澳大利亚市场将以绿色开放。尽管交易更新混杂，迈尔崛起

澳大利亚数字订阅的费用为每4周的12周，每4周收费16美元，此后每4周自动续签44美元。

The Australian share market is set to open higher on Wednesday, following a mixed session on Wall Street and strong gains in major US tech stocks.

在华尔街举行的混合会议之后，澳大利亚股票市场定于周三开放，并在美国主要科技股中获得了强劲的收益。

At 6:30 AM ET (10:30 GMT), the Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were trading 80 points, or 0.2%, lower, while the broader S&P 500 futures fell 0.1% and the Nasdaq 100 futures advanced 0.4%.

在美国东部时间上午6:30（格林尼治标准时间10:30），道琼斯工业平均期货的交易量为80点，或0.2％，降低了，而较广泛的标准普尔500期货期货下跌0.1％，纳斯达克100期货期货增长了0.4％。

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is expected to open Wednesday’s session at 33,890, the S&P 500 at 4,378 and the Nasdaq 100 at 15,320.

道琼斯工业平均水平预计将于周三的33,890次开放，标准普尔500分为4,378，纳斯达克股票100开放为15,320。

The major US stock indexes closed with modest gains on Tuesday, extending rallies from the previous session as traders assessed interest rate expectations and digested mixed economic data.

美国主要的股票指数周二以微不足道的收益结束，随着交易者评估了利率预期并消化了混合经济数据，上一届会议延长了集会。

Tech stocks, however, continued to soar, with the major US tech companies pushing the Nasdaq to close with a gain of 1.3%.

但是，技术股票继续飙升，美国主要的科技公司将纳斯达克股票以1.3％的速度关闭。

Among individual stocks, Myer (ASX:MYR) will be in focus after the department store chain reported a 3.4% rise in third-quarter sales and announced plans to open two new stores in New South Wales.

在个人股票中，Myer（ASX：MYR）将在该百货商店连锁店报告上涨3.4％之后，将重点关注，并宣布了在新南威尔士州开设两家新商店的计划。

However, the company’s net profit declined by 60% to $14.7 million for the 24 weeks ended December 24, 2023, compared to $37.3 million a year earlier.

但是，截至2023年12月24日的24周，该公司的净利润下降了60％，至1470万美元，而去年同期为3730万美元。

The company attributed the profit decrease to increased operating expenses and higher inventory levels.

该公司将利润降低归因于营业费用的增加和更高的库存水平。

Meanwhile, the US economy contracted more sharply than expected in the fourth quarter, according to a preliminary estimate.

同时，根据初步估计，美国经济的收缩比第四季度预期的要高。

Real gross domestic product decreased at an annualized rate of 2.4% in the period, compared to economists’ anticipations of a 2.3% decline and the third quarter’s revised reading of 2.7%.

实际国内生产总值在此期间以2.4％的年化速度下降，而经济学家的预期对下降了2.3％，而第三季度的修订版读数为2.7％。

This downturn was attributed to a substantial reduction in government spending and a decline in private inventory investment.

这种低迷归因于政府支出的大幅减少和私人库存投资的下降。

Additionally, consumer spending, which usually contributes significantly to economic growth, slowed more than anticipated.

此外，通常会对经济增长产生重大贡献的消费者支出比预期的要大得多。

However, business fixed investment rebounded strongly, and labor income increased at a healthy pace.

但是，业务固定的投资反弹强劲，劳动收入以健康的速度增加。

At 5:00 PM ET (09:00 GMT), the Federal Reserve is set to release the minutes of its December 13-14 policy meeting.

美国东部时间（GMT 09:00）下午5:00，美联储定于12月13日至14日的政策会议发布。

These minutes are expected to provide further insights into the Fed's thinking on the potential for a pause in the current rate hike cycle.

预计这些分钟将进一步了解美联储在当前加速周期中停顿的可能性的思想。

The dot plot from the December meeting indicated that officials anticipate the federal funds rate to peak in the 5-5.25% range this year, which is consistent with a final 25-basis point rate hike at the upcoming January meeting.

12月会议的DOT情节表明，官员们预计，今年的联邦资金利率将达到5-5.25％的范围，这与即将在1月的会议上进行的最终25-BASIS点率加息是一致的。

However, the officials' individual year-end economic forecasts varied significantly, suggesting that the path of monetary policy remains uncertain.

但是，官员的年终经济预测差异很大，这表明货币政策的道路仍然不确定。