Asian stocks ended Thursday's session mostly higher, as a string of strong tech earnings offset lingering concerns about the U.S. banking sector.After Google parent Alphabet and Microsoft, Meta managed to reverse a downward spiral for the first quarter of 2023.The dollar extended declines, helping gold prices scale above $2,000 per ounce ahead of the release of U.S. first quarter economic growth d...
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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.