Also boosting sentiments was renewed bets that the Federal Reserve would resume monetary policy easing from May. The Fed kept its target range for funds rate at 5.25% to 5.5%, unchanged for a fourth straight meeting on Wednesday in Washington. The decision prompted traders to bets on a rate cut at the Feds third meeting in early May, after Chair Jerome Powell suggested it would be premature to do so in March.
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