Currencies

Shares are mostly higher in Asia as trading for the last week of the year began Tuesday after most markets were closed for Christmas.

Shares are mostly higher in Asia as trading for the last week of the year began Tuesday after most markets were closed for Christmas.

Iran's currency has struck an all-time low this week, trading at 41,600 rials to $1.

Iran's currency has struck an all-time low this week, trading at 41,600 rials to $1.

Shares fell in most markets in Asia on Thursday, after President-elect Donald Trump named an economist who is harshly critical of China to head a newly created White House council on trade.

Shares fell in most markets in Asia on Thursday, after President-elect Donald Trump named an economist who is harshly critical of China to head a newly created White House council on trade.

Shares were meandering in thin trading Thursday in Asia, as investors wound down ahead of the holidays.

Shares were meandering in thin trading Thursday in Asia, as investors wound down ahead of the holidays.

It's time to take a deep dive into the pros and cons of a strong U.S. dollar.

It's time to take a deep dive into the pros and cons of a strong U.S. dollar.

The threat of "Brexit" is delivering a Christmas bonanza to Northern Ireland, where the thousands visiting daily from the euro-using Republic of Ireland are finding bargains driven by the battered pound.

The threat of "Brexit" is delivering a Christmas bonanza to Northern Ireland, where the thousands visiting daily from the euro-using Republic of Ireland are finding bargains driven by the battered pound.

Wall Street extended a recent rally on Monday but finished the session short of earlier highs after several people were killed by a truck driven into a Christmas market in Germany.

Wall Street extended a recent rally on Monday but finished the session short of earlier highs after several people were killed by a truck driven into a Christmas market in Germany.

President-elect Donald Trump's ambitious plans to revive exports, return jobs to the United States and increase oil drilling are running up against a home-grown threat: The surging U.S. dollar.

President-elect Donald Trump's ambitious plans to revive exports, return jobs to the United States and increase oil drilling are running up against a home-grown threat: The surging U.S. dollar.

Venezuelan troops are patrolling cities where rioting erupted over an official decree that nullified most of the country's currency.

Venezuelan troops are patrolling cities where rioting erupted over an official decree that nullified most of the country's currency.

U.S. stocks fell on Friday, weighed by a more than 4 percent drop in Oracle shares, while recently battered stocks in the real estate and utilities sectors posted the largest gains.

U.S. stocks fell on Friday, weighed by a more than 4 percent drop in Oracle shares, while recently battered stocks in the real estate and utilities sectors posted the largest gains.