Thursday Outlook: Asian shares ease, oil tumble more than $5 a barrel as US weighs massive reserves release

Thursday Outlook: Asian shares ease, oil tumble more than $5 a barrel as US weighs massive reserves release

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Asian stocks ease, oil sinks as U.S. weighs reserves release

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fe.ll 0.2%

Gold slips; set for best quarter in six as Ukraine crisis stokes demand

Spot gold was down 0.3% at $1,926.46 per ounce

Oil prices tumble more than $5 a barrel as Biden weighs massive reserves release

Brent futures were down $4.71, or 4.2%, to $108.58 a barrel

Euro holds at one-month high, yen set for worst month since 2016

The European single currency was at $1.1175 holding its highest in a month, having gained 1.7% so far this week

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