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EQUITIES

GLOBAL - World shares rallied on Tuesday as U.S. consumer prices data failed to shake market expectations of an impending Federal Reserve interest rate cut in September, even as a trade war truce between Washington and Beijing helped buoy sentiment.

MSCI's gauge of stocks across the globe .MIWD00000PUS rose 0.56% to 943.41.

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NEW YORK - Wall Street's main indexes rose on Tuesday, with the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq at record highs after data showed inflation rose broadly in line with expectations in July, bolstering expectations that the Federal Reserve could lower interest rates next month.

At 12:00 p.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 465.62 points, or 1.06%, to 44,440.71, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 55.29 points, or 0.87%, to 6,428.74 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC advanced 212.21 points, or 0.99%, to 21,597.61.

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LONDON - European shares closed higher on Tuesday on optimism about the U.S.-China tariff truce and interest rate cuts by the U.S. Federal Reserve, while declines in heavyweight technology stocks limited gains.

The pan-European STOXX 600 index .STOXX closed 0.2% higher a day after starting the week lower.

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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share gauge .N225 powered to an all-time high on Tuesday, driven by sharp gains for tech companies and renewed optimism over trade with the United States.

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SHANGHAI - China and Hong Kong shares climbed on Tuesday, as the extension of a tariff truce between the U.S. and China, the world's two largest economies, helped cushion investor sentiment.

The blue-chip CSI300 index .CSI300 gained 0.52%.

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AUSTRALIA - ustralian shares hit an all-time high on Tuesday after the country's central bank cut interest rates for the third time in 2025, while maintaining a measured tone on future easing, prompting markets to push back hopes for the next reduction.

The S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO rose 0.4% to a record high of 8,880.8 points after the Reserve Bank of Australia cut interest rates by 25 basis points to a two-year low of 3.60% as expected, citing declining underlying inflation and slightly easing labour market conditions.

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SEOUL - South Korean shares erased early gains to end lower on Tuesday, as investors remained wary amid uncertainty over tax code revisions.

The benchmark KOSPI .KS11 closed down 16.86 points, or 0.53%, at 3,189.91, after rising as much as 1.1% earlier in the session.

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FOREIGN EXCHANGE

NEW YORK - The dollar eased against the euro on Tuesday after U.S. consumer prices increased moderately in July, leaving intact the case for a Federal Reserve interest-rate cut next month.

The greenback pared gains against the yen to trade 0.17% higher at 148.390 yen JPY=EBS.

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SHANGHAI - China's yuan held steady against the dollar on Tuesday after Washington and Beijing extended a tariff truce for another 90 days, a move largely in line with investors' expectations.

As of 0352 GMT, the onshore yuan CNY=CFXS was 0.01% higher at 7.1873 per dollar.

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AUSTRALIA - The Australian dollar barely budged on Tuesday after the country's central bank cut interest rates as expected and stayed cautious on the outlook for more, leaving markets anticipating a three-month break until the next likely easing.

With so much baked in, the Aussie was little moved at $0.6515 AUD=D3, having dipped overnight as its U.S. counterpart firmed broadly.

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SEOUL - South Korean shares erased early gains to end lower on Tuesday, as investors remained wary amid uncertainty over tax code revisions.

The won was quoted at 1,389.9 per dollar on the onshore settlement platform KRW=KFTC, 0.04% higher than its previous close at 1,390.5.

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TREASURIES

NEW YORK - Interest rates sensitive two-year Treasury yields fell on Tuesday after data showed that U.S. consumer price inflation was roughly in line with the expectations of economists in July, and showed limited increases from tariffs, likely clearing the way for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates in September.

The yield on benchmark U.S. 10-year notes US10YT=RR was last up 0.8 basis points on the day at 4.281%, but below the 4.30% area they traded before the data.

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LONDON - German 30-year yields rose to their highest level since 2011 on Tuesday, driven by renewed investor focus on expectations of a sharp increase in fiscal spending, while U.S. economic data released earlier came in roughly in line with forecasts.

German 10-year yields DE10YT=RR rose 5 bps to 2.74%.

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TOKYO - Japanese government bonds inched lower on Tuesday as investors awaited a key U.S. consumer inflation report later in the day to assess the outlook for interest rates.

The five-year yield JP5YTN=JBTC rose 1 bp to to 1.045%.

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COMMODITIES

GOLD - Gold prices edged higher on Tuesday after U.S. inflation data sustained expectations of Federal Reserve interest rate cuts, while attention turned to other key economic data due this week.

Spot gold XAU= rose 0.2% at $3,349.60 an ounce at 12:06 p.m. EDT (1606 GMT).

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IRON ORE - Iron ore futures rose on Tuesday after steel mills in Chinese production hub Tangshan were ordered to halt operations to improve air quality ahead of a major military parade, while lower shipments also lent support to prices.

The most-traded January iron ore contract on China's Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) DCIOcv1 was up 2.36% at 801 yuan ($111.42) a metric ton.

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BASE METALS - Copper prices rose on Tuesday to their highest level in over two weeks as relief dominated the mood after the extension of the U.S.-China tariff truce with optimism buoyed by a lower dollar following the release of U.S. inflation data.

Benchmark copper CMCU3 on the London Metal Exchange was up 1.3% at $9,858 a metric ton at 1614 GMT from a $9,864 a ton earlier, its highest level since July 25.

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OIL - Oil prices dipped on Tuesday as traders watched for a U.S. government short-term market outlook report following a bullish report on demand and supply issued by OPEC.

Brent crude futures LCOc1 lost 20 cents, or 0.3%, to $66.43 a barrel by 10:36 a.m. CDT (1536 GMT).

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PALM OIL - Malaysian palm oil futures closed higher for a third straight session on Tuesday, tracking higher edible oil prices at the Dalian market.

The benchmark palm oil contract FCPOc3 for October delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange rose 16 ringgit, or 0.36%, to 4,400 ringgit ($1,040.68) a metric ton at the close.

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RUBBER - XX (JRUc6, 0#2JRU:)Japanese rubber futures rose on Tuesday, tracking gains in crude oil prices amid optimism over China's policy measures to stabilise markets and an extension of a tariff truce between the United States and China.

The Osaka Exchange (OSE) rubber contract for January delivery JRUc6, 0#2JRU: was up 4.6 yen, or 1.45%, at 322 yen ($2.17) per kg.

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