Cautious session ahead of FOMC meeting
Straits Times Index tracks Dow futures and Hong Kong, eventually finishing on Wednesday 7.88 points weaker at 3,218.07
TRADING on Wednesday crawled to a virtual standstill as players waited for the outcome of the latest US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting which would be known on Thursday morning, local time. The Straits Times Index spent the day tracking the Dow futures and Hong Kong, eventually finishing 7.88 points weaker at 3,218.07.
Perhaps more telling was…
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