The share market is significantly higher as central bank comments from the US sent to Aussie dollar higher, lifting expectations of an RBA rate cut.

Stocks of interest on the Australian Securities Exchange on Thursday

Stocks of interest on the Australian Securities Exchange on Wednesday

The Dow has dropped 128.34 points to 17,849.08 ahead of a Federal Reserve statement on interest rates.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 145.91 points (0.82 per cent) to 17,749.31, while the broad-based S&P 500 dropped 12.55 (0.61 per cent) to 2,053.40.