DJI-NEW YORK, July 27 (Reuters) - The S&P snapped a three-day winning streak on Tuesday after mixed earnings reports and a fall in consumer confidence, but analysts said U.S. stocks were taking a breather and the rally could pick back up.
Solid earnings from Dow component DuPont
The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> added 12.26 points, or 0.12 percent, to 10,537.69. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> dipped 1.17 points, or 0.10 percent, to 1,113.84. The Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> shed 8.18 points, or 0.36 percent, to close at 2,288.25.
NYMEX-NEW YORK, July 27 (Reuters) - U.S. crude oil futures fell 1.87 percent on Tuesday as a report showing consumer confidence fell in July weighed on oil and across financial markets.
The Conference Board's consumer confidence index fell in July to 50.4 from a upwardly revised 54.3 in June, the lowest reading in five months, the private business research group reported on Tuesday.
On the New York Mercantile Exchange, September crude
CBOT-CHICAGO, July 27 (Reuters) - Chicago Board of Trade grain and soy complex close on Tuesday.
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FCPO-KUALA LUMPUR, July 27 (Reuters) - Malaysian crude palm oil closed half a percent higher on Tuesday, retracing last week's rally on technical corrections although it hit a intraday one-week low earlier in the session.
Concerns over a brewing La Nina weather event, which brings more rains to palm oil producing Southeast Asia and hotter weather to soybean growing U.S. and South America, boosted palm oil futures to a 10-week high last week.
The benchmark October contract
REGIONAL EQUITIES-BANGKOK, July 27 (Reuters) - Thai stocks hit 26-month highs on Tuesday as optimism over the economy spurred buying in banking stocks despite a renewed political worries after a deadly weekend bomb blast in central Bangkok.
The bomb at a Bangkok bus stop, which killed one person and wounded at least 10, had less impact on market sentiment than feared. The blast took place shortly after polls closed in a toughly fought by-election, the first electoral test since the end of the anti-government protests.
Singapore <.FTSTI> closed 0.4 percent higher, hovering at 3-month highs, Malaysia <.KLSE> was nearly flat, after earlier touching 29-month highs, and Indonesia <.JKSE> rose 0.6 percent, coming off a fresh all-time high hitting on Monday.
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Kuala Lumpur's reporting season also supported financial firms. Broker Hwang-DBS said it expected the second-quarter net profit at Malaysian banks to grow as net interest margins should pick up following the previous two central bank's overnight policy rate hikes.
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