Stock market today: Asian stocks mixed after Wall St hits 15-month high ahead of holiday
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Asian stock markets were mixed Tuesday after Australia's central bank kept its key lending rate unchanged and Wall Street hit a 15-month high. Wall Street's benchmark S&P 500 index lost 0.1% on Monday ahead of a report this week on U.S. employment, one of the factors watched by the Federal Reserve in deciding on possible additional interest rate hikes. Sydney's S&P-ASX 200 gained 0.5% to 7,280.80 after the Reserve Bank of Australia left its benchmark lending rate at 4.1% in the day's biggest market data point. The government report Friday on hiring and wages is one of the last big data points before the Fed's meeting next month on interest rate policy.