Blockbuster euro trading volumes in the $300 billion-plus foreign exchange options market are another sign investors are betting the currency's gains may have room to run.
Australia's A$4.1 trillion ($2.7 trillion) pension industry signaled relief over US plans to scrap the so-called "revenge tax," which would have increased levies on income from assets of foreign investors.
The Taiwan dollar climbed to the strongest in more than three years against the greenback, pressuring the island's export reliant economy and life insurers with large foreign-exchange exposures.
Japan's once conservative pension funds are putting more of their cash in alternative assets to push up returns. One corporate money manager has taken that to a whole new level.
Indian funds that offer built-in diversification by combining stocks with assets such as bonds and gold lured in more money than pure equity ones last month for the first time in a year, pointing toward a potential long-term investment shift.
An unexpected move by the United Arab Emirates to cut volumes of a key oil grade sold to project partners including BP Plc and TotalEnergies SE is set to put a dent in some trading books.
Oil was steady at the tail-end of a momentous week, with focus shifting from the conflict in the Middle East to US tariff negotiations and the potential easing of Washington's sanctions on Iran.