The Federal Reserve's meeting minutes reveal they continue to believe ongoing interest rate increases will be appropriate to combat inflation, with the target rate range set at 2%. This raised the risk-aversion mood in the market while strengthening the dollar. USD/CAD added 12 pips to 1.3549, but USD/JPY slid 9 pips to 134.90.

Germany's year-on-year inflation rate in February was 8.7% as Mitrade estimates. EUR/USD then fell 45 pips to 1.0601. GBP/USD dropped 71 pips to 1.2044, and AUD/USD decreased 49 pips to 0.6803.

Spot gold plunged almost $10 to $1,825.29 an ounce, and WTI oil futures declined $2.41 to $73.95 a barrel. Bitcoin and Ethereum closed lower at $24,150.0 and $1,641.40 respectively.

The Nasdaq 100 closed 5 points higher (+0.05%) at 12,066. On the other hand, the S&P 500 lost 6 points (-0.16%) to 3,991 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 84 points (-0.26%) to 33,045.
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