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-----------------------(07:25 / 1825 GMT)----------------------- Stock Markets S&P/ASX 200 5,440.22 +1.52 NZSX 50 4,969.65 +44.76 DJIA 16,283.92 +180.62 Nikkei 14,837.68 -27.99 NASDAQ 4,307.26 +43.85 FTSE 6,865.86 +27.80 S&P 500 1,856.23 +19.98 Hang Seng 22,388.56 -179.68 SPI 200 Fut 5,469.00 +46.00 TRJCRB Index 302.87 +1.29 Bonds AU 10 YR Bond 4.186 +0.007 US 10 YR Bond 2.752 +0.018 NZ 10 YR Bond 4.595 +0.000 US 30 YR Bond 3.709 +0.013 Currencies (Prev at 7pm NZST) AUD US$ 0.9042 0.8967 NZD US$ 0.8334 0.8285 EUR US$ 1.3737 1.3740 Yen US$ 102.49 102.27 Commodities Gold (Lon) 1334.75 Silver (Lon) 22.050 Gold (NY) 1323.01 Light Crude 103.10 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures. EQUITIES NEW YORK - U.S. stocks jumped 1 percent on Monday, with the S&P 500 climbing to an all-time high as optimism over merger activity helped Wall Street erase this year's early weakness. The Dow Jones industrial averagewas up 181.61 points, or 1.13 percent, at 16,284.91. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index was up 21.09 points, or 1.15 percent, at 1,857.34. The Nasdaq Composite Index was up 45.62 points, or 1.07 percent, at 4,309.03. For a full report, double click on .N - - - - LONDON - Gains at mobile telecoms group Vodafone VOD.L and business supplies distributor Bunzl BNZL.L enabled Britain's top equity index to rise on Monday for the seventh straight session. The blue-chip FTSE 100 indexclosed up by 0.4 percent, or 27.80 points, at 6,865.86 points - just 1.2 percent below its December 1999 record level of 6,950.60. For a full report, double click on .L - - - - TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei average eased from a three-week high in an erratic session on Monday as a firmer yen and weak Asian markets triggered profit-taking following recent sharp gains. The benchmark Nikkeiclosed down 0.2 percent at 14,837.68, after surging 2.9 percent on Friday. The broader Topix index fell 0.3 percent to 1,219.07, with 2.32 billion shares changing hands, among the lowest volume so far this year. For a full report, double click on .T - - - - FOREIGN EXCHANGE NEW YORK - The dollar edged lower against a basket of major currencies on Monday as investors' risk appetite improved amid expectations that Ukraine would receive international aid, calming fears surrounding the heavily-indebted country. The dollar indexwas down slightly at 80.218 after posting its first weekly gain in three weeks. Expectations that Ukraine would receive aid from Western donors helped stoke investors' risk appetite. (Full Story) The greenback also fell sharply against the so-called commodity currencies - the Australian , Canadian and New Zealand dollars . For a full report, double click on USD/ - - - - TREASURIES NEW YORK - U.S. Treasuries' prices changed little on Monday, with trading in the safe-haven asset class unaffected by political upheaval in Ukraine and mixed readings from big economies such as those of Germany and China. In muted New York trading, benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasurynotes were off 2/32 in price, pushing the yield to 2.742 percent. The thirty-year bond was down 1/32 of a point in price, taking the yield to 3.693 percent. For a full report, double click on US/ - - - - COMMODITIES GOLD NEW YORK - Gold rose to a near four-month high on Monday, adding to last week's gains as investors grew more anxious about the pace of the U.S. economic recovery and China's growth. Spot goldrose 1.1 percent to $1,337.40 an ounce in earlier trade, its highest since Oct. 31. It was trading at $1,336.00 by 1533 GMT, up 1 percent. U.S. gold futures for April delivery rose $10.20 an ounce to $1,333.90. For a full report, double click on GOL/ - - - - BASE METALS LONDON - Copper fell on Monday to its lowest in more than two weeks as data showed growth in new housing prices in China slowed in January and worries about credit restrictions in the country's huge property sector hurt the demand outlook for metals. Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchangeended at $7,077 a tonne, down from a close of $7,155 on Friday. Earlier in the session it hit an intraday low of $7,033, its lowest since Feb. 6. For a full report, double click on MET/L - - - - OIL NEW YORK - U.S. oil rose more than $1 on Monday, supported by upbeat economic data that fueled hopes for demand growth and expectations that supplies would continue to drain from the benchmark delivery point for the U.S. oil futures contract. Brent crudewas up 75 cents at $110.60 a barrel by 11:46 a.m. EST (1646 GMT), after ending higher for a second straight week. U.S. oil was up $1.18 to $103.38, after climbing for the sixth week in its longest winning streak in more than a year. For a full report, double click on O/R - - - - ((Australia/New Zealand bureaux; +61 2 9373 1800/+64 4 802 7980)) Keywords: MORNINGCALL/