The ASX200 is tipped to rise on Wednesday, remaining comfortably above the 8000 mark that it reached for the first time on Monday, on expectations of a Federal Reserve rate cut.
Futures are expected to move up 0.56%, following strong performances on Wall Street, including a record high for the Dow Jones.
During US trading on Tuesday, the S&P 500 rose 0.6%, and the Dow Jones recorded its strongest performance since June 2023, lifting 742 points, and extending its record close for the second consecutive day. The Nasdaq 100 also pushed up by 0.2%, with investors shifting from large-cap to small-cap stocks. Retails sales data from the US appeared to have minimal impact on risk appetite, as investors looked instead to the possibility of Federal Reserve rate cuts.
Over at the ASX, BHP Group Ltd (ASX:BHP) delivered its operational review for the year ending June 30, saying it had recorded strong performances throughout, with record iron ore production and its highest production of copper in more than 15 years.
DevEx Resources Ltd (ASX:DEV) has intersected significant mineralisation through reverse circulation drilling at prospects around the historic Nabarlek uranium mine in the Northern Territory.
And in Western Australia, Accelerate Resources Ltd (ASX:AX8) has defined a large lithium system with intercepts of up to 1.28% Li2O through first drilling at the Prinsep project.
In Forex, one Australian dollar is buying 67.3 US cents.
Brent crude is down 1.17% to US$83.86 a barrel, iron ore is up 0.08% at $109.67 per tonne.
Gold is up 1.88% to $2,468 an ounce and natural gas has risen 1.11% to $2.18 a gigajoule.