Trading under the symbol XBT, Bitcoin's current price is around $15,000-mark, surging more than 1,550% in 2017 alone. Its January futures price is at $18,000
Singapore shares rose nearly 1 percent on Friday, marking their biggest gain in close to three weeks,as stronger-than-expected China trade data and the U.S. government avoiding a shutdown buoyed risk sentiment.
Indian stocks gained on Thursday, a day after the central bank kept the key interest rate unchanged, noting risks to inflation, but expressed optimism that the slowdown in economic growth had bottomed out.