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Missing Wimbledon would not have been 'correct', says Djokovic
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Russell plans to 'sneak through' front two in Austria
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Kohli leads the way as India set SA 177 to win
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France's Bardet wins Tour de France opener as Cavendish suffers
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Imperious Verstappen takes pole for Austrian Grand Prix
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Top seed Fritz wins third Eastbourne ATP title
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Bagnaia turns the heat up on MotoGP leader Martin
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Cheers and prayers in India as T20 World Cup cricket final begins
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Attacker with crossbow killed outside Israeli embassy in Belgrade, officer wounded
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Haiti PM visits US, to meet with White House official
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India win toss and bat in T20 World Cup final
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Second-time lucky for Kasatkina as she wins Eastbourne WTA final
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Heptathlon world champion Johnson-Thompson allays Olympic fitness worries
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Zverev says 'most open Wimbledon in 20 years'
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Sabalenka 'not 100%' certain for Wimbledon due to 'rare' injury
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Fighting for third day in north Gaza as thousands displaced
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'We have already won the Euros', says Georgia coach Sagnol
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Manchester United's Earps latest to leave WSL club
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Tense France goes to polls as far-right scents power
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Mauvaka rewarded with Toulouse contract extension
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Reformist to face ultraconservative in Iran presidency runoff
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Verstappen resists Norris attack to win Austrian GP sprint race
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Afghan women's rights an internal issue, Taliban govt says before UN-led talks
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Pogacar favourite as Tour de France sets off from Florence
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Clashes, arrests mark start of German far-right AfD congress
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Five IS bombs found hidden in iconic Iraq mosque: UN agency
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Mongolia ruling party wins reduced majority in vote dominated by graft
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'Revolutionary' Dupont turns focus to Olympics after record Top 14 success
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Panamanian court acquits 28 defendants in 'Panama Papers' trial
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Fans pray for India's elusive world cricket trophy
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Reformist, ultraconservative lead Iran presidential vote
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Biden takes stage with Elton John to celebrate LGBTQ milestone
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Legal weed limps into next phase in Germany
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Vietnam economy expands 6.4 percent in first half of year
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Thompson, Jackson win 100m titles at Jamaican Olympic trials
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Holloway makes Olympics with 110 hurdles win as Lyles, Richardson roll on
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Mauritania heads to polls with incumbent tipped to win
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Planting giant cactus to stave off desertification in Brazil
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Protests expected at German far-right AfD congress
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Far right scents power as tense France ready for snap vote
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Suspected leaders of failed Bolivian coup remanded in custody
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Biden, Trump battle for blue-collar voters as steel merger looms
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Biles one step closer to Paris with day one US gymnastics trials lead
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Union says Boeing penny-pinching has hurt supply chain
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US, allies condemn N.Korea for sanctions-busting arms sales to Russia
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Colombia into Copa quarters after Costa Rica romp
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England's Rai and USA's Bhatia share PGA Detroit lead
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Danes shoot 60 to join five-way tie for LPGA pairs lead
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Messi to miss Argentina-Peru Copa clash: team
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Global stocks mixed as elections heat up
Japanese yen touches 38-year low as global stocks finish mixed
The yen, weakened by the Japanese government's easy monetary policy, hit a 38-year low against the dollar on Wednesday, sparking speculation about a new intervention by authorities.
Stocks on Wall Street eked out small gains after a choppy session that saw big moves in some individual stocks after corporate earnings, while those elsewhere finished were mostly lower.
The yen slid as far as 160.75 against the greenback, before paring some of its losses.
Despite sliding through the 160 level, there was no indication that authorities had intervened to support the yen, said market analyst David Morrison at Trade Nation.
"This being the case, it's possible that traders work to push the yen lower in a renewed attempt to test the resolve of the Japanese authorities," he said.
The Asian country's top currency official has said authorities were ready to act 24 hours a day if the unit fell too far, but some investors have said they suspect the new trigger may be 165 yen to the dollar.
Billions were pumped in to support the yen after it hit a 34-year low of 160.17 in late April, but with limited effect.
"If the Japanese finance ministry sees FX (foreign exchange) intervention as a waste of money, then they may let the yen continue to weaken, and leave it up to the BOJ (Bank of Japan) at the end of July to boost the yen with monetary policy tightening," said XTB's Research Director Kathleen Brooks.
The euro also remained under pressure before weekend elections in France that polls suggest will see big wins for far-right and left-wing parties, pushing President Emmanuel Macron's pro-business centrists into third.
The Paris stock market finished the day down 0.7 percent. Eurozone peer Frankfurt fell 0.1 percent after a key survey showing German consumers are feeling more pessimistic heading into July, rattled by stubborn inflation and economic uncertainty.
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On Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose less than 0.1 percent, while the broad-based S&P 500 gained 0.2 percent and the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index climbed 0.5 percent.
"It was not a heavy input day in terms of new news," said Art Hogan of B. Riley Wealth Management.
He said investors were looking forward to the release of Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) consumer spending data on Friday, which the Federal Reserve uses when weighing interest rate decisions.
The US central bank recently voted to hold its key lending rate at a 23-year high, and penciled in just one cut for this year amid sticky inflation in the first quarter of the year.
Among individual stocks, shipping giant FedEx surged 15.5 percent on Wednesday after reporting earnings that topped analysts' estimates following job cuts and other measures to cull expenses.
The electric vehicle manufacturer Rivian Automotive soared more than 23 percent after announcing that Volkswagen would invest up to $5 billion in the electric vehicle maker.
While some firms saw gains, others fell: General Mills slid 4.6 percent as it reported a six percent drop in quarterly sales while price inflation hits demand.
- Key figures around 2100 GMT -
New York - Dow: UP less than 0.1 percent at 39,127.80 points (close)
New York - S&P 500: UP 0.2 percent at 5,477.90 (close)
New York - Nasdaq: UP 0.5 percent at 17,805.16 (close)
London - FTSE 100: DOWN 0.3 percent at 8,225.33 (close)
Paris - CAC 40: DOWN 0.7 percent at 7,609.15 (close)
Frankfurt - DAX: DOWN 0.1 percent at 18,155.24 (close)
EURO STOXX 50: DOWN 0.4 percent at 4,915.94 (close)
Tokyo - Nikkei 225: UP 1.3 percent at 39,667.07 (close)
Hong Kong - Hang Seng Index: UP 0.1 percent at 18,089.93 (close)
Shanghai - Composite: UP 0.8 percent at 2,972.53 (close)
Dollar/yen: UP at 160.73 yen from 159.68 yen on Tuesday
Euro/dollar: DOWN at $1.0680 from $1.0715
Euro/pound: UP at 84.57 pence from 84.43 pence
Pound/dollar: DOWN at $1.2625 from $1.2686
Brent North Sea Crude: UP 0.3 percent at $85.25 per barrel
West Texas Intermediate: UP 0.1 percent at $80.90 per barrel
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