Global FX DATA:

• • • ASIAN MARKET

      Asian shares held firm on Thursday, outperforming sagging Wall Street shares, and U.S. bond yields fell after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates as expected, sticking to its script of gradual policy tightening.
       
    • GOLD
      
      
      Gold prices edged up early on Thursday, supported as investors looked for bargains after the metal fell to a two-week low in the previous session following a U.S. interest rate hike.
       
  • • OIL
      
      Oil prices rose by 1 percent on Thursday as investors focused on the prospect of tighter markets due to U.S. sanctions against major crude exporter Iran, which are set to be implemented in November.
       
    • DOLLAR
      
      The dollar steadied against its peers early on Thursday as the small boost it received from a U.S. Federal Reserve interest rate hike faded, with a decline in U.S. Treasury yields reducing support for the greenback.
       
    • CRYPTOCURRENCY
      
      Bitcoin and other major cryptocurrencies rose on Thursday morning in Asia. The world’s largest digital token mining equipment maker, Bitmain Technologies, confirmed on Wednesday its plan to list on the Hong Kong stock exchange.
       
    • INDIA
      
      The Reserve Bank of India eased mandatory cash requirement rules for banks on Thursday and assured jittery markets it would provide "durable liquidity" amid growing worries of a potential credit crunch in the economy.
       
    • UK
      
      The leader of Britain’s opposition Labour party Jeremy Corbyn will warn the EU’s Brexit chief Michel Barnier of the dangers of a “no deal” Brexit when he visits Brussels.

    • US
      
      The U.S. Federal Reserve raised interest rates and left intact its plans to steadily tighten monetary policy, as it forecast that the U.S. economy would enjoy at least three more years of growth.

    • CHINA
       

      China’s central bank left short-term rates unchanged on Thursday, choosing not to follow a benchmark interest rate rise by the U.S. Federal Reserve despite the risk that it could that it could put renewed pressure on the yuan.

    • NEW ZEALAND
       

      New Zealand's central bank held interest rates on Thursday after the Federal Reserve delivered another widely anticipated hike, but trade deficit-laden Indonesia and the Philippines are expected to at least match the United States later in the day.

    • AUSTRALIA
      
      Auctioneer Ian Sharp has been selling Australian agricultural products to the highest bidder since 1968, and he’s never seen demand like this before.
       

    • JAPAN
      
      
      Japanese government bond prices gained on Thursday, with the market getting relief after the Bank of Japan kept unchanged the amount of longer-dated debt it offered to buy at a regular operation.