ASX to drop, Nasdaq stumbles on Apple, Meta Platforms

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“The first test of the new year is the [US] jobs report on Friday and it will be interesting to see how traders respond if we’re given another promising batch of data.” Market highlights ASX futures down 44 points or 0.6% to 7572 near 4.25am AEDT AUD -0.5% to 67.77 US cents Bitcoin +5.2% to $US45,034 at 4.40am AEDT On Wall St: Dow +0.3% S & P -0.3% Nasdaq -1.3% In New York: BHP -0.3% Rio +0.1% Atlassian -4.1% Tesla -0.3% Apple -2.9% Amazon -1.2% Meta -2.5% VIX +7.8% QQQ -1.3% TLT -0.7% Stoxx 50 -0.2% FTSE -0.2% DAX +0.1%...