The US dollar and the Japanese yen strengthened against their major opponents in early Asian trading on Tuesday as an initial slide in some of the Asian stocks prompted traders to seek safe-haven assets. Japan’s Nikkei 225 Index opened lower today and is currently losing 6 points or 0.06% to 11,333. In economic news, Japan
The New Zealand dollar declined against most of its major rivals in early Asian trading on Monday. The NZ dollar eased from a 2-1/2 month high against the yen and a multi-day high against the euro. Against the Australian dollar, the kiwi fell to a 3-week low. The New Zealand stock market is closed today
Monday morning in Asia, the US dollar edged down against its major counterparts as a rise in some Asian stocks reduced demand for the safe-haven greenback. The dollar thus eased from a new multi-month high against the yen. Japan’s Nikkei 225 index climbed 0.5 percent, Singapore’s Straits Times Index increased 0.6 percent and Malaysia’s Kuala
The yen that weakened in early Thursday Asian deals recouped its losses after the release of the Bank of Japan’s closely watched Tankan survey report showed that Japanese business sentiment improved for the fourth straight quarter, led by a strong revival in exports to Asia. The yen thus recovered from new multi-month lows against the
The European currency showed mixed performance on Wednesday’s early European trading as traders await a flurry of economic reports, which will be released in the upcoming trading hours. While the common currency shed some of its previous session’s gains against the Japanese yen, it recovered losses that incurred in the previous session against other major
