Most Asian FX steady ahead of Powell speech, equities mixed


MOST Asian currencies were flat on Wednesday, ahead of a testimony by the U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, while equities were mixed as investors awaited more policy cues from the annual Chinese parliamentary session.

Most currencies were largely unchanged but the Indonesian rupiah and the Thai baht climbed 0.4% each.

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