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Sunrise, sunset

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... day immediately following the weekend's Jackson Hole summit. The Japanese yen weakened by as much as 0.4% against the US dollar the same day - both prompted by Bank of Japan (BOJ) governor Haruhiko Kuroda's weekend statement that, "We will continue our ...

China's winning

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
... year to date and the yuan's reversing its decline against the greenback -- it's currently trading at 6.1536 against the US dollar, up 1.7% from this year's low of 6.2593 it hit back in May.

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2014
... investors breathed a sigh of relief that sanctions were not tougher. The ruble also gained 0.5 per cent to 35.56 to the US dollar, and 0.34 per cent to 47.53 against the euro. But Portugal's main index closed down 3.33 per cent as investors expected ...

Governor Glenn lets his jaw drop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
... Australian dollar at some point." So far so good... Governor Glenn's jaw appeared to have taken the A$ lower vis-A -vis the US dollar - down 0.8% on the day he spoke and another 0.03% the day after, it's currently trading at US$0.9357 from US$0.9437 ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
... The euro fell to $US1.3597, down from $US1.3609 late on Thursday in New York, while the pound jumped to a new six-year US dollar peak on expectations of a British interest rate hike. HONG KONG - Asian markets rallied after the US said its economy created ...

Third arrow, broken arrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2014
... against the greenback and 20.9% versus the euro in 2013, the yen's value has increased by 4.0% and 4.9% against the US dollar and the euro, respectively, in the first six months of this year. The yen's depreciation has boosted exporters' competitiveness ...

BNP, US prosecutors near $US9bn settlement

AFP  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
BNP Paribas has neared a deal with US prosecutors that would see the French bank pay $US8 billion to $US9 billion and accept other punitive measures for violating American sanctions, The Wall Street Journal reports. US regulators and BNP Paribas executives ...

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Oi, Oi, Oi

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... slowed some more (7.7% in the December quarter to 7.4% in the first) when these slide extrapolations were published. The US dollar is stronger (against the yen and the euro) and iron ore prices have tumbled by more than 32% this year. Yet, the A$ is ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... about the growing crisis in Iraq but Hong Kong and Shanghai reversed morning losses following upbeat Chinese data. The US dollar and euro rose against the yen on Friday after the Bank of Japan said it would stand pat on its stimulus program despite fears ...

Indian optimism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
... minister at India's general elections on 16 May 2014. News of Modi's win sent the Indian rupee up by 1.0% to 48.49 per US dollar (one rupee can buy more greenbacks) for the first time since July 2013 and the BSE Sensex index by 0.9% to a record 24,121.74 ...