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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
... over the eurozone debt crisis provided support for the euro, which continued its thrust upwards against the yen and greenback. Tokyo fell 0.55 percent, or 55.50 points, to 10,086.49 in the first trading day after ending Monday at its highest level since ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
... biggest gain for 2012 a day earlier. A rise in the US dollar though caused a fall in commodities, which are priced in the greenback. Australia's largest mining companies, BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto, plus energy stocks, all opened lower as a result. At ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
... and traders await key data releases around the world this week. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand dollar fell against the greenback as China cut its growth target to the lowest level since 2005, sapping demand for growth-linked assets including the kiwi.

Waiting for the RBA to dance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2012
"What do you see You people gazing at me You see a doll on a music box That's wound by a key..." -- Doll on a Music Box All eyes are fixed on the RBA today. Will they? Won't they? Make it three (interest rate cuts) for three (Board meetings)? As far ...

Market Report- Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
... also keeping an eye on the yen, which reached a record post-war high of 75.78 against the dollar on Friday, before the greenback regained some ground to 76.15 yen in afternoon trade on Monday. The surge prompted Japan's finance minister to call for "decisive ...

A yearning for softer yen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2011

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2011
... its current bills from about the middle of October. HONG KONG - Asian markets tumbled and the euro fell against the greenback as anxious traders fear European leaders will not be able to find a solution to the region's debt crisis. Tokyo fell 2.17 per ...

Be glad for A$ weakness

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2011
... first took office on 28 December 2007. It's been almost nine months since the A$ first traded one-for-one against the greenback - it closed at US$1.0001 on 22 December 2010 - before rising to a high of US$1.1028 on 27 July this year that we, Australians ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011
... well down from the $1.3700 seen in Asia on Wednesday. The dollar edged up to 76.70 yen from 76.48 yen. However, the greenback was at Sg$1.2865 against its Singapore counterpart after reaching a nine-month high of S$1.2969 in New York, and was at a one-year ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... Europe's struggling banks gave a solid boost to the euro Thursday. WELLINGTON - The New Zealand dollar rose against the greenback, with solid performance by global equity markets helping the currency shrug off some weakness after the Reserve Bank's dovish ...