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Breakfast Briefing – Wednesday 24th August
The Dow posted further losses overnight, giving up early gains to close down 154 points (-0.5%), while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq finished flat. Caution ahead of Powell’s speech on Friday creeping into market sentiment. SPI Futures are up 15 points (+0.22%), looking to make back some of the losses from the start of the week.
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- ASX 200 SPI Futures rise 15 points.
- Dow drops 154 points (0.5%)
- Nasdaq unchanged.
- S&P 500 down 9 (0.2%)
- Base metals mixed. Gold up 0.7%
- Oil rises 3.9% IO up 0.5%
- Results in focus.
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