*Treasury to auction $35 billion of five-year notes. NEW YORK, Jan 29- U.S.
LONDON, Jan 29- European stock index futures turned flat just ahead of the cash market open on Tuesday as investors consolidated a push to multi-month highs on several key indexes. At 0755 GMT, futures for the Euro STOXX 50 were flat. To read more about the factors affecting European stocks, please click.
*KDDI lifts full-year earnings forecast. *HSBC cuts Japan rating, BNP sees index rising to 13,000.
*Fading supply concerns underpin superlong tenor. TOKYO, Jan 29- Benchmark Japanese government bonds slumped, taking their cue from U.S. But the Bank of Japan's easy policy continues to support JGBs, particularly short- and medium-term maturities, "he added.
*Kazakh BBB+ rating by Fitch notch higher than Russia's. ASTANA, Jan 29- Kazakhstan is planning a comeback to international debt markets by issuing 150 billion tenge of sovereign Eurobonds in the first half of 2013, Finance Minister Bolat Zhamishev said on Tuesday.
*Markets await Fed meeting, data on U.S. and China. *Brent oil holds above $113 a barrel. NEW YORK, Jan 29- World stock markets were mostly higher on Tuesday as U.S.
*iPhone fills out KDDI forecast. *HSBC cuts Japan rating, but BNP sees 13,000 for index. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Mizuho Financial Group and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group gained between 3.5 and 4.1 percent after the Nikkei newspaper said the recent stock rally would boost the banks' shareholdings and net profit in the current fiscal year.
SYDNEY, Jan 29- Sterling took the spotlight on Tuesday, though for all the wrong reasons, as a dour economic background and persistent rumours of a possible credit downgrade dragged the British currency to a 13- month trough on the euro and a five-month low on the dollar.
NEW YORK, Jan 28- U.S. But caution ahead of key data on the U.S. economy and the Federal Reserve's first policy meeting of the year helped keep a lid on Wall Street stocks, although shares of bellwether manufacturer Caterpillar notched a healthy rise.
NEW YORK, Jan 28- U.S. But caution ahead of key data on the U.S. economy and the Federal Reserve's first policy meeting of the year helped keep a lid on Wall Street stocks despite a solid earnings report from Caterpillar.
NEW YORK, Jan 28- U.S. The Commerce Department said on Monday non-defense capital goods orders excluding aircraft, a closely watched proxy for investment plans, edged higher in December by 0.2 percent where the market had expected a small drop. "
NEW YORK, Jan 28- U.S. But wariness ahead of key data on the U.S. economy and the Federal Reserve's first policy meeting of the year helped keep a lid on Wall Street stocks despite a sold earnings report from Caterpillar.
By Emelia Sithole-Matarise and William James. LONDON, Jan 28- German 10- year bond yields rose to their highest in over three months on Monday after a bigger-than-forecast rise in U.S. durable goods orders dented demand for low-risk debt.
Jan 28- Vanguard Group, the No. 1 U.S. mutual fund company, says it is reducing more fees, targeting four actively managed funds, including a 12 percent cut at the $3.3 billion Strategic Equity Fund, and many of its popular target retirement funds. BlackRock Inc, the largest ETF manager, and brokerage firm Charles Schwab Corp both announced price cuts last year.
*PM Monti repeats confidence in Bank of Italy. MILAN, Jan 28- Italy's troubled Monte dei Paschi bank said on Monday it had no evidence of bribery in a 2007 takeover now under scrutiny over alleged corruption, but acknowledged accounting irregularities under previous management over derivatives trades.
NEW YORK, Jan 28- U.S. The Commerce Department said on Monday that non-defense capital goods orders excluding aircraft, a closely watched proxy for investment plans, edged higher by 0.2 percent where the market had expected a small drop.
LONDON, Jan 28- Rating agency Fitch scaled back the chance it will strip the United States of its AAA status on Monday, saying a recent deal on the country's debt limit removed the near-term risk of a cut.
NEW YORK, Jan 28- Prices for U.S. The Commerce Department said on Monday that non-defense capital goods orders excluding aircraft, a closely watched proxy for investment plans, edged higher by 0.2 percent where the market had expected a small drop.
*Caterpillar higher after fourth-quarter results. *S&P 500 coming off eight straight days of gains. NEW YORK, Jan 28- U.S. stock index futures pointed to a modestly higher open on Monday following strong data and results from Caterpillar, though gains were slight after a rally that took the S&P 500 above 1,500 for the first time in more than five years.