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7,310.67 -77.68 DJIA
18,575.00 -61.05 Nikkei
16,596.51 -273.05 NASDAQ
5,236.74 -25.28 FTSE
6,893.92 -47.27 S&P 500
2,181.37 -8.78 Hang Seng
22,910.84 -21.67 SPI 200 Fut
5,482.00 -6.00 STI
2,858.80 -8.41 SSEC
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1.571 +0.019 NZ 10 YR Bond
2.165 +0.000 US 30 YR Bond
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0.7268 0.7262 EUR US$
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100.24 100.24 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Commodities Gold (Lon)
1,344.00
Silver (Lon)
19.82 Gold (NY)
1,338.91
Light Crude
46.58 TRJCRB Index
186.64 +1.49 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Overnight market action with latest New York figures.
EQUITIES
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks eased from record highs on Tuesday after New York Federal Reserve Bank President William Dudley said an interest rate hike in September was possible.
At 3:12 p.m. (1912 GMT), the Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was down 58.11 points, or 0.31 percent, to 18,577.94, the S&P 500 .SPX had lost 8.39 points, or 0.38 percent, to 2,181.76 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC had dropped 24.58 points, or 0.47 percent, to 5,237.44.
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LONDON - Britain's top shares index slipped from a 14-month high on Tuesday as higher-than-expected UK inflation data weighed on the market.
The blue-chip FTSE 100 index .FTSE , which reached a 14-month high in the previous session, fell 0.7 percent to 6,893.92 points.
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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei dropped to a more than one-week low on Tuesday as selling accelerated in late trade after the dollar hit a one-month low against the yen.
The market also turned cautious before the release of a slew of U.S. economic data later in the day.
The Nikkei .N225 dropped 1.6 percent to 16,596.51, the lowest closing level since Aug. 5.
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE
NEW YORK - The U.S. dollar hit its lowest levels in more than seven weeks against the euro, yen and Swiss franc on Tuesday a day after dovish comments from a top Federal Reserve official, but pared losses after remarks from the head of the New York Fed raised expectations for a rate hike this year.
The euro was last up 0.82 percent against the dollar at $1.1275, while the dollar was last down 1 percent against the yen at 100.25 yen.
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TREASURIES
NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury prices slipped on Tuesday, with the two-year yield touching a near-three-week high as comments from two top Federal Reserve officials rekindled bets the U.S. central bank may raise interest rates by year-end if the economy improves further.
Benchmark 10-year Treasury notes US10YT=RR were down 6/32 in price for a yield of 1.575 percent, up 2 basis points from late on Monday.
The two-year yield US2YT=RR , which is sensitive to traders' views on Fed policy, was up 2 basis points at 0.750 percent.
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COMMODITIES
GOLD
NEW YORK - Gold cut its gains on Tuesday after mixed U.S. economic data failed to give clarity on the prospects for a U.S. interest rate rise this year and the U.S. dollar pared losses from a seven-week low.
Spot gold XAU= was up 0.7 percent at $1,347.95 an ounce by 3:07 p.m. EDT (1907 GMT), retreating from an earlier 1.3-percent gain.
U.S. gold GCcv1 settled up 0.7 percent at $1,356.90.
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BASE METALS
LONDON - Aluminium hit a month high and copper also gained on Tuesday as speculators bought up metals after signals that U.S. interest rates might remain on hold put the dollar under pressure.
London Metal Exchange benchmark copper CMCU3 closed 0.9 percent firmer at $4,811 a tonne after finishing slightly firmer on Monday and touching a one-month low of $4,750.50 on Friday.
Three-month LME aluminium CMAL3 ended up 1 percent at $1,693, the highest since July 15.
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OIL
NEW YORK - Oil settled up nearly 2 percent on Tuesday, hitting five-week highs for a second straight day as sources at OPEC spoke of Saudi Arabia's apparent desire for higher crude prices while Russia met the producer group to discuss the market.
Brent crude LCOc1 settled up 88 cents, or 1.8 percent, at $49.23 a barrel. It rose more after settlement, reaching $49.34, its highest since July 7.
U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude CLc1 rose 84 cents, or 1.8 percent, to settle at $46.58. It reached $46.73 after settlement, its highest since July 12.
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