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Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks were little changed on Monday, on the
heels of the S&P 500's best two-day performance in four months
and ahead of new Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's first
testimony before lawmakers on Tuesday.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 19.92 points or
0.13 percent, to 15,774.16, the S&P 500 lost 0.71 points
or 0.04 percent, to 1,796.31 and the Nasdaq Composite
added 7.165 points or 0.17 percent, to 4,133.026.
For a full report, double click on .N
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LONDON - Fresh political pressure on British utilities hit
the sector's stocks on Monday, limiting broader gains in the
UK's top equity index although it rose for the fourth straight
session.
The blue-chip FTSE 100 index closed up by 0.3
percent, or 19.87 points, at 6,591.55 points.
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share average rose to a one-week high
on Monday as a softer yen underpinned sentiment, with
index-heavyweight stocks as SoftBank Corp 9984.T leading the
gains.
The Nikkei ended 1.8 percent higher at 14,718.34
points, its highest close since Jan. 31 and moving away from a
four-month low of 13,995.86 hit last week.
The Topix rose 1.3 percent to 1,204.28, with 31 of
its 33 subsectors in positive territory. A total of 2.19 billion
shares changed hands, the lowest since Jan. 20.
For a full report, double click on .T
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar held steady against major currencies
on Monday as traders waited to hear the economic and policy
views of Janet Yellen, the new head of the Federal Reserve,
following a disappointing January report on the U.S. labor
market.
The dollar index last traded down 0.02 percent at
80.671 after hitting its lowest in about 1-1/2 weeks.
For a full report, double click on USD/
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury debt prices were little changed to
slightly lower on Monday in thin trading, after a rally the
previous session following a soft U.S. non-farm payrolls report,
with markets looking to this week's heavy supply on both the
short and long-end.
Benchmark 10-year Treasuries were last flat in
price to yield 2.67 percent, down from 2.69 percent last Friday.
Thirty-year bonds also slipped 1/32 to yield 3.66
percent, down from 3.68 percent the previous session.
For a full report, double click on US/
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
LONDON - Gold rose on Monday after a weak U.S. jobs report
last week raised questions over economic recovery, which could
potentially slow the pace of the Federal Reserve's stimulus
tapering.
Spot gold rose 0.6 percent to $1,274.60 an ounce by
1524 GMT, after gaining 1.9 percent in the previous week, its
largest weekly increase since Jan. 3.
U.S. gold futures for February delivery were up
$11.50 to $1,274.40 an ounce.
For a full report, double click on GOL/
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper dipped on Monday, following a weekly rise
that was the biggest so far this year last week, as worries
about demand in top consumer China and expectations of tighter
U.S. monetary policy offset tightness in supply.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange fell
0.64 percent to $7,095 a tonne at the close. Prices last week
recouped 1 percent but were still down some 3 percent for the
year to date.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Brent oil eased after hitting a five-week high on
Monday, pressured by increased supplies from Libya and the North
Sea and as investors awaited direction from the new head of the
U.S. Federal Reserve on the course of the central bank's
monetary policy.
March Brent crude was down 54 cents at $109.03 a
barrel at 12:44 p.m. EST (1744 GMT), after reaching a high of
$109.75, its loftiest since Jan. 2.
The March contract expires at the end of trading on
Thursday. Brent oil for April delivery was trading 49 cents
lower at $108.36.
U.S. crude was up 40 cents at $100.28, after rising
to $100.55, a 2014 high.
For a full report, double click on O/R
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