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Morning Market Wrap: Dollar firms in early Asian trade

... opened at its overnight high against the US dollar. It began the domestic trading session weaker against the yen and sterling, up against the New Zealand dollar and unchanged against the euro. The Australian share market is likely to gain ground following ...

Morning Market Wrap: Dollar weaker on US unit comeback

... against the Australian and the Canadian dollar and the Swiss franc, and recovered from a fresh 11 year low against the sterling. The Australian dollar, which was trading at fresh six-year highs, has since yesterday been weighed on by positive rumblings ...

Midday Market Wrap: Dollar and bonds stronger

... back in focus after overnight speculation that the Bank of England would move to a tightening cycle. That pushed the sterling to multi-year highs against the United States dollar and other high-yield currencies like the Australian and New Zealand dollar's ...

Morning Market Wrap: Dollar breaks $US0.7000

... and a low of 0.6923. Westpac Bank currency strategist in New York Richard Franulovich said the Australian dollar had a sterling night. In New York the Australian dollar broke through the $US0.7000 level to hit 0.7004, a level not seen in five-and-a-half ...

Morning Market Wrap:End of winning streak; dollar sets fresh high

... it. On the cross rates the Australian dollar opened just fractionally weaker against all its major rivals except the sterling. Against the New Zealand dollar the Australian dollar is close to yearly highs at $NZ1.1580 where it should encounter some solid ...

Morning market wrap: US bonds continue sell-off

... push down the FTSE 100, with the London index closing 28.9 points (0.7%) lower at 4,044.3. On foreign exchange markets, sterling pared back earlier losses following news the British government had appointed an inquiry into the death of scientist David ...

Tower announces sale of trustee business

... of Tower Trust New Zealand for $NZ25 million ($A22.5million). The purchaser is a private US-based investment company, Sterling Grace Corporation. Tower Trust New Zealand provides both personal and corporate trustee services. The sale follows approval ...

Morning market wrap: US shares sharply lower

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2003
... week. The yield on the benchmark 10-year bond fell 3 points to 3.66%. The US dollar soared to a two-month high against sterling, after the Bank of England surprised markets with a 25 point cut to its base lending rate. However, the Australian dollar ...

Morning market wrap: Data spurs strong gains in US stocks

... ended over 0.2% higher against the Japanese yen, the euro and the Swiss franc, and bounced off multi-year lows against sterling and the Canadian dollar. Treasury bond yields also backed higher after the data, although markets continue to anticipate at ...

New York-based Sterling Grace Corporation invests in OFM

Listed funds manager and financial services company OFM Investment Group Limited (OFM) has announced that the Sterling Grace Corporation, a New York based investment fund that specialises in making investments in the financial services sector, is making ...