Asian stocks advanced on Thursday as AMD's first quarter results topped estimates and investors expressed hopes for a peace deal between the United States and Iran.
The dollar index was subdued in Asian trading, helping gold prices jump more than 1 percent toward $4,750 an ounce.
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May 01, 2026 15:54 ET Central banks dominated the economics news flow this week with almost all major ones announcing their latest policy decisions and many boosted expectations for a rate hike in June. In other news, several countries released the preliminary data for first quarter economic growth. In the U.S., comments by Fed Chair Jerome Powell were also in focus as his term ends this month.