Global FX DATA:

• • • ASIAN MARKET
      
      Asian stocks were supported on Thursday by robust corporate earnings that helped Wall Street quell concerns about the surge in U.S. bond yields. However, sagging Chinese shares limited the upside potential of the market.
       
    • GOLD
      
      Gold prices on Thursday were little changed after falling to their lowest in five weeks in the previous session, pressured by a stronger dollar, which held near more than three-month highs, and a rise in U.S. Treasury yields.
       
  • • OIL
      
      Oil prices rose on Thursday, supported by an expectation that the United States will re-impose sanctions against Iran, a decline in output in Venezuela and ongoing strong demand.
       
    • INDIA
      
      Thirteen children were killed on Thursday when a school van collided with a train at an unmanned railway crossing in Uttar Pradesh, a police official said.
       
    • DOLLAR
      
      The dollar traded near a 3-1/2-month high against a basket of currencies on Thursday, bolstered by higher U.S. Treasury yields, led by the 10-year benchmark breaching the 3 percent threshold this week for the first time in four years.
       
    • CRYPTO CURRENCY
      
      Cryptocurrency prices were down on Thursday. Reports that Nasdaq’s CEO voiced support for the digital coins gathered some attention. Meanwhile, U.S. state Wisconsin is considering accepting Bitcoin for donation.|
       
    • MEXICO
      
      Mexico’s Chivas Guadalajara defeated Toronto FC on penalties to win the CONCACAF Champions League on Wednesday after the Major League Soccer club claimed a dramatic 2-1 second leg victory to leave the final tied 3-3 on aggregate.

    • WIPRO
      
      India’s third-biggest software services exporter Wipro Ltd on Wednesday forecast weak growth in revenue during the current quarter after two clients went bankrupt and it lost business in the U.S.

    • CHINA
      
      China is considering cutting the import duty on passenger cars by about half as part of the country’s plan to further open up the automobile market, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.

    • BEIJING
      
      A vessel carrying 70,223 tonnes of sorghum from the United States bound for Asia switched its destination on Thursday, data showed, becoming the latest cargo to be diverted in a trade flow roiled by China's move last week to impose hefty deposits on U.S. imports of the grain.

    • SOUTH KOREA
      
      South Korea’s economy bounced back last quarter, buoyed by booming exports of data memory chips and a boost from government spending, although private consumption was sluggish.

    • SINGAPORE
      
      Singapore’s industrial production grew slightly more than expected in March from a year earlier as electronics output continued to show strong growth, data showed on Thursday.

    • JAPAN
      
      Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck Inc recorded an estimated writedown of 47.3 billion yen ($432.56 million) for the year ended March, its parent Monex Group Inc said on Thursday.
       

    • THAILAND
      
      Thai immigration police have detained the leader of a Cambodian opposition group based in Denmark, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Thursday, while a Cambodian official said the government was in discussion with Thailand on the man’s extradition.