| 20 Nov 2008 |  |  |
FX Markets Today |
| | The Australian dollar was pretty directionless in London trade, until shortly after New York came in. Then the USD was heavily sold against the major currencies triggered by large EURJPY move with a ... |
| 20 Nov 2008 | | |
Markets Today |
| | Equity markets are closing on a bad note with European markets down 4-5% and the Dow and S&P 500 off 5-6% into the close. SPI futures down 161 points, -4.5%. |
| 19 Nov 2008 | | |
FX Markets Today |
| | The AUD traded with US stocks overnight. By 4am this morning, the S&P500 was up 1.8% and AUD/USD had traded to its high of 0.6578. |
| 19 Nov 2008 | | |
Markets Today |
| | US equity markets are lower, 35 minutes before the close. The Dow is off 0.1%, the S&P 500 is down 1.0% while the NASDAQ is down 1.7%. The ASX SPI 200 Futures is down 1.0% this morning. |
| 18 Nov 2008 | | |
Global FX Weekly |
| | While the panic driven liquidation of risky assets and currencies of October has not been repeated so far this month, de-leveraging in response to rapidly weakening global economic growth continues. |
| 18 Nov 2008 | | |
FX Markets Today |
| | There was a somewhat surprising rise in the AUD overnight amidst generally bad news on global growth and deteriorating investor risk-appetite. |
| 18 Nov 2008 | | |
Markets Today |
| | European equity markets fell and US markets are lower in the last hour of trade with the Dow and the S&P 500 down around 1%. SPI futures are down 0.7%. |
| 17 Nov 2008 | | |
FX Speculative Positions Update |
| | There was no clear theme for speculative position shifts in the week to November 11. Overall, they added up to modest USD buying with the implied net long rising 8k contracts to 59.3k. |
| 17 Nov 2008 | | |
FX Markets Today |
| | AUD/USD was knocked down to 0.6450 from above 0.6650 as US stocks fell sharply on Friday and there was disappointment with the G20's response to the financial and economic crisis. |
| 17 Nov 2008 | | |
Markets Today |
| | US stock markets fell in the wake of poor retail sales data, earnings warnings and job cuts with the Dow down 3.8%, the S&P 500 off 4.2% and the Nasdaq off 5.0%. |
| 17 Nov 2008 | | |
Australian Markets Weekly |
| | Our NAB Business Survey for October showed a record plunge in business confidence and conditions are pointing to subdued Non-farm GDP. |
| 14 Nov 2008 | | |
FX Markets Today |
| | AUD/USD traded down to below 0.6350 as the S&P500 briefly sank 4% to its lowest since March 2003, dropping below the October 10 (intra day) low of 839.80. |
| 14 Nov 2008 | | |
Markets Today |
| | US stock markets are up sharply this morning, after at one stage being down 4%, the S&P 500 is up 4.7%. SPI futures are up 3.4%. US bonds sold off, 2-yr yields up 8bps to 1.24% while 10-yr yields rose ... |
| 13 Nov 2008 | | |
FX Markets Today |
| | AUD/USD fell sharply overnight, down from around 0.6650 to 0.6350, hurt by continuing worries about a global recession and sliding equity markets. With our risk-appetite index falling sharply, down to ... |
| 13 Nov 2008 | | |
Markets Today |
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