.92 billion shares changing
hands, one of the heaviest in the past month.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar rose against the euro on Monday after
signs of slower growth in Germany worried traders and
expectations of tightening U.S. monetary policy continued to
support the greenback.
The euro last traded down 0.13 percent against the
dollar at $1.3775. The dollar index , a gauge of the
dollar's performance against a basket of major currencies, was
last up 0.1 percent.
For a full report, double click on USD/
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - The U.S. Treasuries yield curve flattened on
Monday, with long-dated debt prices gaining while
intermediate-dated debt prices fell, before the U.S. government
sells $96 billion in new debt to investors nervous that the
Federal Reserve may raise interest rates sooner than expected.
Two-year note yields rose as high as 0.47 percent
on Monday, the highest since September and up from 0.34 percent
before Yellen's remarks. Five-year note yields
increased to 1.77 percent, the highest since January 9 and
seven-year note yields rose to 2.34 percent, the
highest since January 23.
Benchmark 10-year notes were last up 4/32 in
price to yield 2.74 percent, having risen as high as 2.78
percent earlier on Monday. The yields have risen from around
2.66 percent since Yellen's comments.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold prices tumbled almost 2 percent to a
one-month low on Monday as lingering fears that U.S. interest
rates could rise in early 2015 prompted bullion investors to
cash in gains made during the metal's recent rally to six-month
highs.
Spot gold was down 1.7 percent at $1,310.76 an ounce
at 12:24 p.m. EDT (1624 GMT), having earlier hit $1,307.70, the
lowest since Feb. 14.
U.S. COMEX gold futures for April delivery were down
$24.20 an ounce at $1,311.80 an ounce, with trading volume on
track to finish above its 30-day average, preliminary Reuters
data showed.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper steadied on Monday as investors saw last
week's fall to 3-1/2 year lows as overdone and as the latest
batch of weak data from China spurred hopes that authorities
would introduce measures to support the economy.
Still, three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange
closed at $6,473 a tonne from $6,480 at the close on
Friday. Copper is down some 12 percent this year.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Brent crude oil edged higher on Monday, as supply
concerns over the Ukraine crisis and turmoil in Libya outweighed
weaker-than-expected Chinese data that pointed to slowing demand
in the world's biggest energy consumer.
Brent crude for May was up 35 cents at $107.26 a
barrel by 12:05 EDT (1605 GMT). The oil benchmark fell for a
fourth straight week last week. U.S. oil rose 27 cents to
$99.74 a barrel.
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