ASX to slip, US price data eases rate concerns

February 29, 2024

Companies set to report results on Friday: Life360

Market highlights

ASX futures down 11 points or 0.1% to 7649 near 4.35am AEDT

AUD -0.1% to 64.92 US cents

Bitcoin -0.6% to $US61,043 at 4.40am AEDT

On Wall St at 12.40pm: Dow -0.2% S & P +0.2% Nasdaq +0.3%

In New York: BHP +0.3% Rio +0.7% Atlassian -0.5%

Tesla -1% Microsoft +0.2% Apple -0.9% Nvidia +1.7%

Alphabet +0.5% Amazon +1% Meta +0.6%

VIX -1.7% QQQ +0.5% TLT +0.5%

Stoxx 50 -0.1% FTSE +0.1% DAX +0.4% CAC -0.3%

Spot gold +0.5% to $US2044.29/oz at 12.36pm in New York

Brent crude +0.04% to $US83.71 a barrel

Iron ore +0.6% to $US116.70 a tonne

10-year yield: US 4.24% Australia 4.13% Germany 2.41%

US prices as of 12.43pm in New York

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This data comes from the ChinaPulse.com media intelligence and smart news insights monitoring platform.



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