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Stock Markets
S&P/ASX 200 5,324.88 -25.22 NZSX 50 4,765.32 -3.72
DJIA 16,421.88 -48.11 Nikkei 15,908.88 -382.43
NASDAQ 4,107.44 -24.47 FTSE 6,730.73 +0.06
S&P 500 1,825.40 -5.97 Hang Seng 22,684.15 -133.13
SPI 200 Fut 5,296.00 -8.00 TRJCRB Index 277.06 +0.53
Bonds
AU 10 YR Bond 4.314 -0.077 US 10 YR Bond 2.950 -0.045
NZ 10 YR Bond 4.755 +0.000 US 30 YR Bond 3.885 -0.047
Currencies (Prev at 7pm NZST)
AUD US$ 0.8965 0.8958 NZD US$ 0.8295 0.8269
EUR US$ 1.3645 1.3585 Yen US$ 104.06 104.34
Commodities
Gold (Lon) 1246.25 Silver (Lon) 20.040
Gold (NY) 1236.16 Light Crude 93.42
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Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks were little changed on Monday after
data showed the pace of growth in the services sector slowed for
a second straight month in December while new orders for U.S.
factory goods rebounded in November.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 30.25 points or
0.18 percent, to 16,500.24, the S&P 500 gained 1.89
points or 0.1 percent, to 1,833.26 and the Nasdaq Composite
dropped 10.337 points or 0.25 percent, to 4,121.569.
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LONDON - London-listed mining equities fell on Monday as new
signs of economic weakness in China, the world's top metals
consumer, prompted investors to dump resources shares at the
start of the first full week of 2014.
However, the blue-chip FTSE 100 index closed flat at
6,730.73 points after a choppy trade, moving in and out of
positive territory several times during the day.
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei average slid more than 2 percent to
snap a nine-day winning streak on Monday, its first trading day
of 2014, as foreign hedge funds unwound positions in futures and
large-cap stocks such as SoftBank and Fast Retailing.
The Nikkei closed down 2.4 percent at 15,908.88
after falling as far as 15,864.44, its lowest level since Dec.
25. The Topix dropped 0.8 percent to 1,292.15.
For a full report, double click on .T
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The dollar dipped against the euro and yen on
Monday as weaker-than-expected data gauging the U.S. services
sector reflected slowing growth at the end of last year.
The dollar index, which tracks the greenback against a
basket of six major currencies, last traded flat at 80.756
after hitting 80.910 earlier in the global session, its
highest since Dec. 4.
For a full report, double click on USD/
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasuries prices rose on Monday after
weaker-than-expected data on the U.S. services sector raised
hopes that the Federal Reserve would slow its reduction of bond
purchases, spurring bids for government debt.
The benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury note rose
8/32 in price to yield 2.965 percent, down 3 basis points from
late on Friday. The 30-year bond shot up 18/32 in
price to yield 3.898 percent, down 3 basis points from Friday.
For a full report, double click on US/
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Unusually heavy trading volumes rattled U.S. gold
futures on Monday, triggering a brief halt while temporarily
sending bullion prices down over $30 an ounce, or about 3
percent.
Benchmark U.S. gold futures for February delivery
tumbled almost $35 an ounce to $1,212.60 from $1,245.50 in just
one minute between 10:14 a.m. and 10:15 a.m. EST (1514-1515
GMT), Reuters data showed.
For a full report, double click on GOL/
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Copper steadied on Monday as the dollar fell but
the metal remained near a two-week low on concerns about
economic recovery in China, which accounts for about 40 percent
of global copper demand.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange fell
to its lowest since Dec. 24 at $7,278.75 a tonne on Monday,
before closing at $7,325 from $7,315 on Friday.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - Brent crude oil edged higher on Monday on
concerns that oil from a recently restarted Libyan field may
have difficulty reaching markets and instability in Iraq.
Brent crude futures for February rose 22 cents to a
high of $107.11 a barrel by 11:26 a.m. EST, paring gains from an
earlier rise of over $1.
U.S. crude fell 16 cents to $93.80 per barrel. The
contract lost $1.48 a barrel on Friday and posted its biggest
weekly drop since June 2012.
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