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ASX to rise before CPI, Wall Street advances

Australian shares are poised to rise in line with Wall Street as investors shrugged off weak jobs data amid hopes for a sustained economic recovery in America.

ASX 200 futures are pointing up 0.4 per cent, or 28 points, predicting the index could beat Tuesday’s two-month high.

In the US, investors looked past a slew of economic data to send the S&P 500 to its best six-day advance since 2022, rising around 8 per cent over that time, helped by a fall in the 10-year Treasury yield to 4.17 per cent. All three Wall Street indices closed higher.

Source: https://www.afr.com/markets/equity-markets/asx-to-rise-ahead-of-cpi-release-us-consumer-confidence-plunges-20250429-p5lv8v