Stocks were up in most markets in Asia, as well as other regions on Thursday buoyed by positive economic data from US and around the world.

Equities fell in most Asian markets and currencies were hit Wednesday, after the dollar firmed on sticky US inflation data, which cemented fears of more rate hikes by the Fed

Kazuo Ueda, a 71-year-old former BOJ board member, is the 'surprise' nominee to be Japan's next central bank governor. He is expected to spur a prompt change in BOJ interest rate policy

The country’s Ministry of Finance confirmed the record stealth interventions to support the yen took place over three days last October

Hopes of a slowdown in central bank tightening were dashed by Friday’s upbeat US payroll numbers, weighing on Asian investor sentiment on Monday

Currency slumped to a record low against the US dollar, selling for 447,000 rials on the unofficial market on Saturday

The tough stand by Japan's central bank to retain ultra-low rates appears to have cooled a hot market full of speculators who bet the Bank of Japan would drop its rates and bond yield policy

The Japanese yen fell on Wednesday after the Bank of Japan voted to keep its ultra-low interest rates and bond yield cap

Forex traders were ramping up bets on Monday that the Bank of Japan would further adjust its yield control policy, or even abandon it completely, while the dollar continued to fall

The Japanese yen shot up in early trading on Friday morning and Asian markets also rose, after US data showed a fall in inflation on Thursday

Regulators have asked banks to provide more convenient settlement services, to extend overseas yuan lending and 'encourage innovation in cross-border yuan settlement'

The onshore yuan was set to depreciate by 8.7% against the dollar for the year-to-date, its worst performance since 1994