Posts Tagged ‘Sentiment’

Pound May Climb On Asset Purchase Program Ending


The U.K. currency may be experience a shift on its sentiment as speculations suggest that the current quantitative easing measures used by the nation’s central bank will be terminated, as the country starts to publish positive economic reports, suggesting that the recession may be ending in the British Isles.

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Australian Dollar Down on Chinese Risk Aversion


The Australian dollar was one of the most affected currencies today as speculations that Chinese lending requirements will slow down the global economic recovery impacted traders’ sentiment, declining appetite for

high-yielding currencies.

The Aussie and the kiwi declined today versus most of the main 16 traded currencies, after one of its main trading partners, China, is likely to reduce property loans after the government set new restrictions for lending money in the nation’s banks, fueling speculations of an economic slowdown and consequently raising risk aversion in trading markets towards the end of this week’s session.

AUD/CAD traded at 0.9502 as of 19:02 GMT from a previous rate of 0.9525 yesterday.

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Greece’s Budget Deficit Affects Euro Performance


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.

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Norwegian Krone Tumbles as Commodities Rally Slow Down


After several days gaining versus the dollar and the euro, the Norwegian currency slid versus main traded currencies as a bearish day in equities markets and decreased demand for commodities shunned investors from assets in the Nordic country.

The Norwegian krone was affected today as the crude oil, the nation’s chief export, had a decline on its rates after China imposed new lending requirements for banks in the country, affecting markets’ sentiment, consequently impacting stock markets and demand for high-yielding currencies.

USD/NOK traded at 5.6518 as of 19:08 GMT from today’s opening rate of 5.6174.

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Yen Rallies on China’s Banking Policy


Risk aversion declined significantly today after China set a new reserves requirements for banks in the country, allowing the yen to outperform all of the 16 main traded currencies in

foreign-exchange markets, as pessimism surged.

Equities markets in Asia and globally declined today, raising demand for the yen, as China set a minimum of 16 percent of reserves that large banking corporations in the country must have, in order to avoid a credit bubble as the one that caused the global slump in late 2008.

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Swiss Franc Retreats After Central Bank Statement


The Swiss currency had its previous week rally versus currencies like the pound and the euro halted today after the national central bank took a position against further advances of the franc, as the current appreciation was considered excessive by SNB officials.

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Unexpectedly Negative Payrolls Force Greenback Down


An employment report waited during all the week and released today frustrated analysts bringing weaker-than-expected figures for the U.S.

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Kiwi suffered a severed setback following the RBNZ rate statement yesterday evening

In a poor day for the kiwi dollar, the pound rose by over seven cents, or 3.1%, against the kiwi, reaching a one-month high as traders withdrew long positions.

  • A slide on Wall Street and on European share indices, led by declines in the energy and banking sectors, accelerated a sharp fall in the “riskier” kiwi dollar.

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The single currency pared recent gains on Friday, but has recovered in trading this morning

The single currency slipped back from multi-month highs against the dollar following positive US housing data, with the pair closing the week at 1.5006.

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Euro managed to push through $1.50, but has slipped this morning following mildy disappointing Chinese data

The single currency resumed its upward march against the greenback yesterday, finally broaching the 1.50 mark, to close up half a cent at 1.5015.

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Sterling has rallied strongly against the euro, pushing up over 1.09

Sterling strengthened as much as 2.2% to a ten-day high of 1.0936 against the euro yesterday, its biggest intra-day gain since Jan 30th.

  • Sterling was able to post strong gains following bullish comments from a Bank of England policymaker who stated that quantitative easing is in fact working.

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Aussie edged higher vs the pound again yesterday, but sterling has rebounded following upbeat comments from a BoE policymaker

The aussie edged higher yesterday as continued strong demand for the high-yielding currency offset positive employment data in the UK.

  • The UK currency found early support following better-than-expected employment data that revealed the rate of people claiming benefit allowance was declining.
  • However, the news was unable to buoy a broadly weaker pound, with investors continuing to be attracted by the recent rate rise and general positive sentiment surrounding the Australian economy.

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Strong commodity prices and doubts over the UK economy allow the aussie to gain further ground

The Australian dollar continued to push higher yesterday, advancing over a cent as sentiment towards the higher-yielding currency remained positive.

  • Commodity currencies, such as the aussie, made progress yesterday in line with stronger prices for oil and metals.

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The aussie continues to trade strongly, supported by risk appetite in the market

The aussie climbed a further two cents yesterday as figures revealed rising employment in Australia, and as rising risk appetite supported strong demand for high yielding currencies.

  • The Australian dollar continued to push higher as encouraging data from the labour market gave investors further cause to buy into Australian assets.

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Weak equities undermined the aussie’s upward trend yesterday allowing the pound to post marginal gains

The pound rebounded nearly two cents from its intra-day low against the aussie, halting its sharp slide and posting marginal gains of 0.2%, to close the day up at 1.7912.

  • The Australian dollar has rallied strongly over the past two days following the surprise rate hike, but the aussie pulled backed yesterday as risk sentiment in the market dissipated.

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