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TOKYO: Asian shares fell on Wednesday after the minutes from the U.S. Federal Reserve's March meeting reduced expectations of further stimulus measures to spur growth, leaving investors looking for more clues to the global economic outlook. European equity markets will likely follow the weak Asian mood, with financial spread betters predicting major European markets to open as much as 0.8 percent lower.

TOKYO: Asian shares fell on Wednesday after the minutes from the U.S. Federal Reserve's March meeting reduced expectations of further stimulus measures to spur growth, leaving investors looking for more clues to the global economic outlook. European equity markets will likely follow the weak Asian mood, with financial spread betters predicting major European markets to open as much as 0.8 percent lower.

SINGAPORE: Spot gold gained 0.8 percent on Monday, extending a 1.2-percent rise in the previous session, as worries about a worsening debt crisis in the euro zone drove investors to seek safety in bullion.

SINGAPORE/HONG KONG: Asian stocks edged up and the euro clawed back lost ground as investors waited for the end later on Wednesday of a Federal Reserve policy meeting expected to announce further steps to stimulate the flagging U.S. economic recovery.

SINGAPORE: Gold prices hovered around $1,800 an ounce on Wednesday, as worries about a worsening euro zone debt crisis supported the safe-haven sentiment, while investors awaited the conclusion of a U.S. Federal Reserve policy meeting for trading cues.