Live: Wall Street retreats as hot inflation shortens odds of a rate hike, ASX set to slide

live Markets live updates: Wall Street retreats as hot inflation shortens odds of a rate hike Wall Street retreated overnight as higher-than-expected inflation virtually cemented the likelihood of the Fed raising raising interest rates again next month. The ASX is set to surrender a large part of yesterday's gains with futures trading pointing to a 0.5 per cent fall on opening. 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: -0.5% to 9,036 points - ASX 200 (Tuesday): +1.1% to 9,129 points - Australian dollar: -0.9% 68.63 US cents - Wall Street: S&P 500 -0.5%, Dow -0.3%, Nasdaq 1.1% - Europe: Dax +0.3%, FTSE -0.3%, Eurostoxx600 +0.6% - Spot gold: -2.7% to $US4,026/ounce - Oil: Brent futures -0.1.0 at $US91.68/barrel, WTI futures -0.7% to $US86.17/barrel - Iron ore: -0.4% to $US92.40/tonne - Copper: +0.9% to $US13,888/tonne - Bitcoin: -2.2% $US73,273 - 10-year bonds: US 4.99% Australia 5.01% Prices current at around 7:00am AEDT 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 retreated overnight as hotter than expected inflation shortened the odds of the Fed raising rates in December. The ASX looks like giving up a large chunk of yesterday's gains. Futures trading is pointing to a 0.5% fall on opening (at 7:00am AEDT). 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