Dollar closed at 65.3200 against its opening at 65.2800. Dollar ended up after investors sentiment got a boost after data showed better than expected UK retail sales volume. Better than expected data has raised bets on Bank of England rate hike supporting pound. Oil bids will continue and dollar, too remains firm as US core inflation remained strong, supporting the demand for the currency pair.  Meanwhile, the greenback surged against its major peers after solid core-inflation and retail sales data. US retail sales surged unexpectedly in October as an increase in purchases of motor vehicles and a range of other goods offset a decline in demand for building materials.US retail sales increased 0.2% in October from 1.9% in the previous session. September retail sales growth was revised, showing sales jumped 1.9% rather than the previously reported 1.6% advance. Retail sales increased 4.6 percent on an annual basis.    

Investors are bid cautious ahead of the vote on US tax reform. If the bill doesn't come through by the end of the year, it would be negative for the US dollar and could hurt the earnings of Japanese companies as well as global markets.

Sensex provisionally ends 346 points higher at 33,106 points with 24 components in green.

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Asian shares got off to a cautious start after Wall Street stumbled despite upbeat U.S. economic news and the Treasury yield curve hit its flattest in a decade as investors priced in more U.S. rate hikes.
 

China's financial sector faces bubble risks, which are reflected in the country's high broad money supply, Huang Qifan, deputy chairman of the economic and finance committee under the National People's Congress, said at a conference on Thursday.

 

Australian employment rose for a 13th straight month in October, the longest stretch of gains since the early 1990s, while the jobless rate dipped to its lowest in over 4-1/2 years.
 

Gold prices were little changed on Thursday after upbeat U.S. economic data bolstered the prospects of interest rate increases next month and beyond by the Federal Reserve.
 

Crude oil prices edged up in Asia  as investors saw a recent sell-off overdone and continued to monitor declining production from OPEC member Venezuela as it reels from a debt and inflation crisis.