Australian share prices are expected to open higher on Wednesday despite a mixed night on Wall Street.
At the time of writing the S&P/ASX 200 index September share price index contract was trading 40 points over the prior settlement at 8,681.
Stock indices in New York finished mixed on Tuesday (Wednesday AEST) with the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 rising while the Nasdaq Composite pulled back as investors considered mixed earnings amid signs the trade war is affecting companies.
The Dow Jones rose 0.4%, the S&P 500 rose just four points to a new record while the Nasdaq lost 0.4%.
Dakota Wealth Senior Portfolio Manager Robert Pavlik said companies were providing mixed signals about the outlook due to tariff uncertainty.
"(Investors are) looking for additional catalysts and you're seeing some cautious comments coming out of companies," Pavlik was quoted in a Reuters story as saying.
The Australian share market rose 0.1% to 8,677.2 points on Tuesday as higher mining and healthcare company prices more than offset drops in financial stocks.
Corporate news scheduled for today includes quarterly reports from luka Resources (ASX: ILU), Paladin Energy (ASX: PDN), Strike Energy (ASX: STX), Westgold Resources (ASX: WGX) and Woodside Energy (ASX: WDS), according to CommSec.
In the Australian fixed interest markets, Australian 10-year Government bond yields rose 0.23% to 4.294% while two-year rates were steady at 3.322%.
