* TSX falls 0.22 pct to 11,599.28 on commodity weakness * BMO’s higher profit, Diners Club deal boost bank shares * U.S. Q3 GDP revision slightly lower than expected (Adds details) By Ka Yan Ng TORONTO, Nov 24 (Reuters) – Toronto’s main stock index was lower on Tuesday morning due to weakness in commodity shares and evidence of a slow recovery in the U.S. economy.

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NEW YORK, Nov 24 (Reuters) – U.S. gold futures turned higher in heavy trade Tuesday on option-related buying and fund interest, and investors continued see pullbacks in the metal as buying opportunities, traders said.

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NEW YORK, Nov 24 (Reuters) – Citigroup ( C.N ) offered a stake in the bank to the Brazilian government in the beginning of the year, when the financial crisis crippled the U.S. banking system, Brazilian Energy Minister Edison Lobao said on Tuesday. The Brazilian government passed on the offer, however, as it understood that the economy needed to recover from the crisis first, Lobao told an investor conference in New York

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NEW YORK, Nov 24 (Reuters) – The dollar briefly slipped against the euro on Tuesday in choppy trading after a report showed U.S. consumer confidence rose in November. For consumer confidence data, click on [ID:nNYS007563]

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Citigroup Inc ( C.N ) said it agreed to sell its Diners Club North America credit card business to Canada’s BMO Financial Group ( BMO.TO ) as it sheds unwanted assets and focuses on its main units.

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LONDON, Nov 24 (Reuters) – The euro edged up against the dollar and Bund futures pared gains on Tuesday after German Ifo data came in higher than expected.

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PARIS (Reuters) – French retail and luxury group PPR ( PRTP.PA ) wants to sell its European retail divisions “the sooner, the better,” the Wall Street Journal quoted the group’s chief executive as saying in its Tuesday edition. Disposals will include electronics retailer Fnac and furniture business Conforama, leaving PPR to focus on luxury brands and mass-market labels, the WSJ said.

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PARIS, Nov 24 (Reuters) – European stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Tuesday, tracking losses in Asia, as investors seen pocketing a chunk of the previous day’s sharp gains, while mining shares feel the pinch of lower metal prices. By 0702 GMT, futures for the DJ Euro Stoxx STXEc1, for Germany’s DAX FDXc1 and for France’s CAC FCEc1 were down 0.6-0.9 percent. (Reporting by Blaise Robinson , editing by Atul Prakash) ((blaise.robinson@reuters.com ; +33 1 4949 5269, Reuters Messaging: blaise.robinson.reuters.com@reuters.net)) © Thomson Reuters 2009 All rights reserved See the rest here: Europe stock futures signal losses after rally (at Reuters)

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PARIS, Nov 24 (Reuters) – Financial bookmakers expect the leading European benchmark indexes to fall on Tuesday, mirroring losses in Asia, as investors book a portion of the previous session’s strong gains. Financial spreadbetters expect Britain’s FTSE 100 .FTSE to open 23 to 25 points lower, or as much as 0.5 percent, Germany’s DAX .GDAXI to open 30 to 33 points lower, or as much as 0.6 percent, and France’s CAC-40 .FCHI to open 26 to 27 points lower, or as much as 0.7 percent.

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PARIS, Nov 24 (Reuters) – Financial bookmakers expect the leading European benchmark indexes to fall on Tuesday, mirroring losses in Asia, as investors book a portion of the previous session’s strong gains. Financial spreadbetters expected Britain’s FTSE 100 .FTSE to open 23 to 25 points lower, or as much as 0.5 percent, Germany’s DAX .GDAXI to open 30 to 33 points lower, or as much as 0.6 percent, and France’s CAC-40 .FCHI to open 26 to 27 points lower, or as much as 0.7 percent

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