There is clearly strong disagreement
Market participants interpreted the minutes as moderately positive for risk-taking appetite, with the Fed remaining divided on the timing of the next rate hike.S. [US/] The weaker dollar was an additional help to commodities like crude oil though oil prices dipped in early trading on the prospect of record Saudi output.The July meeting minutes released on Wednesday showed that Fed policymakers were generally upbeat about the U. The euro edged up 0. Futures contracts dipped slightly, signaling receding bets of a U.S.Technology stocks, especially Tencent and Lenovo Group led the index higher.5 per cent.International Brent crude oil futures LCOc1 were at $49. Federal Reserve's latest meeting showed policymakers were in no rush to raise interest rates.Asian stocks rose and the greenback languished near two-month lows on Thursday after minutes of the U.MIAPJ0000PUS was up 0. But they also said they wanted to "leave their policy options open" as any slowdown in hiring would argue against near-term monetary tightening.55 hit on Tuesday.5 per cent at 99. currency flagged.Ten-year Australian government debt edged lower to 1.MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .Bond markets greeted the rate Fed minutes with cautious optimism with the iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF poised to set a fresh one-year high.1 per cent to 94.
"There is clearly strong disagreement within the Fed with regards to the timing of further rate hikes," wrote Angus Nicholson, market analyst at IG in Melbourne.S economic outlook and labor market.8 percent on Wednesday.2 per cent to $1.71 yen earing a post-Brexit low of 99. Treasury yields, which fell overnight following the release of the Fed minutes.Hong Kong shares was the top gainer in Asia with a 1 per cent rise, while a stronger yen, thanks to the Fed's cautious outlook, pulled Japan's Nikkei back 0.4 per ent as investors added to positions after a 14 per cent rise over the last two months.S.25 per cent at $4,786 a ton after losing 0.In currency markets, the dollar was down 0.MIAPJ0000PUS was up 0.67 per barrel at 0050 GMT, down 18 cents from their last close.The greenback felt the sting of lower U..49, Parallel Screw Barrel Factory having lost about 0.S. rate increase. Benchmark copper on the London Metal Exchange CMCU3 was up 0.131with the common currency on track to rise more than 1 per cent this week.7 per cent so far this week, during which it touched a 7-week low of 94.MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .Copper, which had slid on the dollar's rise earlier in the week, trimmed some of their losses as the U.92 per cent, about 100 basis points down from end-2015.4 per ent.
