Live: ASX set to edge lower as oil keeps rising after Wall St slides on AI anxiety

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Letts, S. (2026, October 18). Live: ASX set to edge lower as oil keeps rising after Wall St slides on AI anxiety. ABC News (AU). https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-19/asx-markets-business-live-news/107280976

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🔮 ASX set to edge lower as oil keeps rising after Wall St slides on AI anxiety
🔮 ASX set to rise after strong sessions on Wall Street and Europe Wall Street's key indices closed the week higher in expectation of another strong results season ahead.
🔮 live Markets live updates: Wall Street closes higher after disappointing jobs report, ASX set to gain
🔮 ASX set to open higher, Wall Street flat as oil continues slide
🔮 ASX set to slide despite Wall Street edging up and lower oil prices Considering the volatility of the week, Wall Street's Friday session was relatively uneventful, with a rally in semiconductor stocks dragging the market to a marginal gain.
🔮 Futures traders on the ASX have struggled to make sense of the impact, with the market poised to open flat this morning, and a meeting of Baltha creditors today could decide the fate of the construction firm that has collapsed, owing $3.4 billion.
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Copper (LME): +0.5% to $US14,498/tonne - Bitcoin: -0.8% $US80,901 - 10-year bonds: US 5.07% Australia 5.23% Prices current at around 7:00am AEDT New: Filters Choose what information you see below by using filters Good morning Good morning and welcome to another day on the ABC markets and finance blog.
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🔮 ASX set to edge lower as oil keeps rising after Wall St slides on AI anxiety

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ASX set to edge lower as oil keeps rising after Wall St slides on AI anxiety asserted
St → set → anxiety
The tech-lite ASX looks relatively immune from a Wall Street retreat, with futures markets pointing to only a marginal decline today. asserted
markets → look → decline
Disclaimer: this blog is not intended as investment advice. asserted
blog → intend → advice
Copper (LME): +0.5% to $US14,498/tonne - Bitcoin: -0.8% $US80,901 - 10-year bonds: US 5.07% Australia 5.23% Prices current at around 7:00am AEDT New: Filters Choose what information you see below by using filters Good morning Good morning and welcome to another day on the ABC markets and finance blog. asserted
you → choose → blog
Stephen Letts from ABC business team limbering up for a blow-by-blow coverage of the day's events, where every post is hopefully a winner, but none should be construed as financial advice. asserted
none → limber → advice
Wall Street closed sharply lower on Friday, dragged down by growing anxiety of the debt financing of the AI boom and whether the massive investment will deliver decent returns. asserted
investment → close → returns
The Nasdaq Index fell more than 2%. asserted
Index → fall → ?
The ASX, isolated to a degree from AI's ups and downs, is priced for only a marginal retreat on opening. asserted
ASX → isolate → opening
Later today we will a blizzard of data out of China — Q3 GDP, as well as monthly releases on retail sales, industrial production and infrastructure/property investment will be published. asserted
blizzard → publish → sales
The game's afoot, so let's get blogging. Loading asserted
's → let → ?
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