Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 121 - 130 of 134 results for "Sterling"

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2004
The Australian dollar has opened weaker after selling of the euro and sterling against the United States dollar overnight dragged the local currency down. At 7am (AEDT) the local currency was trading at 75.88 US cents compared with yesterday's close ...

Midday Market wrap: $A weaker at noon, bonds firmer

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 DEC 2003
... Jo Masters said the US dollar had weakened right across the board last night, which resulted in the euro, Swiss franc, sterling, New Zealand dollar also reaching fresh highs.

Morning Market Wrap: $A rises to fresh six-year high overnight

... $1.2363 against the US currency. "The US dollar was weaker right across the board last night, so the euro, Swiss franc, sterling, Aussie, kiwi all reached fresh highs overnight," Macquarie Bank currency strategist Jo Masters said. "It's part of this ...

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 ...