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Bitcoin and most other large cryptocurrencies rose on Tuesday, carrying their 2017 momentum into the new year, and gaining one more high-profile investor Peter Thiel.

The dollar dropped on Tuesday to its lowest in more than three months, weighed down on the first trading day of 2018 by expectations of a slower pace of interest rate increases by the Federal Reserve amid a tepid U.S. inflation picture.

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Asian stock markets were mostly higher Tuesday as 2018 trading began and investors looked ahead to whether the record-setting U.S. equity run will last.

Asian stock markets were mostly higher Tuesday as 2018 trading began and investors looked ahead to whether the record-setting U.S. equity run will last.

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In a relatively calm day for cryptocurrencies, most of the largest are down by a few percentage points.

U.S. stock indexes edged lower early Friday on the final day of trading for 2017.

The dollar fell to its lowest in over three months against a basket of major currencies on Friday, marking its steepest annual drop since 2003, on doubts over durability of a pickup in U.S. economic growth in wake of last week’s tax overhaul.

U.S. stock indexes were up slightly in light trading early Thursday as technology companies posted more gains.

Asian markets were mostly higher on Thursday in a quiet post-Christmas holiday trading as strong economic data from the region and in the U.S. boosted confidence.

Bitcoin was one of the biggest newsmakers in 2017.

U.S. stock indexes edged higher in light trading early Wednesday, recouping some of their modest losses from a day earlier.

Asian indexes were mixed Wednesday in quiet holiday trading after oil prices erased some of its recent gains and the region generally shrugged off the dip in technology stocks on Wall Street.

U.S. stocks edged mostly lower in light trading early Tuesday as markets reopened following the Christmas holiday.

Bitcoin held its overnight gains in early U.S. trading on Tuesday as the world’s biggest and best-known cryptocurrency rebounded on light trading volume from its worst week since 2013.

Major Asian stock markets were mixed Tuesday in light trading after the Christmas holiday.

Bitcoin extended its recovery in holiday-thinned trading on Tuesday, rising 10 percent to be up more than a third from last week's lows of below $12,000.