Most Asian currencies retreated on Thursday, while the dollar stemmed recent losses as a slew of signals from the Federal Reserve showed that the central bank was likely to keep interest rates high in the near-term.
Gold prices rose slightly in Asian trade on Thursday, but remained largely within a recent trading range as a slew of signals from the Federal Reserve reiterated the prospect of higher-for-longer U.S. interest rates.
Boston-based Circle said in a blog that, effective immediately, it would no longer mint USDC tokens on Tron, a fast-growing platform widely used for transferring stablecoins whose founder is facing regulatory problems in the United States.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Insignia Financial Ltd (ASX:IFL), which rose 13.72% or 0.31 points to trade at 2.57 at the close. Meanwhile, Bega Cheese Ltd (ASX:BGA) added 13.52% or 0.48 points to end at 4.03 and Fletcher Building Ltd (ASX:FBU) was up 9.01% or 0.30 points to 3.63 in late trade.
China’s Lenovo Group (OTC:LNVGY), the world’s largest maker of personal computers, on Thursday reported October-December revenue of $15.72 billion, up 3% from the same period a year earlier.
