On Tuesday, July 25, the U.S. markets closed higher, with the Dow Jones maintaining its winning streak. Feds Interest rate decision awaited, with most market participants expecting a 25 basis-point rate hike.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed higher by 0.08% at 35,438.07 on Monday; the S&P 500 closed 0.28% higher at 4,567.46; and the Nasdaq Composite rose 0.61% to 14,144.55.

Shares of technology, materials, and communication services companies led the gains.

Asian Markets Today

• Japan's Nikkei 225 ended Wednesday's session up 0.01% at 32,652.50, recoding gains in mining, chemical, petroleum & plastic, and finance & investment sectors.
• Australia's S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.85%, ending the session at 7,402.00, on weaker-than-expected inflation data. Australia's CPI (YoY) (Q2) matched the expectation at 5.4%; CPI (QoQ) (Q2) was 0.8% lower than the forecast of 1%.
• Shanghai Composite closed the session at 3,223.03, down 0.26%; Shenzhen CSI 300 slid 0.21% to 3,907.01.
• Hang Seng index in Hong Kong fell 0.35%, closing the session at 19,385.00.

Eurozone at 05:50 AM ET

• The Pan-European STOXX 600 index is down 0.71%. The DAX index in Germany traded 0.83% lower, and the CAC 40 in France fell 1.58%.
• The UK's FTSE 100 traded lower by 0.45%, reflecting on negative corporate updates from miner Rio Tinto and bank Lloyds.

Commodities at 05:50 AM ET

• Crude Oil WTI was trading lower by 0.78% at $79.00/bbl, and Brent was down 0.74% to $82.61/bbl.
• Natural Gas was trading lower by 0.15% at $2.742.
• Gold was trading up 0.46% at $1,972.80, Silver rose 0.10% to $24.848, and Copper fell 0.63% to $3.891.

US Futures at 05:50 AM ET

• Dow futures were down 0.24%, S&P 500 futures slid 0.11%, and Nasdaq 100 futures were down 0.22%.

US Dollar Index at 05:50 AM ET

• The U.S. Dollar Index was down 0.20% to 101.15.

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