[BRIEFING.COM] With about two hours to go on Wednesday the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (+0.99%) remains atop the major averages, currently near HoDs.
Gold futures settled $11.80 higher (+0.5%) to $2,379.70/oz, nudging higher as yields and the dollar slip a little ahead of inflation data over the next few days.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Dollar Index is down less than -0.1% to $105.08.