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FOREX: The weaker dollar theme amid softer US inflation data and a Fed hike,

that was deemed on the dovish side, mostly carried over to the Asia-Pacific

session, but with the odd exception. Shortly after the opening of Tokyo markets,

dollar-yen climbed higher from Y112.53 to Y112.79, Japanese names were the

reported buyers, with some speculation that domestic life companies were selling

yen against both euro and dollar. Euro-dollar edged over yesterday's top to post

a fresh high of $1.1844 before fading modestly. Aussie-dollar outperformed, very

strong local jobs data saw the pair vault higher from $0.7630 to $0.7675. Cable,

despite PM May losing a key Brexit vote in parliament late Wednesday, after a

group of her own MPs rebelled against the party line, the pound pushed up from

$1.3398 to $1.3449. ECB, BoE and SNB meetings provide the main focus for the

session ahead.