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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
... 3527.37 points. The euro eased to $1.3206 from $1.3222 in New York late on Tuesday and the dollar firmed to 83.74 Japanese yen from 83.68 yen. HONG KONG - Asian stocks were mostly lower, weighed down by concerns over a slowdown in China's economy, while ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2012
... single currency was marginally higher at $US1.3147 from $US1.3120 late in New York on Friday. The dollar fell to 82.24 Japanese yen from 82.44 yen on Friday. HONG KONG - Asian shares fell as better-than-expected US jobs data was overshadowed by figures ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012
... to $US1.3297, after briefly topping $US1.33, after $US1.3260 in New York late Wednesday. The dollar rose to 77.45 Japanese yen from 77.03 yen late Wednesday. HONG KONG - Asian markets are mixed after marathon talks over Greece's massive debt ended without ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
... rallying from a technically oversold position as intervention by the Group of Seven nations to help stabilize the Japanese yen boosted sentiment. Energy stocks drove a large proportion of the gains. London's FTSE 100 rose 22.02 points, or 0.39 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
... leaking dangerous amounts of radiation. The US dollar dropped to its lowest point in almost 16 years against the Japanese yen, briefly falling under 80 yen. A stronger yen hurts Japan's exporters, potentially dealing another blow to the economy already ...

Numero Dos

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2010
... only 0.3 percentage point in the second quarter from 0.6 point in the first. Why? The yen's appreciation is why. The Japanese yen has surged to a 15-year high to 85 yen per one US dollar. It's also trading at nine-year highs against the euro. It has ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2010
... average came off a six-month low to close higher on Thursday in its best one-day performance in two weeks. A weaker Japanese yen against the euro helped counter persistent worries about Europe's debt crisis. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index ended up 117.06 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
... per cent, at 3,988.93 points. TOKYO - Japan's Nikkei closed higher on Friday, helped by the recent weakness in the Japanese yen which buoyed exporters, and by investors looking to secure dividends before the financial year end. Shares in a broad swathe ...

Goldman Sachs backs Greek swap deal

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
... with outstanding foreign debt. These agreements meant Goldman Sachs had a portfolio of swaps hedging US dollar and Japanese Yen issued by Greece by the end of 2000. Between December 2000 and June 2001, the Mediterranean-based country entered into new ...

Mercer recommends pullback on global equities

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2010
... two or three years. The firm has maintained its view on the Australian dollar as 'neutral' relative to the Euro and Japanese Yen. "The Australian dollar will be increasingly vulnerable to any disappointments on either global growth or interest rate differentials," ...