Currencies

Global shares down as US economy takes center stage

Asian share benchmarks skidded Wednesday, tracking Wall Street's overnight decline after another afternoon fizzle for stocks that left the Standard & Poor's 500 index with its third straight loss.

Nasdaq plans bitcoin futures contract in 2018: Source

Nasdaq Inc plans to launch a futures contract based on bitcoin in 2018, making it the third exchange operator to plan U.S. derivatives contracts linked to the digital currency, a source with knowledge of the matter said on Wednesday.