‘Plenty of green on the screen’: ASX to open higher

CommSec’s Craig James says the markets will have a “positive start” on Wednesday with the ASX futures pointing to a gain of around about 0.5 per cent. “In the United States the Dow Jones index of 30 the stocks were higher by 1.1 per cent, the broader market S&P 500 was up seven-tenths of one per cent and the Nasdaq up by eight-tenths of one per cent,” he told Sky News Australia. Presented by CommSec.