Tuesday Outlook: Asian stocks stutter, dollar drifts

Tuesday Outlook: Asian stocks stutter, dollar drifts

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Asian stocks stutter, dollar drifts as US rate cut bets rise

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was 0.18% higher, on course for a 1.6% gain this year

Dollar struggles to gain footing in thin trade; yen steady

Currency moves were largely muted in the day after Christmas

Mideast Stocks: Most Gulf markets gain as US inflation moderates

Dubai's main share index eased 0.1%, hit by a 0.9% fall in blue-chip developer Emaar Properties

Oil little changed as investors eye Middle East tensions, US rate cut

Brent crude futures fell 26 cents, or 0.3%, to $79.13 a barrel

Gold gains on prospects of Fed rate cuts next year

Spot gold was up 0.2% at $2,056.80 per ounce

Nigerian central bank lifts ban on crypto trading

CBN barred banks and financial institutions from dealing in or facilitating transactions in crypto assets in 2021

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