Asian stocks fell in thin holiday trade on Thursday, with the Australian and New Zealand markets closed for Anzac Day.

The Japanese yen weakened against other major currencies in the Asian session on Thursday, as market speculate the Japanese authorities is likely to intervene the foreign exchange market to prop up the yen ahead of the BOJ policy meeting.

The Japanese yen weakened against other major currencies in the Asian session on Thursday.

European stocks may open on a sluggish note Thursday as investors react to Facebook parent Meta Platforms' disappointing Q2 revenue outlook and plans to spend nearly $100 billion this year in its AI products.

Consumer sentiment survey data from Germany is the top economic news due on Thursday, headlining a light day for the European economic news. At 2.00 am ET, the market research group GfK is slated to issue Germany's consumer confidence survey results. The sentiment index is forecast to rise to -25.9 in May from -27.4 in April.

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The USD/JPY pair reached an all-time high on Thursday, touching the 155.50 level. This development comes as the Bank of Japan (BoJ) starts its two-day monetary policy meeting with widespread expectations that the interest rate will remain unchanged at zero.

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he U.S. equity markets saw a halt in their two-day rally, primarily pulled down by disappointing earnings from Meta Platforms. As a result, both the Nasdaq and S&P 500 were left nearly unchanged, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed lower.

The EUR/USD pair rose to 1.0707 on Wednesday, driven by increased local risk appetite and the belief that the currency was significantly oversold against the US dollar. This resurgence indicates a temporary rebalancing in the currency market.