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Yen declines in overnight trading as Japanese government plans intervention

Wednesday, September 15th, 2010

Reported 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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US Stock Markets remained bullish on positive development over European debt

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

Reported by: Eric CRWE Newswire Middle East correspondent

US stock markets closed on a positive note from Wednesday trading session on news of a successful auction of Portuguese government debt which lifted the market.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA advanced 46.32 points or 0.5% to close at 10,387.01 for the day. Standard & Poor 500 index gained 0.6% or 7.03 to 1,098.87 while NASDAQ surged 0.9% to close at 2,228.87 points in today trading session.

The total consolidated traded volume was 3.3 billion shares whereas gainers to losers stood in a ratio of 2 to 1 on New York Stock Exchange.
Qiao Xing Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. (NYSE: QXM) was the top gainer at NYSE as its share price advanced 37.60% to close at $3.55 with traded volume of 1.93 million shares.

Netezza Corporation (NYSE: NZ) showed exceptional movement on the rumor of possible takeover. Its share price advanced 12.32% to close at $23.97 with traded volume of 7.60 million shares for the day.

The Talbots, Inc. (AMEX: TLB) announced its second quarterly result according to which its profit increased but the company wasn’t optimistic about the next quarter. The share price declined 1.26% to close at $10.97 with total traded volume of 11.62 million shares.

Bank Atlantic Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE: BBX) was top loser of the day at the New York Stock Exchange as the share price declined 11.76% to close at $0.900 with overall volume of 2.21 million shares.

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Japanese Yen hovers nears 15 year high against the US dollar in overnight market; crude oil near $75

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

Reported by: Eric CRWE Newswire Middle East correspondent

The Japanese Yen is near its 15 year high against the US dollar as Japanese government is unlikely to take any measures to control the Yen movement.


The US dollar declined 0.2% to 83.69 against the US dollar in overnight trading while the Euro declined below 1.2700 versus the greenback. The British pound on the other hand advanced to 1.5423 against the US dollar.

The Australian dollar advanced to its highest level of the last four months to 0.9237 against the US dollar on better Australian employment data. The Australian dollar also advanced to 1.3800 against the Euro.

Crude oil future contract for October advanced $0.48 to $75.13 per barrel on New York Mercantile Exchange at Singapore’s trading session. Crude oil prices surged due to decrease in US crude oil inventories as the crude inventories decreased by 7.3 million barrels in the last week according to American Petroleum Institute. Brent Crude declined $0.06 to $78.11on ICE Futures exchange at London’s trading session.

In other commodities at Nymex heating oil future contract for October delivery advanced $0.0012 o $2.0823 per gallon whereas gasoline remained unchanged at $1.94 per gallon. Natural gas October delivery contract advanced $0.014 to $3.828 per 1,000 cubic feet.

Stock markets remained bullish on Thursday on successful debt auction by Portugal which built investor’s confidence in European economies.

London’s FTSE 100 advanced 0.2% to 5.439.37 whereas France’s CAC-40 declined 0.1% to 3,676.78. DAX advanced 0.1% to 6,166.57 in Germany.
In Asia, Nikkei 225 stock average index advanced 0.8% to close at 9,098.39, Hang Seng index surged 0.4% to 21,167.27 whereas Shanghai Composite Index declined 1.4% to close at 2,656.35 for the day.

 

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Japanese Yen hits 15 year high against the US Dollar in overnight trading; World stock markets remain bearish

Wednesday, September 8th, 2010

Reported by: Eric CRWE Newswire Middle East correspondent

The US dollar declined to 83.34 against the Japanese Yen in overnight trading which is the lowest in the last 15 years; however the greenback recovered to 84 in the later part of the session as the European bank facing liquidity problems began buying.


Traders turned to the Japanese Yen as a safe heaven on worries over negative measures in European banking sector. The Euro also declined 0.5% to 105.80 against the Japanese Yen whereas the euro remained unchanged at 1.2700 against greenback.

The Swiss franc seemed to be in high demand as the Euro also declined to 1.2766 against the Swiss franc.

Stock markets globally remained bearish as the recent surge of the Yen against the US dollar could result in lower exports for Asian Businesses.

Further the stress results of 91 banks further added to the negative sentiments.

Nikkei 225 stock index declined 2.2% to close at 9,0264.60, Shanghai Composite index dropped 0.1% to 2,695.29 while Hang Seng declined 1.5% to close at 21,088.86 for the day.

In Europe, London’s FTSE declined 0.2% in early trading session however it recovered to report an increase of 0.22% to 5,419.81, DAX advanced 0.46% to 6,146.16 while CAC-40 surged 0.7% to 3,670.02 in France.

Crude oil future contract for October delivery declined $0.42 to $73.67 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange in Singapore’s trading session. Brent crude dropped $0.46 to $77.28 on the ICE Futures Exchange in London’s trading session.


 

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US Dollar advances against major currencies; Global Stock Markets decline on European banking issues

Tuesday, September 7th, 2010

Reported by: Eric CRWE Newswire Middle East correspondent

For the first time in several trading sessions the US dollar advanced against all its major counterpart currencies except the Japanese Yen and Swiss Franc in the overnight trading market.


The Euro declined 1% to 1.27560 against the US dollar and dropped 1.2% to 107.10 against the Japanese Yen. Traders were concerned over the negative developments in the European Banking Sector. Now the top ten European banks have to raise capital of up to 100 billion Euros this month under the minimum capital requirements according to BASEL III.

The dollar index DXY advanced 0.6% mainly contributed by decline of the Euro in overnight market.

However the Japanese Yen advanced 0.3% to 83.72 against the greenback while the Swiss franc advanced 0.2% to 1.0128 against the US dollar.

World stock markets also remained bearish especially in Europe due to the negative measure taken in the European banking industry. Further the latest stress results disclosed that almost 91 European banks are in a high risk debt state.

In London FTSE 100 index declined 0.7% to 5,402.66, Germany’s DAX dropped 0.6% at 6.116.46 while CAC-40 declined 1.0% to 3,649.12 in France.

In Asia, Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 stock index dropped 0.8% to close at 9,226.0; Hang Seng advanced 0.2% to 21,401.79 whereas Kospi declined 0.3% to 1,787.74 for the day.

Crude oil future contract for October delivery declined $1.21 to $73.39 per barrel on New York Mercantile Exchange at Singapore’s trading session

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