Daily Alert: Big tech stocks lift amongst broader sharemarket weakness
US-China political tensions increased at a summit in Alaska, and US sharemarkets were mixed on Friday.
The Bank of Japan made tweaks to some of its policies but made no changes to its price stability objective and inflation overshooting commitment last week.
The US Federal Reserve's announcement that it would let a temporary bank leverage rule exemption expire on March 31 initially pushed US 10-year yields up to fresh 14-month highs near 1.75% before easing back to near 1.73% at the close.