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EQUITIES

GLOBAL - The S&P 500 and the Dow followed their global counterparts higher on Thursday, and Treasury yields reversed their three-day slide after a trade deal between the United States and Japan provided a welcome sign of progress in President Donald Trump's multi-front tariff negotiations.

MSCI's gauge of stocks across the globe .MIWD00000PUS rose 6.08 points, or 0.65%, to 935.86.

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NEW YORK - Wall Street's main indexes moved higher on Wednesday after a Financial Times reported that the EU and the United States were closing in on a trade deal, similar to the agreement U.S. President Donald Trump struck with Japan.

At 12:20 p.m. ET, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 31.08 points, or 0.49%, to 6,340.70 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC rose 43.28 points, or 0.21%, to 20,935.97.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI edged higher 417.80 points, or 0.93%, to 44,917.71, within striking distance of its record peak.

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LONDON - European shares closed near two-week highs on Wednesday, led by automakers,as investors anticipated a possible agreement between the United States and European Union to soften the blow of growth-denting tariffs.

The benchmark STOXX index .STOXX closed 1% higher and logged its biggest one-day gain in nearly a month, after Japan struck a trade deal with the U.S., sparking a rally in automobile stocks earlier in the day.

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TOKYO - Japanese automakers led a surge in the Nikkei share average to a one-year peak on Wednesday, after Tokyo reached a trade deal with Washington, ending a months-long stalemate.

The Nikkei .N225 rallied 3.5% to end the day at 41,171.32, its highest close since July last year.

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SHANGHAI - China stocks rose for a fifth straight session on Wednesday while Hong Kong shares hit near four-year highs, as eased Sino-U.S. trade tensions added fuel to a rally driven by a trillion-yuan hydropower dam project in Tibet and Beijing's campaign against intense price wars.

Both China's blue-chip CSI300 Index .CSI300 and the Shanghai Composite Index .SSEC climbed as much as 0.9% to eight-month highs, before paring gains to end slightly higher.

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AUSTRALIA - Australian shares ended higher on Wednesday, led by a rally in mining and energy stocks, with top oil and gas producer Woodside Energy scaling a one-month peak following a stronger-than-expected quarterly performance.

The S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO rose 0.7% to finish the day at 8,737.20 points, a touch shy of its all-time high of 8,757.20 points.

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SEOUL - South Korean shares recouped early losses to end higher on Wednesday, led by gains in auto and steel makers on growing hopes of lower U.S. tariffs after Japan's deal with Washington.

The benchmark KOSPI .KS11 rose 13.83 points, or 0.44%, to close at 3,183.77, after falling as much as 0.88% earlier in the session.

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FOREIGN EXCHANGE

NEW YORK - The U.S. dollar strengthened against the Swiss franc and euro but weakened versus the yen on Wednesday as positive sentiment from a new U.S. trade deal was offset by political uncertainty surrounding Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's future.

The dollar index =USD, which measures the greenback against a basket of currencies including the yen and the euro, fell 0.14% to 97.33, on track for four straight sessions of losses.

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SHANGHAI - China's yuan climbed to a three-week high against the dollar on Wednesday, buoyed by fresh signs of easing trade tensions between the world's two largest economies and the central bank's persistently stronger-than-expected guidance fix.

The onshore yuan CNY=CFXS rose to a high of 7.1602 per dollar, the loftiest level since July 3, before changing hands at 7.1617 as of 0342 GMT.

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AUSTRALIA - The Australian and New Zealand dollars held firm on Wednesday as news of a potential U.S. trade deal with Japan salved risk sentiment, but also lessened some of the uncertainty that has been plaguing the greenback.

The reaction in currency markets was cautious, leaving the Aussie a fraction firmer at $0.6562 AUD=D3, having bounced 0.5% overnight as the U.S. dollar eased broadly.

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SEOUL - The South Korean won was little changed against the dollar on Wednesday.

The won was quoted at 1,379.8 per dollar on the onshore settlement platform KRW=KFTC, 0.09% higher than Tuesday's close at 1,381.0.

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TREASURIES

NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury prices declined on Wednesday after three consecutive days of gains, as a U.S. trade deal with Japan triggered a risk-on move across global equity markets, prompting investors to sell safer bonds to buy stocks.

Benchmark 10-year yields US10YT=RR were last at 4.366%, three basis points higher on the day.

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LONDON - Euro zone government bond yields were mixed on Wednesday, as investors weigh what Japan’s trade deal with Washington means for hopes of further agreements.

Germany’s 10-year government bond yield DE10YT=RR, the euro area’s benchmark, rose 1.5 basis points (bps) to 2.603%, after dropping more than 10 bps in the last two sessions.

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TOKYO - Japanese government bonds tumbled on Wednesday, sending benchmark yields to near 17-year highs, as traders priced in increased political risks and a hazy outlook for the central bank's policy normalisation path.

The 10-year JGB yield JP10YTN=JBTC jumped as much as 10 basis points (bps) to 1.6%, marking its biggest move in months and the highest level since October 2008.

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COMMODITIES

GOLD

Gold prices extended losses on Wednesday following reports that the U.S. and European Union were closing in on a 15% tariff deal, dampening safe-haven demand, while silver earlier surged to its highest level since September 2011.

Spot gold XAU= was down 1.2% at $3,389.09 per ounce, as of 12:45 p.m. ET (1645 GMT), after hitting its highest point since June 16 earlier in the day.

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IRON ORE

Iron ore futures fell on Wednesday, weighed down by ongoing weakness in China's property sector, which overshadowed support from recent government stimulus and infrastructure plans.

The most-traded September iron ore contract on China's Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) DCIOcv1 traded 0.49% lower at 813 yuan ($113.49) a metric ton, as of 0311 GMT.

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BASE METALS

U.S. copper prices hit a record high on Wednesday as the planned date for U.S. tariffs approached, while London levels edged up to their strongest in over two weeks on the back of a U.S.-Japan trade deal.

Benchmark three-month copper CMCU3 on the London Metal Exchange was up 0.1% at $9,925 a metric ton after earlier touching its strongest price since July 4 at $9,947.

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OIL

Oil prices fell for the fourth consecutive session on Wednesday, as investors assessed a U.S. tariff deal with Japan ahead of trade talks between EU and U.S. officials due later in the day.

Brent crude futures LCOc1 were down 30 cents, or 0.44%, at $68.29 a barrel at 11:55 a.m. EDT (1555 GMT).

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PALM OIL

Malaysian palm oil futures settled higher on Wednesday, extending gains from the previous session, supported by short-covering and gains in Dalian palm olein as well as Chicago soyoil.

The benchmark palm oil contract FCPOc3 for October delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange gained 52 ringgit, or 1.22%, to 4,316 ringgit ($1,021.54) a metric ton at the close.

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RUBBER

Japanese rubber futures pared earlier gains after a four-session rally on Wednesday, as resilient supply and high inventory levels outweighed optimism in the automobile sector.

The Osaka Exchange (OSE) rubber contract for December delivery JRUc6, 0#2JRU: was down 2.4 yen, or 0.72%, at 329.5 yen ($2.24) per kg.

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