-----------------------(06:31 / 1931 GMT)----------------------- Stock Markets
S&P/ASX 200 4,717.04 +31.28 NZSX 50 3,112.98 -0.60
DJIA 10,439.31 +121.15 Nikkei 9,497.68 -51.79
NASDAQ 2,171.76 +25.72 FTSE 5,355.50 +104.09
S&P 500 1,104.72 +13.34 Hang Seng 22,455.84 +315.55
SPI 200 Fut 4,753.00 +24.00 CRB Index 274.92 +0.34

Bonds
AU 10 YR Bond 94.605 -0.020 US 10 YR Bond 3.379 +0.009
NZ 10 YR Bond 4.845 +0.000 US 30 YR Bond 4.307 +0.010

Currencies (Prev at 7pm NZST)
AUD US$ 0.9243 0.9180 NZD US$ 0.7327 0.7269
EUR US$ 1.4965 1.4929 Yen US$ 89.09 88.80

Commodities
Gold (Lon) 1169.50 Silver (Lon) 18.760
Gold (NY) 1148.20 Light Crude 77.54

Overnight market action with latest New York figures.

EQUITIES

NEW YORK - U.S. stocks advanced on Monday, with the S&P 500 on track to snap a three-day sell-off, as a weak U.S. dollar and better-than-expected home sales data encouraged investors.

The Dow Jones industrial average was up 131.20 points, or 1.27 percent, at 10,449.36. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index was up 15.27 points, or 1.40 percent, at 1,106.65. The Nasdaq Composite Index was up 29.42 points, or 1.37 percent, at 2,175.46.

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LONDON - Britain's top share index ended sharply higher on Monday, snapping a four-day losing streak, with commodity and banking stocks rallying after comments by a senior U.S. Federal Reserve official.

The FTSE 100 index finished up 104.09 points, or 2 percent, at 5,355.50 and recorded its biggest one-day percentage rise in more than six weeks. The index closed 0.3 percent lower on Friday after falling in the previous three sessions.

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TOKYO - The Tokyo market was closed for a public holiday.

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SYDNEY - Australian stocks are set to open higher, powered by resources companies, as copper, gold and oil prices all rose after strong U.S. home sales data for October stoked hopes of an economic revival.

Share price index futures for December rose 0.5 percent to 4,753.0, a 36-point premium to the underlying S&P/ASX 200. The benchmark index climbed 0.7 percent on Monday.

Power generators, coal miners and manufacturers will be in the frame when the government unveils a compromise plan for emissions trading to replace a proposal rejected by the Senate.

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FOREIGN EXCHANGE

NEW YORK - The dollar declined broadly on Monday after a Federal Reserve official affirmed expectations that interest rates would stay low for some time and strong U.S. housing data dampened the currency's safe-haven appeal.

In midday New York trading, the euro was up 0.7 percent at $1.4967.

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TREASURIES

NEW YORK - U.S. Treasury bond prices held steady at lower levels following an auction of $44 billion worth of two-year notes.

The benchmark 10-year Treasury note's price, which moves inversely to its yield, was last down 9/32 for a yield of 3.41 percent.

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COMMODITIES

GOLD

NEW YORK - COMEX December gold up $20.50, or 1.8 percent, at $1,167.30 an ounce at 11:58 a.m. EST (1658 GMT) on the NYMEX.

Spot gold at $1,167.05 an ounce, compared with $1,148.20 late in the previous session in New York. London's afternoon gold fix at $1,169.50 an ounce.

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BASE METALS

LONDON - Copper surged to 14-month highs on Monday on the back of investment demand betting on robust demand for copper in the long run and as a weak dollar boosted industrial metals.

Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange closed at $6,950 a tonne from Friday's last bid at $6,845 tonne.

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OIL

NEW YORK - Oil prices rose on Monday as strong U.S. housing data pressured the dollar and lifted expectations an economic rebound will bolster fuel demand.

U.S. crude traded up 74 cents to $78.21 a barrel by 1:01 p.m. EST (1801 GMT), off an earlier high of $79.92 a barrel. London Brent crude rose 95 cents to $78.15 a barrel.

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