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Stock inflows do not seem to be at the expense of fixed-income, bond dealer Bill Gross told CNBC.

Pro trader Rich Ilczyszyn looks at important technical indicators for the yellow metal.

Gold edged higher, recovering early losses, as stocks came under pressure from renewed concerns over the euro zone economy, and on caution ahead of a European Central Bank meeting later this week

Oil edged higher on Wednesday as Wall Street equities rebounded from early losses to trade flat, and Brent crude futures premium over West Texas Intermediate crude briefly above $20.00 a barrel.

The euro slipped, with traders taking more cautious positions ahead of the ECB meeting in case its president Mario Draghi expresses concern about the high level of the euro.

The recent strength in the euro is reigniting concerns over the health of the euro zone, with analysts questioning whether too strong a currency could derail Europe's recovery by dampening export demand.

Record high unemployment mean the European Central Bank has scope to lower interest rates in order to weaken the spiraling euro, ING Senior Economist Carsten Brzeski said.

U.S. stock market momentum for the rest of 2013 looks "very favorable," Jim O'Neill, Goldman Sachs Asset Management chairman, told CNBC.

Despite Monday's sharp pullback, risk can rally further in the medium term and the S&P500 could break through 2007 record levels, Nomura Strategist Bob Janjuah said on Tuesday.

The Fed's easy money for "as far as the eye can see" and will continue to boost U.S. stocks, noted economist Nouriel Roubini told CNBC.

U.S. Treasurys prices fell on Tuesday as a rebound in Wall Street stocks and less gloomy data on European business activity cut the appetite for safe-haven government debt, pushing benchmark yields back above 2 percent.

Demand for short duration bonds is thriving as the global economic recovery gathers pace and the risk of rising interest rates and a pick-up in inflation becomes more real.