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Currency up slightly against the euro

Pace marks a pick-up from 0.2% in the first three months of 2018

Hong Kong shares finished lower on Friday, in line with their Asian peers, pulled down by mounting global trade war tensions. ** The Hang Seng index ended down 240.68 points or 0.84 percent at 28,366.62 points. The Hang Seng China Enterprises index dropped 0.7 percent to 10,943.08 points. ** The sub-index...

Goldman Sachs sees Prime Minister Theresa May clinching a Brexit deal on access to European Union markets for goods and getting it approved by the British parliament, though it cautioned that a disorderly exit and national election remained possible.

China's primary money rates fell this week as interbank money conditions remained extremely loose, with the central bank encouraging lending to bolster the economy amid slowing growth and a worsening trade environment. With already-ample liquidity conditions, the People's Bank of China skipped its regular open market...

More than 17,000 jobs at risk after rescue talks fail

The Philippine justice minister has ordered a review of a lease agreement for a $1.5 billion casino project by Landing International Development after President Rodrigo Duterte abruptly halted it, saying it was unfavourable to the government.

China stocks edged up on Friday to post their best week in a month, aided by strong gains in shares of technology companies.

Japanese government bonds gained on Friday as the Turkish lira hit a new record low against the U.S. dollar, triggering broad risk aversion and prompting investors' flight-to-quality buying in government bonds.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has dismissed concerns over the tumbling lira, calling on Turks to "have no worries", after the currency hit record lows in recent weeks on the back of a widening rift with the United States.