ASX to slip, Wall St powers ever higher

ASX futures down 8 points or 0.1% to 7831 near 3.10am AEDT

AUD -0.2% to 65.72 US cents

Bitcoin +5.2% to $US66,372 at 3.18am AEDT

On Wall St at 12.15pm: Dow +0.8% S & P +0.7% Nasdaq +0.8%

In New York: BHP +0.4% Rio +0.8% Atlassian +1.9%

Tesla -0.7% Microsoft +1.2% Apple -3.5% Nvidia +2%

Alphabet -0.6% Amazon +0.9% Meta +1%

VIX -1.3% QQQ +1.2% TLT +0.1%

Stoxx 50 +1% FTSE +2.1% DAX +0.9% CAC +0.2%

Spot gold -0.6% to $US2174.40/oz at 12.10pm in New York

Brent crude -0.8% to $US85.25 a barrel

Iron ore +3.2% to $US109.15 a tonne

10-year yield: US 4.27% Australia 4.09% Germany 2.40%

US prices as of 12.12pm in New York

What’s driving markets

Hopes for lower interest rates continue to dominate global markets as major central banks continue to signal their intent to pivot to rate cuts as soon as the data provides an opening.…

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