[BRIEFING.COM] With about two hours to go on Wednesday the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (-0.02%) now sits narrowly lower, trading places between gains and losses a few times over the prior half hour; the Fed's September Beige Book is due out at the top of the hour.
Gold futures settled $3.00 higher (+0.1%) to $2,526.00/oz, modestly higher amid weakness in the dollar, yields, as well as equities.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Dollar Index is down about -0.4% to $101.40.