How investors around the world view the shutdownpublished at 05:45 BST05:45 BSTPeter HoskinsBusiness reporter, Singapore As I reported earlier in the morning, global financial markets seem to be broadly taking the shutdown in their stride.Investors appear to be mostly looking past the widely expected stoppage, as they see it as a temporary blip.Here in the Asia-Pacific region, stock markets are mixed as investors focus on issues closer to home rather than the politics of Washington DC.Japan's Nikkei 225 is about 1% lower after a business sentiment report disappointed, while the Nifty 50 in India is higher as the country's central bank kept interest rates on hold.Back in the US, the main stock indexes closed higher on Tuesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average hitting a record high.But there are some signs that that jitters may be creeping into Wall Street.US stock futures are pointing to a lower open on Wednesday. Futures are contracts to buy or sell an underlying asset at a future date and are an indication of how markets will trade when they open.Gold - which is seen as a safe haven for investments during times of uncertainty - has hit a new record high of more than $3,872 an ounce.At the same time, the US dollar is hovering near a one-week low against other major currencies.
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