Yen declines in overnight trading as Japanese government plans intervention
Wednesday, September 15th, 2010Reported by: Eric CRWE Newswire Middle East correspondent
The US dollar advanced 2.9% to close at 85.48 against the Japanese Yen on the news that Bank of Japan has decided to intervene on recent surge of the Japanese Yen at the direction of Japan’s Ministry of Finance.
The Euro also advanced 2.7% to 110.86 against the Yen as Japan’s government is about to undertake preventive measures against the advances of the Yen which has reached it’s highest point in the last fifteen years
Stock markets in Asia witnessed a bullish rally as Japan’s Nikkei 225 reported the highest gains in stock markets all over the world.
The Nikkei 225 stock index advanced 2.3% or 217.25 points to close at 9,516.56 for the day. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index advanced 0.1% to close at 21,725.64; South Korea’s Kospi advanced 0.5% to 1,823.88 whereas Shanghai Composite Index declined 1.3% to 2,652.50 for the day.
Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 also advanced 0.8% to 4,661.50 on reaction to bullish rally in Asian stock market.
In London, FTSE 100 index declined 0.4% to 5,548.13; France’s CAC-40 declined 0.7% to 3,747.30 while Germany’s DAX dropped 0.7% or 41.69 points to 6,233.72.
Crude oil future contract for October delivery declined $1.23 to $75.57 per barrel on New York Mercantile Exchange at Singapore’s trading session.
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