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Bonds
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Currencies (Prev at 7pm NZST)
AUD US$ 0.8979 0.9040 NZD US$ 0.8469 0.8503
EUR US$ 1.3867 1.3869 Yen US$ 102.94 103.30
Commodities
Gold (Lon) 1346.25 Silver (Lon) 21.250
Gold (NY) 1338.54 Light Crude 100.01
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Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks fell in afternoon trading on Tuesday
after swinging between gains and losses for most of the session
as the lack of major corporate earnings or market-affecting data
kept trading directionless.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 46.93 points or
0.29 percent, to 16,371.75, the S&P 500 lost 6.04 points
or 0.32 percent, to 1,871.13 and the Nasdaq Composite
dropped 11.349 points or 0.26 percent, to 4,323.099.
For a full report, double click on .N
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LONDON - Britain's top share index steadied on Tuesday after
hitting a three-week low, with some investors seeing value in
beaten-down stocks, although the market remained vulnerable to
further declines in the near term.
The blue-chip FTSE 100 index closed 0.06 percent
lower at 6,685.52 points after falling to 6,660.59, its lowest
since the middle of February. It fell in the previous two
sessions on lingering tensions between Ukraine and Russia and on
concerns about China's economic growth.
For a full report, double click on .L
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei average gained on Tuesday as
investors scooped up battered commodity stocks, but trading
volume was thin as caution over an economic slowdown in China
and Ukraine tensions kept traders on the sidelines.
The Nikkei average ended 0.7 percent higher at
15,224.11, recouping more than a half of its losses from the
previous day to edge back towards a five-week high of 15,312.60
hit on Friday.
The broader Topix index rose 0.5 percent to
1,233.21, but only 1.81 billion shares changed hands, the lowest
since mid-October.
For a full report, double click on .T
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The euro fell against the dollar and the yen on
Tuesday after European Central Bank policymakers indicated
traders may have overlooked the message that the bank may still
act to stimlate the economy.
The euro was down 0.1 percent against the dollar at $1.3856
, retreating further from the 2-1/2-year peak of $1.3915
hit on Friday. The euro was down 0.2 percent at 143.01 yen
, off a recent two-month high of 143.79 yen.
For a full report, double click on USD/
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasuries traded mostly flat for a second
straight day on Tuesday ahead of the U.S. government's auction
of three-year Treasury notes, the first of three debt auctions
this week.
The 10-year U.S. Treasury note last traded down
2/32 in price to yield 2.793 percent, down slightly in price
from late Monday, when the yield was at 2.784 percent.
For a full report, double click on US/
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
LONDON - Gold rose on Tuesday as fears of a slowdown in
Chinese economic growth and worries about the crisis in Ukraine
sapped appetite for risk.
Spot gold rose to a session high of $1,352.50 an
ounce and was up 0.6 percent to $1,346.16 an ounce by 1532 GMT,
while gold futures for April delivery rose 0.4 percent
to $1,347.10 an ounce.
For a full report, double click on GOL/
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper tumbled to the lowest levels in over three
years on Tuesday as investors and speculators intensified
selling because of worries about Chinese demand and liquidation
of inventories used for finance deals.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange
closed down 2.6 percent at $6,475 a tonne after touching a low
of $6,469.75, its weakest since July 2010.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - U.S. crude oil fell on Tuesday to below $100 per
barrel for the first time in a month as the potential for more
Chinese corporate bond defaults and rising crude stocks in the
United States raised concerns about the growth of oil demand.
Brent futures traded 23 cents higher at $108.31 a
barrel by 1:29 p.m. EST (1729 GMT). U.S. crude fell $1.01
to $100.11 a barrel.
For a full report, double click on O/R
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