DAX Little Changed On Hawkish Fed Comments

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DAX Little Changed On Hawkish Fed Comments

(RTTNews) - German stocks were subdued in cautious trade on Wednesday, as investors fretted over a worsening energy crisis and hawkish comments from Fed officials on the pace of future rate rises.

Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari said on Tuesday inflation is much more embedded at a much higher level and the central bank has to be more aggressive to bring it under control.

It is believed that Fed Chair Jerome Powell's Friday morning speech at Jackson Hole could cement the market tone until the next Federal Open Market Committee meeting next month.

The benchmark DAX was marginally lower at 13,193 after losing 0.3 percent in the previous session.

CTS Eventim AG, a provider of ticketing services and live entertainment, rose about 1 percent after it posted a surge in normalized-EBITDA for the first-half, driven by a rise in sales.

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Sensex, Nifty End Choppy Session Little Changed

Sensex, Nifty End Choppy Session Little Changed

Indian shares fluctuated before ending little changed on Friday despite GST reforms optimism and firm cues from global markets amid growing expectations of a Federal Reserve interest-rate cut later this month.
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European Shares Inch Higher In Cautious Trade

European Shares Inch Higher In Cautious Trade

European stocks were modestly higher on Friday as investors braced for the key U.S. jobs reading due later in the day and French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou's confidence vote on Monday.
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Asian Shares Modestly Higher Before Pivotal US Jobs Report

Asian Shares Modestly Higher Before Pivotal US Jobs Report

Asian stocks eked out modest gains on Friday as weak U.S. labor market data reinforced expectations of a Federal Reserve rate cut later this month and U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order officially putting into action the U.S.-Japan trade agreement.
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Australian Market Trims Early Gains In Mid-market

Australian Market Trims Early Gains In Mid-market

The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 Index is gaining 30.30 points or 0.34 percent to 8,856.80, after touching a high of 8,880.70 earlier. The broader All Ordinaries Index is up 35.00 points or 0.39 percent to 9,126.40. Australian stocks closed significantly higher on Thursday.
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Asian Markets Track Wall Street Higher

Asian Markets Track Wall Street Higher

Asian stock markets are trading mostly higher on Friday, following the broadly positive cues from Wall Street overnight, as some weaker than expected U.S. private sector job growth in the month of August bolstered bets the US Fed will lower interest rates later this month. The markets are pricing in a September rate cut and anticipating at least two reductions this year.
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