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Stock Markets
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DJIA 16,373.12 -79.60 Nikkei 15,120.14 -153.93
NASDAQ 4,321.68 -14.54 FTSE 6,689.45 -23.22
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Bonds
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Currencies (Prev at 7pm NZST)
AUD US$ 0.9015 0.9025 NZD US$ 0.8463 0.8459
EUR US$ 1.3873 1.3883 Yen US$ 103.19 103.09
Commodities
Gold (Lon) 1344.00 Silver (Lon) 20.990
Gold (NY) 1339.85 Light Crude 101.30
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Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks fell on Monday weighed by soft data
out of China, lingering concerns over Russia's claim over part
of Ukraine and Boeing's latest production setback.
Merger and acquisition announcements, as well as
company-specific news including on Facebook and Alexion Pharma,
helped stem losses.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 81.56 points or
0.5 percent, to 16,371.16, the S&P 500 lost 6.16 points
or 0.33 percent, to 1,871.88 and the Nasdaq Composite
dropped 15.89 points or 0.37 percent, to 4,320.333.
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LONDON - Britain's top equity index fell to its lowest
closing level since mid-February on Monday, dragged down by
major mining stocks and telecoms group Vodafone
The blue-chip FTSE 100 index closed down by 0.4
percent, or 23.22 points, at 6,689.45 points - marking its
lowest closing level since it ended at 6,663.62 points on Feb.
14.
For a full report, double click on .L
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TOKYO - Japanese shares retreated from a five-week high on
Monday as disappointing Chinese trade data and uncertainty over
the crisis in Ukraine prompted investors to lock in recent
gains.
The benchmark Nikkei closed down 1 percent at
15,120.14, slipping from a five-week peak hit on Friday, in thin
trading volume.
The broader Topix index shed 0.8 percent to close at
1,227.61, with 1.88 billion shares changing hands, the lowest
volume since Aug. 26.
For a full report, double click on .T
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The U.S. dollar held steady against major
currencies on Monday, supported by hopes U.S. job growth would
pick up in the wake of last week's mildly encouraging report on
hiring and as tension over Ukraine remained contained.
The dollar index was little changed at 79.743,
holding above four-month lows set prior to Friday's U.S. jobs
data that showed a greater-than-forecast 175,000 workers found
jobs in February.
For a full report, double click on USD/
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasuries traded mostly flat on Monday
ahead of debt auctions this week with no new U.S. economic data
on tap for now.
Prices on benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasuries were
last up 3/32 to yield 2.78 percent. That level was down just
slightly from last Friday, when the 10-year yield traded at 2.79
percent.
For a full report, double click on US/
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold recovered from early losses to edge higher
on Monday as support from the standoff in Ukraine offset
pressure from last week's strong U.S. payrolls data and weakness
in other commodities after a sharp drop in Chinese exports.
Spot gold was up 0.2 percent at $1,342.60 an ounce at
1214 GMT, while U.S. gold futures for April delivery were
up $4.70 an ounce to $1,342.90.
For a full report, double click on GOL/
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BASE METALS
LONDON - London copper hit an eight-month low on Monday and
Shanghai contracts dropped by their 5 percent daily limit,
fanned by fears over the unwinding of copper finance deals in
China after its first domestic bond default last week.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange
closed at $6,649 a tonne from i$6,782 at the close on Friday. It
earlier slid as low as $6,608 a tonne, its weakest since June 25
and within a whisker off nearly three-year lows.
For a full report, double click on MET/L
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OIL
NEW YORK - U.S. oil fell by more than $1 per barrel on
Monday, pressured by an unexpected drop in China's exports that
stoked fears of a slowdown in the world's second-largest
economy.
After two straight days of gains, Brent crude was
trading 1.09 cents lower at $107.91 by 1:40 p.m EDT (1740 GMT),
having fallen $1.25 earlier in the session. U.S. oil fell
$1.61 to $100.97 a barrel after touching a high of $102.82.
For a full report, double click on O/R
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