Live: Wall Street closes higher, ASX lacks direction ahead of rates decision

live Markets live updates: Wall Street closes higher, ASX lacks direction ahead of rates decision Wall Street closed a volatile week higher with another rally in AI-related stocks. The ASX is lacking direction and priced for a flat opening ahead of tomorrow's RBA rate decision Follow the day's financial news and insights from our specialist business reporters on our live blog. Disclaimer: this blog is not intended as investment advice. Submit a comment or question Live updates Market snapshot - ASX 200 futures: flat at 8,720 points - ASX 200 (Friday): -0.4 to 8,665 points - Australian dollar: +0.2% to 70.43 US cents - Wall Street (Friday): S&P 500 +0.4%, Dow +% Nasdaq +0.4% - Europe (Friday): Dax +0.6%, FTSE +0.1%, Eurostoxx 600 +0.5% - Spot gold: +0.9% to $US4,379/ounce - Oil: Brent futures -2.1% to $US104.32/barrel, WTI futures -2.3% to $US95.10/barrel - Iron ore (Friday): -0.5% to $US95.10/tonne - Copper (LME): +1.6% to $US14,464/tonne - Bitcoin: +0.7% to $US84,597 - 10-year bonds: US 5.12% Australia 5.37% Prices current at around 7:00am AEST New: Filters Choose what information you see below by using filters Good morning Good morning and welcome to another day on the ABC markets and finance blog. Stephen Letts from ABC business team limbering up for a blow-by-blow coverage of the day's events, where every post is hopefully a winner, but none should be construed as financial advice. Wall Street closed the week higher, spurred on by some solid gains from Microsoft and chip makers. The ASX looks very much a line ball decision between a gain and another loss today. When trading closed on Saturday morning, ASX 200 futures pointed to the most marginal (well, third most marginal) gain of 0.03%, or three points. Given the ASX has notched four weeks in retreat, we'll take any gain we can at the moment. It's a quiet day on the data front ahead of tomorrow's RBA Monetary Policy Board meeting. Anyway, the game's afoot, so let's get blogging. Loading [Image text:] ASX STOCK BID OFFER LAST VOL HIGHTECH METAL 0.205 0.255 10.000 HIGHFIELDRESOU 0.185 0.205 0.195 HILLGROVERESOI 0.035 0.036 0.035 IANGES GROUP 0.965 0.970 0.970 0.000 0.050 0.000