Sweden's Transport Agency (TRV) recommends voting against introduction of Tesla's Full Self-Driving (FSD), which requires human supervision, in Europe unless the system's ability to exceed posted speed limits is disabled.

OCBC Group Research strategists say the Fed's persistent hawkish stance should constrain near-term upside for Asian currencies versus the dollar, particularly low-yield and US-Treasury-sensitive FX such as the Thai baht (THB), South Korean won (KRW) and, to a degree, the Singapore dollar (SGD). They added falling oil prices partly offset those pressures by easing current account and inflation strains for oil-importing currencies including the Indian rupee (INR), Philippine peso (PHP) and Indonesian rupiah (IDR).

Spot silver fell below $67/oz, down 4.32% intraday.