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China puts another one in the bag

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
... 2011, dropped but regained it again in 2014. China has added another feather in its hat this August with the yuan nudging the yen out to become the world's fourth most used payments currency. International payments provider 'Swift' reports that the Chinese ...

PBOC does an SNB

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2015
... the past 12 months, the US dollar has appreciated by 20.2% against the euro to date. The US dollar is up 21.6% versus the yen, 7.8% against sterling, 27% vis-A -vis the Australian dollar, and 20% stronger against the Canadian dollar. This compares with ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... - Asian shares mostly gained after a Wall Street rally. Tokyo jumped 1.08 per cent, or 219.92 points, to 20,522.83 as the yen weakened against the greenback and top firms including Nintendo reported strong earnings. Sydney rose 0.81 per cent, or 45.3 ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... had earlier hit a near three-month low point at $US1.0809. HONG KONG - Asian markets advanced with Tokyo boosted by a weaker yen and Shanghai's recovery continuing. However, falling commodity prices are fuelling fears about global growth. Tokyo rose ...

Greek crisis drives Australian market down

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
... investors were experiencing a crisis of confidence and were fleeing to safe-haven alternatives such as the US dollar, Japanese yen and gold. On Sunday, Greece prime minister Alexis Tsipras announced that Greek banks would remain shut indefinitely and ...

Market set for a steady start

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... mounting fears about Greece's future in the eurozone, though Shanghai plunged more than six per cent on tight liquidity. The yen edged down after the Bank of Japan held off on any new stimulus measures at its latest policy meeting despite flatlining ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
... from the eurozone. Despite increasing worries about Athens' future, the euro managed to tick up against the US dollar and yen as traders await the outcome of policy meetings at the US Federal Reserve and Japanese central bank. Tokyo on Tuesday lost 0.64 ...

Market to open lower

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2015
... bailout reform talks after the IMF walked out, while Japanese stocks ended higher thanks to a pick-up in the dollar against the yen. Regional investors were given another positive lead from Wall Street following a better-than-forecast US retail sales ...

Market to open flat

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
... recovered after the previous day's sharp losses. Tokyo climbed 1.68 per cent, or 336.61 points, to 20,382.97 thanks to a weaker yen and Sydney added 1.43 per cent, or 78.10 points, to 5,556.70. Seoul ended 0.26 per cent higher, adding 5.29 points to ...

BOJ in (tactical) retreat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... wars, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) looks to be tactically retreating. After reaching a 13-year low of A¥125.86 last Friday, the yen's rebounded and is currently at A¥122.86 - a 2.4% appreciation - after BOJ governor Haruhiko Kuroda told the Diet - Japanese ...