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The Euro (EUR) is nursing moderate losses against the British Pound (GBP) on Wednesday, as bulls failed to find acceptance above the 0.8575 resistance area on Tuesday.

Gold is attempting a tepid bounce from six-day lows near $4,000 in Wednesday’s Asian trades, awaiting the US Federal Reserve (Fed) monetary policy outcome to determine the next major move.

Spot Gold approached the $4,000 threshold on Tuesday, easing for a second consecutive day after starting the week with a bullish gap.

Overnight, South Korea’s Kospi fell more than 10%, SK Hynix lost close to 15% and Samsung Electronics lost 13%. Into that, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures traded up around 1% on paint and soft drinks, and S&P 500 futures sat roughly flat.

Government borrowing costs have climbed sharply across the world as higher Oil prices revive inflation fears and force investors to reconsider whether the main central banks have finished raising interest rates.

The Indian Rupee just endured its most brutal six-month stretch in years, battered by a perfect storm of global shocks.