Australian And New Zealand Dollars Slip As Most Asian Stocks Decline
25 Février 2010 - 9:35AM
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Thursday in Asia, the Australian and the New Zealand dollars
tumbled against their key counterparts as most Asian stocks
declined after Standard & Poor's said it could downgrade
Greece's credit rating within a month.
The Aussie slipped to a near 2-week low against the yen and a
3-day low versus the loonie. Meanwhile, the New Zealand currency
slipped to multi-week lows against the U.S. dollar and the yen.
Japan's Nikkei 225 index lost 0.95%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng fell
0.7%, South Korea's Kospi declined 1.6%, Australia's S&P 200
index slipped 1.2% and the All Ordinaries index dropped 1.1%.
However, the stock markets in China surged higher today.
At 1:40 am ET, the aussie plunged to a near 2-week low of 79.19
against the Japanese currency. As of now, the aussie-yen pair is
trading at 79.49, down from yesterday's close of 80.58.
At 1:40 am ET, the aussie fell to a 3-day low of 0.9377 against
the Canadian dollar. At present, the aussie-loonie pair is trading
at 0.939, compared to yesterday's close of 0.9415.
Against the U.S. dollar, the Australian dollar slipped to 0.8863
at 1:40 am ET. The present quote for the aussie-greenback pair is
0.8888, down from Wednesday's New York session close of 0.8936.
The aussie slipped to 1.5197 at 1:40 am ET against the euro. As
of now, the euro-aussie pair is trading at 1.5171. This level may
be compared to 1.5160 hit at yesterday's New York close.
The Australian dollar that rose to a new multi-month high of
1.2942 at 10:30 pm ET Wednesday against the kiwi, failed to sustain
the momentum thereafter. The aussie hit a low of 1.2911 at 2:15 am
ET against the kiwi. As of now, the aussie-kiwi pair is trading at
1.2917, up from Wednesday's close of 1.2897.
The New Zealand dollar declined steadily during Asian session
against the euro. At 2:20 am ET, the kiwi slipped to 1.9594 against
the euro. The current quote for the euro-kiwi pair is 1.9586,
compared to Wednesday's close of 1.9541.
The New Zealand dollar extended its downtrend against the yen.
The kiwi slipped to a multi-week low of 61.39 at 1:40 am ET. As of
now, the kiwi-yen pair is trading at 61.60, compared to 62.55 hit
at yesterday's New York close.
In Asian session, the New Zealand dollar lost its momentum
gradually against the U.S. dollar. At 1:40 am ET, the kiwi slipped
to a multi-week low of 0.6870 versus the U.S. currency. Presently,
the kiwi-greenback pair is worth 0.6888, down from yesterday's
close of 0.6936.
The Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke suggested during a
congressional hearing yesterday that U.S. low interest-rate policy
is likely to be in place for the time being because the job market
is weak and inflation will remain subdued. But he added the Fed
will begin monetary tightening ''at some point'' to stem
inflationary pressures
In the upcoming hours, Italian business confidence, German
unemployment data, and the Euro-zone economic confidence
reports-all for February are slated for release.
From the U.S., the durable goods orders report for January,
weekly jobless claims data for the week ended February 20 and the
house price index for December have been slated for release during
the North American session.
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