* Dollar on track for weekly rise (Adds comments, updates prices)

South Korea's Hyundai Motor Group said on Thursday it planned to invest $7.4 billion in the United States by 2025 to produce electric vehicles, upgrade production facilities and further its investment in smart mobility solutions.

The Australian and New Zealand dollars were nursing steep losses for the week on Friday as failures to sustain breaks to upside risked a purge of long positions by disappointed bulls.

* KOSPI rises, foreigners net sellers * Korean won weakens against U.S. dollar * South Korea benchmark bond yield falls SEOUL, May 14 (Reuters) - Round-up of South Korean financial markets: ** South Korean shares bounced back on Friday, tracking an overnight rebound in Wall...

Japanese shares led a rebound in Asian markets on Friday, building on the lead from investors on Wall Street snapping up stocks that would benefit most from an economic recovery.

Gold edged lower on Friday, as a firmer dollar made bullion more expensive for other currency holders, although a pullback in the U.S. Treasury yields limited losses for the safe-haven metal. FUNDAMENTALS * Spot gold was down 0.2% at $1,823.77 per ounce by 0127 GMT. Bullion...

The following table shows rates for Asian currencies against the dollar at 0154 GMT. CURRENCIES VS U.S. DOLLAR Currency Latest bid Previous day Pct Move Japan yen 109.600 109.45 -0.14 Sing dlr 1.334 1.3332 -0.07 Taiwan dlr 27.956 27.996 +0.14 Korean won 1129.800 1129.3 -...

U.S. shares rebounded on Thursday after falling for three consecutive days and benchmark Treasury yields dipped, as investors snapped up stocks that would benefit from an economic recovery and shrugged off worries about rising prices, for now.

Grupo Comercial Chedraui said on Thursday its unit would buy warehouse store business Smart & Final Holdings Inc for $620 million, including debt, as the Mexican grocer looks to expand its footprint in the United States.

Several big international banks have raised their forecasts for Brazilian economic growth this year, after a closely-watched central bank index of economic activity for March suggested Latin America's largest economy expanded in the first quarter.

Mexico's central bank on Thursday kept its key interest rate steady in a unanimous decision by its five-member board that reflected growing concerns about the path of inflation and triggered speculation the next move would be a hike.

Electric car maker Fisker Inc has finalized its vehicle-assembly deal with Foxconn Technology Co Ltd, including plans to open a U.S. plant in 2023, the companies said on Thursday.

* Mexican c.bank keeps rate flat as inflation expectations rise * Investors pricing in tightening cycle by year end - analyst * Brazil economic activity slows less than expected in March * Chilean, Peruvian central bank statements eyed (Adds comments, updates prices throughout...

President Joe Biden said on Thursday that he was optimistic a deal on infrastructure spending could be reached after meeting with Republican lawmakers on the subject earlier in the day.

(Adds strategist quotes and details throughout; updates prices) * Loonie weakens 0.3% against the U.S. dollar * Canadian producer prices rise 14.2% year-over-year in April * Price of U.S. oil settles 3.4% lower * Canadian 10-year yield eases 3.2 basis points to 1.569% By...

U.S. Treasury yields were lower on Thursday, with longer-dated yields falling after four straight days of gains even as a reading on inflation came in higher than expected, while weekly initial jobless claims fell more than anticipated. The Labor Department said its producer...

U.S. President Joe Biden will unveil the first detailed budget proposal of his term in office on May 27, a spokesman said, offering a window into his priorities from defense spending to deficit reduction.

If the buoyant Canadian dollar continues to rise it could create headwinds for exports and business investment as well as affecting monetary policy, Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem said on Thursday.

Mexico's central bank on Thursday kept its key interest rate steady at 4.0%, as expected, in a unanimous decision by its five-member board, saying that a highly uncertain environment poses major challenges for monetary policy. (Reporting by Frank Jack Daniel and Anthony...

Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said there might be a role for a state-backed digital currency in Britain although there would be big implications ranging from the setting of interest rates to privacy.