The dollar crept higher on Tuesday after a survey showed U.S. credit conditions were less gloomy than expected, while the pound flirted with a one-year peak on expectations the Bank of England will raise interest rates this week. Data showing China's imports contracted sharply in April from a year earlier while exports grew more slowly than in March, had little impact on currencies.
Crude oil and gold were basically treading water. However, the region's biggest stock markets were outliers: Japan's Nikkei rebounded sharply from losses in the previous session as strong earnings lifted the steel sector, and mainland Chinese blue chips jumped, showing little interest in data that revealed an unexpected decline in imports last month and slowing exports.
Mixed session as traders await Wednesday's inflation report Fed's quarterly loan survey showed continued tightening of credit and weaker business loan dema
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