Markets subdued ahead of raft of US economic data Associated Press Copyright 2012 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 3:26 a.m., Wednesday, October 3, 2012 Ahead of those figures, investors will on Wednesday have the monthly private payrolls report from ADP to assess as well as a services sector survey from the Institute for Supply Management. Investors have also become cautious since Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said this week that his government was not on the verge of asking for financial aid as it seeks to get a grip on tis public finances. Spain is under pressure to ask for financial assistance from the European Central Bank to keep a lid on its borrowing costs but the government has been reluctant to do so because it may come with conditions on its budget policies. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.1 percent to 4,438.60, a day after the country's central bank cut its benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point in response to global economic uncertainties.