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Asian markets make nervous start ahead of Fed decision

Global Published 16 September 2026, 07:49 · archived 16 Sep 2026

SINGAPORE: Stocks made tentative gains at the start of the Asian trading session on Wednesday as a rise in global bond yields and ​oil prices paused ahead of the Federal Reserve’s policy decision due later ‌in the day. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fluctuated between gains and losses after declining for four consecutive sessions and was last up 0.2%, led by a 0.8% gain in ​Korean shares. S&P 500 e-mini futures nudged 0.1% higher. Overnight on Wall Street, the ​S&P 500 slumped 0.5%, marking its second consecutive day of declines as ⁠the yield on the 10-year ...

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