The Nikkei share average booked its highest finish in five years on Thursday, putting it on track for its biggest yearly gain since the 1980s asset bubble, as electronics firms such as Sony Corp gained

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Thai share prices closed 0.70 percent higher on Thursday, supported by year-end window-dressing and gains in regional stock markets, dealers said. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) composite index rose 4.93 points to 710.22 and

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Indonesian share prices closed 0.13 percent lower on Thursday in quiet trade on the final trading day of the year, with losses in Bank Mandiri and Astra International weighing on the index, dealers said. The

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Interbank buy/sell rates for the taka against the dollar on Thursday. 66.20-66.25 (previous 66.20-66.25). Call Money Rates: 7.50-15.75 percent (previous 7.00-14.75 percent). Copyright Reuters, 2005

China's yuan hit a post-revaluation high versus the dollar for the second straight session on Thursday, as traders betting on a sustained appreciation of the Chinese currency trimmed US dollar holdings. The yuan, which was

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The Swiss franc eased against the US dollar in early trade on Thursday as the dollar got a boost from better-than-expected US consumer sentiment for December. The consumer confidence index as measured by the Conference

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The dollar struck a two-week high against the yen in thinning trade on Thursday, bolstered by an above-consensus gauge of US consumer sentiment and on track for its best annual gain against major currencies in

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The dollar was narrowly mixed on Wednesday in thin, mostly technically driven-trading, gaining some momentum after an above-consensus gauge of US consumer confidence in December. The rise in the US consumer confidence index this month

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The Hong Kong dollar ended little changed against the US dollar on Thursday, with the imminent year end keeping trading in a narrow range. The local currency was trading at 7.7531/33 per US dollar, compared

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Asian currencies were largely steady on Thursday against the US dollar in thin year-end trading with few investors willing to make fresh bets. But regional currencies outperformed the yen, which lost more than half a

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