Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Asian Equities Higher after U.S. Lead

Asian equity markets followed their U.S. peers higher on Wednesday ahead of the Federal Reserve’s policy statement.  The Federal Open Market Committee concludes a two-day session later in the day, where it is widely expected to announce the end of its massive bond-buying stimulus.

A new CNBC survey revealed that market participants scaled back their expectation of an interest rate hike; they now expect a hike in July 2015, a month later than when the survey was conducted in September.

Ahead of the outcome, all three major indices on Wall Street bounced more than 1 percent, with the S&P 500 ending above its 50-day moving average for the first time in almost a month. Underpinning gains was data showing October consumer confidence hitting its highest level since 2007.

CNBC

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