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EQUITIES

GLOBAL - U.S. shares edged slightly higher on Monday, while the dollar and oil prices dipped, after the White House exempted smartphones and computers from U.S. tariffs but President Donald Trump said that levies were still likely.

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS gained 1.6%.

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NEW YORK - Wall Street's main indexes rose on Monday but were well off session highs as an early rally in technology stocks after the White House exempted smartphones and computers from new tariffs gave way to worries about economic growth and future levies.

At 12:05 p.m. the Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 110.00 points, or 0.27%, to 40,322.71, the S&P 500 .SPX gained 20.44 points, or 0.38%, to 5,383.78, and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC gained 35.29 points, or 0.21%, to 16,759.75.

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LONDON - European shares closed higher in broad-based gains on Monday, as risk sentiment swelled after U.S. President Donald Trump granted tariff exclusions on smartphones and computers imported from China, bringing some respite after weeks of turmoil.

The pan-European STOXX 600 .STOXX ended 2.7% higher.

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TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei share average ended higher on Monday, as iPhone-related shares jumped after the United States excluded smartphones and other electronics from steep tariffs.

The Nikkei .N225 gained 1.18% to close at 33,982.36, after gaining as much as 2.22% earlier in the session.

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SHANGHAI - Chinese and Hong Kong equity indexes rose on Monday as tech shares climbed after the White House exempted smartphones and computers from "reciprocal" U.S. tariffs, while the chip sector was weighed down by national security concerns.

China's blue-chip CSI300 Index .CSI300 climbed 0.2%, while the Shanghai Composite Index .SSEC had gained 0.8% by the close.

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AUSTRALIA - Australian shares ended at a seven-session high on Monday, aided by miners and banks, after Washington exempted computers and smartphones from "reciprocal" U.S. tariffs, although the possibility of future levies tempered risk appetite.

The S&P/ASX 200 index .AXJO advanced 1.3% to end at 7,745.6 points, its highest point since April 3.

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SEOUL - South Korean shares ended nearly 1% higher on Monday, tracking Wall Street's gains in the last session on easing worries over U.S. tariffs, while the won hit its strongest level in more than four months.

The benchmark KOSPI .KS11 closed up 23.17 points, or 0.95%, at 2,455.89.

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FOREIGN EXCHANGE

NEW YORK - The dollar turned higher against the Japanese yen and euro on Monday after a bruising week last week sent it to a three-year low against the single currency but also left it oversold by some technical metrics.

Against the Japanese yen JPY=, the dollar strengthened 0.08% to 143.61.

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SHANGHAI - The yuan fell against the dollar on Monday, following a bounce from a 2007 low last week, as broad weakness in the greenback was offset by uncertainties around U.S. tariffs on China that darken the outlook for the Chinese currency.

As of 0255 GMT, the onshore yuan CNY=CFXS was 0.23% lower at 7.3095 per dollar.

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AUSTRALIA - The Australian dollar has recouped all of the losses since April 2 when President Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs on the rest of world, sinking financial markets and triggering an exodus from U.S. assets.

The Aussie AUD=D3 was up 0.1% at $0.6290.

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SEOUL - The Korean won strengthened against the U.S. dollar on Monday.

The won was quoted 0.32% higher at 1,416.5 per dollar on the onshore settlement platform KRW=KFTC.

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TREASURIES

NEW YORK - Fear the U.S. Treasury market would lose its global preeminence abated slightly on Monday, with the 10-year yield falling back after last week's epic surge, even as more tariff headlines from the White House kept the confusion over trade policy alive.

The yield on the benchmark U.S. 10-year Treasury note US10YT=TWEB was down 9 basis points at 4.403%.

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LONDON - Euro zone government bond yields fell on Monday after the U.S. administration granted exclusions for Chinese electronics from steep U.S. tariffs, easing fears about the adverse impact of U.S. trade actions on the global economy.

Germany's 10-year yield DE10YT=RR - the euro area's benchmark - dipped one basis point to 2.521%.

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TOKYO - Japan's 10-year government bond yield fell on Monday, as investors continued to unwind positions they had made for the Bank of Japan's early interest rate hikes.

The 10-year JGB yield JP10YTN=JBTC fell 1.5 basis points (bps) to 1.33%.

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COMMODITIES

GOLD - Gold prices dipped more than 1% on Monday, retreating from a record high hit earlier in the day, as risk appetite improved after the White House exempted smartphones and computers from steep tariffs on China.

Spot gold XAU= was down 1.1% at $3,200.11 an ounce, as of 11:48 a.m. ET (1548 GMT).

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IRON ORE - Iron ore futures inched higher on Monday, boosted by top consumer China's upbeat data, although demand concerns caused by the intensifying trade conflict between Washington and Beijing lingered, curbing gains.

The most-traded September iron ore contract on China's Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) DCIOcv1 ended daytime trade 0.28% higher at 706 yuan ($96.68) a metric ton.

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BASE METALS - Copper prices rose to their highest in more than a week on Monday, boosted by some exemptions from U.S. tariffs, expectations that top metals consumer China would roll out more stimulus measures, and a weaker dollar.

Benchmark three-month copper CMCU3 on the London Metal Exchange $(LME.AU)$ was up 0.3% to $9,285 a metric ton at 1602 GMT, after hitting $9,271.5 for its highest since April 4.

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OIL - Oil prices eased on Monday as exemptions for some electronics goods from U.S. tariffs and data showing a sharp rebound in China's crude imports in March, were outweighed by concerns that the trade war could weaken global economic growth and dent fuel demand.

Brent crude futures LCOc1 were down 42 cents, or 0.65%, at $64.34 at 1:45 a.m. ET (1745 GMT).

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PALM OIL - Malaysian palm oil futures closed down on Monday, tracking weakness in rival soyoil in the Chicago market, while escalating U.S.-China trade tensions despite a temporary suspension of tariffs on other countries also weighed on sentiment.

The benchmark June palm oil contract FCPOc3 on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange lost 42 ringgit, or 1%, to 4,170 ringgit ($945.58) a metric ton by at the close.

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RUBBER - Japanese rubber futures rose on Monday, underpinned by supply concerns from top producer Thailand, while U.S. tariff exemptions eased global trade concerns.

The Osaka Exchange's (OSE) rubber contract for September delivery JRUc6, 0#2JRU: closed up 5.5 yen, or 1.85%, at 303.1 yen ($2.13) per kg.

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