WARSAW, May 29 (Reuters) - The Polish zloty pulled back slightly on Wednesday from its highest in more than four years, swayed by global factors, with a May inflation reading smack on target offering little impulse, as Polish rate-setters hold onto stable rates policy. Polish consumer inflation (CPI) in May inched up to 2.5% year-on-year, the mid-point of the central...

06:39 AM EDT, 05/29/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Asian stock markets ended mostly lower Wednesday after yields on benchmark government bonds rose in Japan and the US. Hong Kong and Tokyo finished in the red, while Shanghai broke even. Other regional exchanges lost ground. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 opened evenly but headed south through the day, finishing off 0.8% as...

LONDON, May 29 (Reuters) - Oil prices rose on Wednesday on expectations that major producers will extend output cuts at a meeting on Sunday and that fuel consumption will start rising with the start of the peak summer demand season. Brent crude futures for July delivery added 74 cents, or 0.9%, to $84.96 a barrel by 0917 GMT. U.S. West...

07:13 AM EDT, 05/29/2024 (MT Newswires) -- US equity futures were tracking in the red before Wednesday's open as traders digest the waning earnings season. The S&P 500 futures, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq all declined 0.6% each in the premarket. The majority of Asian exchanges were pointing lower while European bourses were trending south midday on...