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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
... offset another record close for the Dow on Wall Street, while Tokyo reversed morning losses to end on a high as the US dollar broke the 116 yen barrier. Tokyo added 0.56 per cent, or 98.04 points, to 17,490.83 - its highest since July 2007 - and Sydney ...

Ruble trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... Financial markets more than "shirt-fronted" the ruble, they dropped it. The Russian ruble tumbled by 8.2% to 46.83 per US dollar at the end of last week from 42.98 a week before, for a total loss of 29.8% this year to date - it was trading at around ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014
... following a record close on Wall Street, while profit-taking sent Japan's Nikkei to its first loss since last week and the US dollar retreated after breaking Y115. Tokyo slipped 0.86 per cent after surging more than 10 per cent since last Wednesday ...

Rejoice for the A$ has fallen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
... do? To quote 'Business Spectator' quoting Morgan Stanley, "The currency will need to fall to around 76 cents to the US dollar, much lower than just under US90c now before it starts to support growth" but "It doesn't expect that to happen until late 2015". ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
... tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index dipped 2.91 (0.06 per cent) to 4,620.72. LONDON - Europe's leading stock markets and the US dollar rallied as traders welcomed the Republican victory in the US midterm elections. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index rose ...

100% steady on the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2014
... lower levels of the exchange rate." "The exchange rate has declined recently, in large part reflecting the strengthening US dollar, but remains high by historical standards, particularly given the further declines in key commodity prices in recent months. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
... speculation that the Fed could raise interest rates sooner than expected. HONG KONG - Asian markets rallied and the US dollar pushed past 111 yen after Japan's central bank said it would expand its vast monetary easing scheme and the United States released ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014
... trading at $US1.2624, down from $1.2634 in New York late on Wednesday. HONG KONG - Asian markets closed mixed while the US dollar resumed its upward march against the yen after the Federal Reserve wound up its vast bond-buying scheme and reiterated its ...

QEnd is here

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
... went up by 0.76 point to a still low 15.15 reading. There were bigger movements in the currency markets though. The US dollar jumped by 0.8% versus the euro and by 0.7% against the yen. Hardly surprising given the relativities of the US Federal Reserve ...

QEnd

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2014
... morning, QE will be no more. Then again, I wonder, wonder whatever happened to the Fed's warning over the strengthening US dollar impacting negatively on growth? Recall what NY Fed pres William Dudley told his audience at the Bloomberg Markets Most Influential ...