ASX futures higher, Wall Street advances before Fed decision

Market highlights

ASX futures up 23 points or 0.3% to 6867 near 3.30am AEDT

AUD +0.4% to 63.60 US cents

Bitcoin -0.1% to $US34,423 at 3.44am AEDT

On Wall St at 12.40pm: Dow +0.1% S & P +0.3% Nasdaq +0.5%

In New York: BHP +0.4% Rio +0.3% Atlassian -1.6%

Tesla -0.3% Apple +0.6% Amazon +1.7% Nvidia +2.3%

VIX -3.4% QQQ +0.6% TLT +1.5%

Stoxx 50 +0.7% FTSE +0.4% DAX +0.7% CAC +0.7%

Spot gold -0.4% to $US1976.66/oz at 12.38pm in New York

Brent crude +1.5% to $US86.28 a barrel

Iron ore +2% to $US121.55 a tonne

10-year yield: US 4.81% Australia 4.94% Germany 2.76%

US prices as of 12.33pm in New York

What’s driving markets

The Institute for Supply Management’s US manufacturing gauge fell 2.3 points, the biggest monthly decrease in more than a year, to 46.7.…

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