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Stock Markets
S&P/ASX 200 5,324.88 -25.22 NZSX 50 4,765.32 -3.72
DJIA 16,476.26 +6.27 Nikkei 15,908.88 -382.43
NASDAQ 4,124.68 -7.22 FTSE 6,730.73 +0.06
S&P 500 1,831.31 -0.06 Hang Seng 22,817.28 -133.13
SPI 200 Fut 5,303.00 -1.00 TRJCRB Index 277.10 +0.57
Bonds (Yield)
AU 10 YR Bond 4.270 +0.060 US 10 YR Bond 2.963 -0.032
NZ 10 YR Bond 4.740 -0.015 US 30 YR Bond 3.899 -0.033
Currencies (Prev at 7pm NZST)
AUD US$ 0.8964 0.8958 NZD US$ 0.8291 0.8269
EUR US$ 1.3632 1.3585 Yen US$ 104.32 104.34
Commodities
Gold (Lon) 1246.25 Silver (Lon) 20.040
Gold (NY) 1236.16 Light Crude 93.63
Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks declined slightly on Monday after
mixed economic reports, which showed a slowdown in growth in the
U.S. services sector and a rebound in new orders for factory
goods.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 49.93 points or
0.3 percent, to 16,420.06. The S&P 500 lost 6.21 points
or 0.34 percent, to 1,825.16. The Nasdaq Composite
dropped 25.346 points or 0.61 percent, to 4,106.56.
For a full report, double click on .N
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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.
For a full report, double click on .L
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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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SYDNEY - Australian shares are set to open little changed on
Tuesday, under pressure from a fall in Wall Street, which closed
lower on downbeat economic data.
Local share price index futures was little changed
at 5,303, a 21.9-point discount to the underlying S&P/ASX 200
index close. The benchmark slipped 0.5 percent on
Monday.
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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 - U.S. gold futures rose on Monday, shaking off an
unusual and sudden tumble earlier in the session, as weakness on
Wall Street extended bullion's rally to a third consecutive
session.
Spot gold was trading up 0.4 percent at $1,241.40 an
ounce by 12:51 p.m. EST (1751 GMT), having earlier hit a
one-week high of $1,248.30.
U.S. gold futures for February delivery rose $2.40 to
$1,241 an ounce, trading in a choppy $35 range between $1,247.70
and $1,212.60.
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 in choppy
trading as reports of restarted production at a Libyan oilfield,
which hinted at more supply, were outweighed by doubts about its
ability to reach markets.
Brent crude futures for February rose 3 cents to
$106.92 at 1:12 p.m. EST (1812 GMT) after earlier climbing over
$1 to a session high of $107.96.
U.S. crude fell 54 cents to $93.42 per barrel. The
contract lost $1.48 a barrel on Friday and posted its biggest
weekly drop since June 2012.
For a full report, double click on O/R
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