Market Focus Daily: Wednesday, October 2, 2024

    • Market updates for Wednesday.
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    Published Wed, Oct 2, 2024 · 05:46 PM

    Investors flock to safer assets keeping US Treasury yields depressed, while gold traded at an almost all-time high; resilient US job market bodes well for a smaller Fed rate cut in November as US job openings unexpectedly increase in August.

    Synopsis: Market Focus Daily is a closing bell roundup by The Business Times that looks at the day’s market movements and news from Singapore and the region.

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