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Euro facing pressure, dollar jumps high against yen

Posted by Tushar Mathur on March 13th, 2012

On Friday, dollar investors said that dollar has showed off its best jump against various currencies in this year. Even when other economies seem to struggle the US economy is still strong by the strong jobs data that it possess. This is dollars best run in almost 5 years.

With the 11 month high against yen it is been at 82yen per dollar. The greenback reported that this is the fifth week gain of the dollar against Japanese currency. In spite of the fear that is prevail about the euro zone recession, the euro value is been taken down to 3 week low and now at $1.3095.

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Sterling hits 17 month low against dollar, high against euro

Posted by Tushar Mathur on January 16th, 2012

On Friday, the sterling was high against the struggling euro. The euro for past week it was reported to be 16 month low against dollar however on Friday they said that euro has been at 17 month low.  Later on a day count the sources for the euro zone government informed that the Standard & Poor cut the ratings to low grade.

Warning was made on December regarding the cuts in the rates. This lower of rating has been across several countries and even the Germany was not included in the list.

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On the fresh sale of dollar, rupee recovered 17 paise

Posted by Tushar Mathur on April 17th, 2011

On the Friday trade, rupee recovered about 17 paise against dollar and at the end of the trade it was at 44.33/44.34. As the dollar value in overseas have been at reduce, the stage seems to continue by some traders on their sale of dollar.

The benchmark value of BSE has been fallen down in an uncontrolled way from 434 to 310, which was at 2.25 points and now to 1.57 points. Food inflation rate has been gradually decreased and reached 8.28% and previously it was at 9.18%. However, the inflation at general is now at 8.98% from 8.31%.

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Euro claims higher against dollar

Posted by Tushar Mathur on March 1st, 2011

In the trade market the common factor that is being discussed is about the issues of dollar value weakened in overseas. Euro claimed higher than the dollar value. The price rise is mainly due to the anti inflation signal provided to the European countries and by the central bankers.

 

The trade on the Monday had notified the increase in the value of euro. The value of euro on Friday trade was at $1.3749 and it reached $1.38 and then climbed little higher to $1.3803 on the trade value today (Monday).

 

Dollar has tried to reach little high against yen when compared with the Friday trade market range.

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Extended gains in the value of rupees

Posted by Tushar Mathur on February 18th, 2011

During the trade in the interbank foreign exchange took place today and at its initial stage (early trade) rupee gained about 11 paise to Rs.45.41 against the war with the dollar. During the previous session on Tuesday, the value was too deprecated to 3 paise and it was near 45.52/53 against dollar.

The market of foreign exchange was closed on Wednesday in the name of Milad-un-Nabi (local holiday). However, it become to action from Thursday morning. On the opinion of the dealers, they said the reason for the gain of rupees is due to the weakness of the dollar that is being noticed in some of the Asian countries.

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Euro rose against the dollar

Posted by Tushar Mathur on February 16th, 2011

Values of Euro have risen against the dollar in Asian trade believing that it would help in reconstructing the deal with the German leader. From $1.3488 it has stretched to $1.3526 in the trading market. The currency value of yen has been raised from 112.97 to 113.27 in the nights of Tuesday.

The dollar traded value in the means of yen has been little high in one point range. Their value has reached 83.93 yen from 83.74 yen. Yuzo Sakai, manager of FX business promotion situated at Tokyo Forex said the concern with the westLB has disturbed the euro in past few days.

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Is Canadian Dollar Becoming Safe Currency?

Posted by Tushar Mathur on February 12th, 2011

As far as the Canadian dollar is concerned the first half of this week wasn’t that good, but its losses were offset in the second half of the week, when the currency went upward even though the persuasion was favoring safety.

The depressing macroeconomic data and the strong performance of many other currencies have led to the weakness of the Canadian dollar. Yet on Thursday the Canadian currency had reversed the trend. The gains on the CAD erased the losses against some currencies and allowing to post a weekly gain against others.

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Canadian Dollar Suffers Huge Impact on Inflation, Risk Aversion

Posted by admin on January 21st, 2010

The Canadian dollar ranked among the worst performers in currency markets today as risk aversion influenced commodities and equities trading, which are strongly related to the loonie’s rates as weak economic data in the country also influenced the confidence towards Canada’s currency. Speculations that interest rates hikes would happen anytime soon in Canada faded further away as consumer prices retreated according to a report published today, which forced the loonie down in a day were demand for raw materials declined, affecting the outlook for the Canadian economy as half of the country’s exports are commodities. The U.S.

