Asian stocks are trading mixed on Tuesday despite the three major U.S. indexes setting another round of record highs overnight. The dollar hovered near its lowest in a week, sending gold and oil prices higher.
The spotlight remains on bitcoin, which reached a record above $47,000, building on a nearly 20 percent surge overnight after news emerged that Elon Musk's electric carmaker Tesla invested $1.5 billion in the digital currency.
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May 22, 2026 14:46 ET Minutes of the latest Fed policy session was the highlight of the week along with survey data on the U.S. housing market. In Europe, survey data signaled the trends in the euro area private sector. Further, consumer price inflation data from the U.K. was in focus. In Asia, various economic indicators from China drew attention to the health of the economy.