Bayer shares soared as much as 11per cent on Friday on a Bloomberg report that the German company has proposed to pay US$8 billion to settle more than 18,000 U.S. lawsuits on its glyphosate-based weedkiller Roundup case.
Markets are closely watching Ueda’s post-meeting news conference for clues on how US President Donald Trump’s tariffs would affect the BOJ’s rate-hike...