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Canadian Dollar Tumbles on Rates Outlook

Posted by admin on January 19th, 2010

The Canadian dollar fell today after the nation’s central bank left interest rates unchanged at an all time record low, declining rate hikes speculations despite the favorable economic data published in Canada during the past few weeks. The loonie dropped versus most of the 16 most traded currencies today after the central bank affirmed that interest rates will remain unchanged until June, decreasing sharply the attractiveness for the loonie as traders expected the good performance of the Canadian economy to produce more immediate results in terms of interest rate hikes.

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Canadian Dollar Continues Bullish Pattern on Commodities

Posted by admin on January 18th, 2010

The Canadian dollar started another week trading high versus its U.S. counterpart as markets that influence its rates rallied in the start of this week, specially energetic and metallic commodities, before tomorrow’s interest rate decision in the North American nation. After a rather bearish past week for the crude oil which posted consecutive days of losses as risk aversion rose in Europe and China, the Canadian dollar benefited from a rebound in the oil rates today, as future contracts advanced for the first time in six days. Canada is also a metallic commodity exporter, and as the copper advanced together with stocks in Europe, the loonie advanced significantly versus the greenback in a rather calm trading session due to a bank holiday in the United States.

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Canada’s Dollar Retreats on Oil, Risk Aversion

Posted by admin on January 15th, 2010

The Canadian dollar declined versus its U.S. counterpart and lower-yielding currencies as risk aversion rose impacting markets with extreme influence in the loonie rates, those of raw materials and equities, which dropped globally this Friday. The loonie was impacted today as energetic and metallic commodities declined, specially the crude oil, as raw material exports account for more than half of the country’s international trade revenue, in a day of bearish markets in New York and Toronto. China’s new tightening lending policy declined appeal for high-yielding currencies, and despite U.S. mediocre data published in reports this Friday showing a slow down in the country’s inflation, the greenback advanced versus the loonie after touching a three-month low earlier this week.

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Yen Benefits from China’s Lending Restrictions

Posted by admin on January 15th, 2010

Demand for safety rose today as concerns among investors that Chinese lending limits announced this week by the nation’s government may impact the global economic performance, allowing the yen to beat all of the main traded currencies in foreign-exchange markets today. The yen gained today versus greenback as reports in the world’s wealthiest country came slightly below forecasts, also showing a slow down in the inflation. The euro declined sharply versus the Japanese currency as concerns regarding Greek’s budget deficit are still affecting the outlook for the European currency, causing an outflow of capital towards the safety provided by yen-priced assets.

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Canadian Dollar Continues to Profit on Commodities

Posted by admin on January 14th, 2010

Speculations that demand for commodities will continue to grow in the U.S. and globally are helping the Canadian dollar to benefit from this scenario as exportation of raw materials account for half of the country’s trading revenue. The Canadian rose against almost all of the 16 main traded currencies as metallic and energetic commodities abundant in the country are experiencing a high demand as the global economic recovery spurs demand for raw materials. Canadian fundamentals are also stronger than most of its main trading partners, and the loonie rose versus the greenback today as U.S. retail sales declined, touching the highest level in three months versus its U.S. counterpart.

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Greece’s Budget Deficit Affects Euro Performance

Posted by admin on January 14th, 2010

The euro declined today versus most of the 16 main trade currencies as some of its member countries, specially Greece, are having a hard time to adjust its national accounts, decreasing confidence among investors to inject capital in the region. Greece’s deteriorating financial situation once again influenced negatively the euro’s outlook as German Chancellor Angela Merkel affirmed that the Southern European budget deficit may hurt the sentiment among investors regarding the common currency, which had been already impacted by Greece’s credit rating when it was downgraded for the second time in a year in late 2009 by Standard and Poor’s.

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Dollar Drops Slightly on Fed Comments

Posted by admin on January 13th, 2010

The dollar had a mediocre performance today losing versus a considerable number of currencies after the nation’s central bank was not so optimistic regarding the U.S. economy recovery, declining appeal for the greenback. The dollar posted a disappointing performance in a day were equities and commodities markets increased appeal for higher-yielding currencies. The British pound posted another advance versus the greenback as Bank of England’s policy markers signaled that interest rates in the U.K. are due to be hiked at some point this year. The Federal Reserve stated that a modest economic recovery is taking place in the U.S., fact which traders interpret as a delay in forecasts of interest rate raises, which is certainly declining the attractiveness that fueled a dollar rally versus most of the main traded currencies in December.

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