Breakfast Briefing – Tue 17 May

US stocks extended losses in a late sell-off, the S&P 500 (-0.4%) and NASDAQ (-1.2%) both finishing in negative territory. SPI Futures are up 23 points this morning, following a disappointing session yesterday that saw the ASX finish well below what the Futures had expected. 

• ASX 200 SPI futures up 23 points
• Dow up 27 (0.1%)
• Nasdaq down 142 (1.2%)
• S&P 500 down 16 points (0.4%).
• Base metals firmed. Nickel down 3.2%. 
• Iron ore up 1.2% Gold up 0.1%
• Oil up again with Brent Crude up 2.4%
• RBA Minutes today.

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