06:38 AM EDT, 09/17/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Asian stock markets turned in a choppy performance on Wednesday, with Japan easing from record highs, but China-exposed exchanges rising on rallies in the tech sector. Hong Kong and Shanghai gained, but Tokyo edged lower. Other regional exchanges were mixed on the downside. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 finished down 0.2% as traders...

( ) * Dollar wins respite before expected Fed rate cut * Canada also set to cut rates due to weak labour market * Indonesia delivers surprise rate cut By Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON, Sept 17 (Reuters) - World stocks held just below recent record highs, gold retreated and the dollar won a reprieve, ahead of a widely anticipated Federal Reserve...

* Spot gold scaled record high of $3,702.95/oz on Tuesday * Silver slips over 1% * Fed meeting concludes at 2:00 PM EDT (Updates for US morning hours) By Ashitha Shivaprasad and Anushree Mukherjee Sept 17 (Reuters) - Gold slipped on Wednesday as investors locked in profits after prices scaled the $3,700-mark in the previous session, with the spotlight now...

Sept 17 (Reuters) - Canada's benchmark stock index opened flat on Wednesday, as markets awaited the Bank of Canada and the U.S. Federal Reserve's rate verdicts. At 9:31 a.m. ET (1331 GMT), Toronto's S&P/TSX composite index was unchanged at 29,298.32 points. ...