HONG KONG: The euro held its dollar gains in Asia on Friday after the head of the European Central Bank said policymakers would begin re-evaluating its stimulus in the autumn, fuelling talk that the age of cheap money was coming to an end.

However, regional markets struggled to end the strong week on a positive note as profit-takers moved in and traders were spooked by reports the man probing Donald Trump's links to Russia will also investigate his business dealings.

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