| Japanese Yen Advances Across The Board, Australian Dollar Halts Two-Day Rally (DailyFX) The Japanese Yen rallied across the board following the shift in market sentiment and is the best performing currency against the U.S. dollar on Thursday, while the Australian dollar halted the two-day rally and slipped to a low of 0.8727 as investors scaled back their appetite for risk. finance.yahoo.com |
NZ dollar stronger against Aussie The New Zealand dollar strengthened against the Australian currency when trading started for the week, following the weekend's inconclusive election result across the Tasman.After dropping to around A79c on Saturday morning, the... nzherald.co.nz |
Portugal sells 1.04 billion euros in bonds [at MarketWatch] - The Portuguese government on Wednesday sold 661 million euros of three-year debt and 378 million euros of 10-year bonds, news reports said. The three-year debt saw an average yield of 4.086%, up from 3.597% in an auction of the same issue in June, Bloomberg reported. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Treasurys up, dollar slides after Bernanke remarks U.S. Treasurys rose Friday after U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said there was a "case for further action" on the monetary policy front amid high unemployment and low inflation. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Euro will survive crisis: Merkel BERLIN - The EU will emerge strengthened from the current challengesThe 16-nation euro currency will survive the debt crisis, German Chancellor Angela Merkel vowed yesterday, and a senior central banker said the European Union would... nzherald.co.nz |