Asian stocks ended mostly lower on Wednesday as investors digested hawkish comments from Fed officials on the future rate hike path and looked ahead to Fed Chair Jerome Powell's speech for direction.
A firmer dollar and a recovery in U.S. Treasury yields weighed on gold, while crude prices held steady in Asian trading after falling more than 4 percent on Tuesday to their lowest level since late July on the back of mixed Chinese trade data and easing Middle East tensions.
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