Washington managed to put the jitters through the crypto market overnight. Pic: Getty Images
- ASX up slightly as Fed looms
- US$105 oil fires up energy
- Wiluna plots a $180m comeback
The S&P/ASX 200 was up by 0.2% at lunchtime on Wednesday in Sydney, which feels almost suspiciously calm given what’s going on everywhere else.
The big one is the Fed, which lands at 4am AEST tomorrow morning. Markets reckon there’s roughly a 90% chance of a rate hike, so nobody’s exactly settling in for a peaceful night.
Brent crude is still lurking around US$105, while gold has slipped to around US$4290 an ounce.
Bitcoin also took a bit of a body shot last night.
It fell as much as 5% to below US$75k after the US Senate failed to…
