By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar (DX=F) was on the front foot against major peers on Friday after its best single-day performance for three weeks with the Federal Reserve indicating no rush to cut interest rates. The risk-sensitive Australian and New Zealand dollars remained on the defensive after steep slides on Thursday...

HONG KONG (Reuters) -Shares of CK Hutchison fell on Friday after the telecoms-to-retail conglomerate reported weak earnings and dividends and said its operating environment would be volatile. Underlying profit for the group, which is having to contend with displeasure from Beijing over the sale of its ports business, slid 11% of HK$20.8 billion ($2.7 billion)...

By Shariq Khan (Reuters) – Oil prices rose in early Asian trading on Friday, and were set for their second consecutive weekly gains, after fresh U.S. sanctions on Iran and a new OPEC+ plan for seven members to cut output raised bets on tightening supply. Brent crude futures climbed 42 cents, or 0.6%, to $72.40...

By Rae Wee SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Asia shares were hobbled by weakness in Chinese markets on Thursday and struggled to build on Wall Street’s rally, even as investor sentiment was lifted by the prospect that the Federal Reserve could still deliver two rate cuts this year. The Fed on Wednesday left rates unchanged in a...

By Anjana Anil (Reuters) – Gold rose to an all-time high on Thursday as the Federal Reserve hinted at two possible interest rate cuts this year, bolstering bullion’s appeal amid ongoing geopolitical and economic woes. Spot gold was up 0.1% at $3,049.89 an ounce as of 0210 GMT. Bullion reached an all-time high of $3,055.96...

(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the Federal Reserve would be better off cutting rates “as U.S. tariffs start to transition (ease!) their way into the economy”, on the day the central bank kept rates unchanged. The Trump administration’s initial policies, including extensive import tariffs, appear to have tilted the U.S. economy...

TOKYO (Reuters) – The Bank of Japan kept interest rates steady on Wednesday, underscoring policymakers’ preference to spend more time gauging how mounting global economic risks from higher U.S. tariffs could affect Japan’s fragile recovery. As widely expected, the board decided to keep the BOJ’s short-term policy rate unchanged at 0.5% by a unanimous vote....

(Reuters) – China is delaying the approval for BYD to build a plant in Mexico over concerns that the technology developed by the electric vehicle maker could leak to the U.S., the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing two people familiar with the matter. (Reporting by Gnaneshwar Rajan in Bengaluru; Editing by Rashmi Aich) ,,,

By Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Asian stocks were subdued on Wednesday and gold hovered near record highs as economic worries and a shifting geopolitical landscape kept risk appetite in check, while the yen steadied after the Bank of Japan held rates as expected. The yen was last at 149.33 per dollar, little changed on the...