WARSAW, July 31 (Reuters) - The zloty eased on Wednesday, as data showed inflation in Poland rising less than expected in July, though according to analysts the prospects were not higher for interest rate cuts. Poland's CPI accelerated to 4.2% on the year in July from 2.6% a month earlier, according to Wednesday's flash estimate, mainly due to the effect...

06:33 AM EDT, 07/31/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Asian stock markets largely gained Wednesday after the Bank of Japan modestly tightened up on monetary policy and Beijing released a soft industrial report for July. Hong Kong, Shanghai and Tokyo finished in the green while other regional exchanges also largely finished higher, with the Australian ASX 200 index adding 1.8% to strike...

07:07 AM EDT, 07/31/2024 (MT Newswires) -- US equity markets were trending higher in Wednesday's premarket activity, as investors digest the latest earnings results and brace for the Federal Reserve's policy decision on interest rates later in the day. Standard & Poor's 500 rose 1%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.4% and the Nasdaq increased 1.5% before the opening...

LONDON, July 31 (Reuters) - European bond yields hit multi-month lows on Wednesday due to expectations of more global monetary easing this year, even as euro zone inflation unexpectedly rose in July. Germany's 10-year bond yield, the benchmark for the euro zone bloc, fell as low as 2.307%, its lowest since April 2. It was last down 2 basis points...