Crude oil futures settle at $65.16

investingLive Asia-Pacific FX news wrap: AUD up (high CPI), NZD up (rate cut), JPY up (BoJ Financial market news for Asian trading on Wednesday, November 26, 2025

US gov plans 317K workforce cuts, exceeding 2025 goals. Watch for potential economic ripple effects & impact on government services.

Australia inflation jumps again, wiping out rate-cut hopes and lifting AUD, yields - recap The stronger-than-expected CPI pushed yields sharply higher and lifted the AUD as investors abandoned expectations of near-term easing.

Bitcoin options signal a capped rally to $118K by Dec '25; traders eye volatility drop & neutral skew for true low.

NZD higher - recapping RBNZ cuts to 2.25% but signals end to easing as NZ economy steadies The RBNZ’s shift toward a more hawkish stance lifted the NZD and pushed short-end rates higher, as markets recalibrated expectations for further easing.

Nvidia's 6% slide sparks AI-crypto correlation fears; BTC stalls, ETH & SOL gain traction. Gold hits $4100 on rate cut hopes.

Nvidia (-6%) & AMD (-10%) drop on Meta AI chip report; Alphabet (+4%) surges. Diversification risk looms for AI hardware.