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EQUITIES

GLOBAL - Major stock indexes gained sharply on Monday as investors awaited more quarterly results from some big U.S. companies this week, with U.S. Treasury yields edging lower ahead of upcoming U.S.-China trade discussions.

MSCI's gauge of stocks across the globe .MIWD00000PUS rose 12.27 points, or 1.25%, to 996.17.

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NEW YORK - U.S. stocks jumped on Monday with finance and technology shares providing much of the upside muscle, as upbeat quarterly earnings results revived risk appetite and investors grew less fearful about regional bank credit quality.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 515.97 points, or 1.12%, to 46,706.58, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 71.12 points, or 1.07%, to 6,735.13 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC gained 310.57 points, or 1.37%, to 22,990.54.

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LONDON - European shares closed higher on Monday, as initial concerns over the stability of the U.S. banking sector eased, while fresh comments from U.S. President Donald Trump helped calm trade tensions, encouraging investors to move toward riskier assets.

The continent-wide STOXX 600 index .STOXX jumped back from its nearly 1% decline on Friday, marking its biggest one-day rise in close to three weeks.

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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share gauge surged to a record high on Monday as fiscal expansionist Sanae Takaichi was set to become the country's next prime minister with a new political coalition in place.

The Nikkei 225 Index .N225 jumped 3.4% to close at a record 49,185.50.

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SHANGHAI - Hong Kong stocks rose the most in two months on Monday, while China shares rebounded following last week's heavy selloff, as signs of easing trade tensions strengthened bets that U.S. President Donald Trump will once again back down from his tariff threats.

China's blue-chip CSI300 index .CSI300 and the Shanghai Composite Index .SSEC both climbed roughly 0.6%.

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AUSTRALIA - Australian shares were set to open higher on Tuesday with a potential boost from gold stocks after a bullion rally while investors await quarterly production results from mining giant BHP and diversified miner South32.

The local share price index futures YAPcm1 rose 0.5%, a 57.1-point premium to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO close. The benchmark closed 0.4% higher on Monday.

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SEOUL - South Korean shares rose more than 1% on Monday to a record peak as optimism grew around U.S. trade talks with Beijing as well as Seoul.

The benchmark KOSPI .KS11 closed up 65.80 points, or 1.76%, at an all-time high of 3,814.69.

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FOREIGN EXCHANGE

NEW YORK - The dollar edged higher against the yen on Monday as investors shifted their focus to political developments in Japan and the euro area, while U.S. credit risk concerns lingered.

The U.S. dollar index, a measure of its value relative to a basket of other major foreign currencies, rose 0.053% to 98.587. It hit 98.025 on Friday, its lowest level since October 6.

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SHANGHAI - China's yuan inched higher against the dollar on Monday, underpinned by persistently firmer-than-expected official guidance and optimism that trade tensions with Washington were easing as Beijing convenes for the plenum.

As of 0320 GMT, the onshore yuan CNY=CFXS was 0.04% higher at 7.1248 per dollar, while its offshore counterpart CNH=D3 traded at 7.1260.

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AUSTRALIA - The Australian and New Zealand dollars bounced on Monday as risk sentiment staged a comeback on U.S.-China trade optimism, while a high reading on kiwi inflation mostly left wagers for more policy easing intact.

The Aussie edged 0.4% higher to $0.6509 AUD=D3, breaking major resistance at the 65-cent level.

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SEOUL - Korean won strengthened against dollar on Monday.

The won was quoted at 1,419.2 per dollar on the onshore settlement platform KRW=KFTC, 0.21% higher than its previous close at 1,422.2.

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TREASURIES

NEW YORK - U.S. Treasuries were moderately bid on Monday, with yields edging lower and trading held within tight ranges amid improving risk sentiment as the China trade outlook appeared less dire than it did weeks earlier.

In afternoon trading, the benchmark 10-year yield slipped 1.9 basis points (bps) to 3.989% US10YT=RR

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LONDON - Euro zone benchmark Bund yields rose on Monday as jitters over U.S.-China trade tensions and the health of U.S. regional banks receded, slowing the recent flight into safe-haven assets, while Friday's surprise credit downgrade for France barely moved the dial.

The yield gap between safe-haven Bunds and 10-year French government bonds DE10FR10=RR — a market gauge of the risk premium investors demand to hold French debt — widened to 79.36 bps.

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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share gauge surged to a record high on Monday as fiscal expansionist Sanae Takaichi was set to become the country's next prime minister with a new political coalition in place.

The Nikkei 225 Index .N225 jumped 3.4% to close at a record 49,185.50.

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COMMODITIES

GOLD

Gold prices rose by over 2% on Monday, buoyed by expectations of further U.S. interest rate cuts and sustained safe-haven demand, as investors awaited upcoming U.S.-China trade talks and inflation data out of the U.S. this week.

Spot gold XAU= was up 2.3% at $4,346.39 per ounce, as of 1:47 p.m. ET (1746 GMT).

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IRON ORE

Iron ore futures prices fell on Monday, as a batch of downbeat data in top consumer China sparked concerns over demand prospects for the key steelmaking ingredient.

The most-traded January iron ore contract on China's Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) DCIOcv1 closed daytime trade 0.58% lower at 767 yuan ($107.68) a metric ton.

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BASE METALS

Copper gained ground on Monday, tracking a rebound in equities after a dip on Friday and following stronger-than-expected industrial output data in top consumer China.

Benchmark three-month copper CMCU3 on the London Metal Exchange was up 0.9% at $10,700.50 per metric ton as of 1642 GMT.

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OIL

Oil prices settled at their lowest since early May on Monday as investors weighed a potential global glut, with U.S.-China trade tensions adding to concerns about an economic slowdown and weaker energy demand.

Brent crude futures LCOc1 settled down 28 cents, or 0.46%, at $61.01 a barrel.

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PALM OIL

Malaysian palm oil futures ended lower on Friday, snapping a two-week rally, as weaker crude oil prices pressured the market.

The benchmark palm oil contract FCPOc3 for January delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange slid 6 ringgit, or 0.13%, to 4,514 ringgit ($1,068.66) a metric ton at the close. The contract fell 0.68% this week.

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RUBBER

Japanese rubber futures closed flat on Monday as sliding oil prices and concerns over China's economic slowdown countered support from a weaker yen.

The Osaka Exchange (OSE) rubber contract for March delivery JRUc6, 0#2JRU: ended flat at 302.9 yen ($2.01) per kg.

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