Monday morning in Asia, the Aussie fell to a 5-day low against the Canadian dollar as Australia’s manufacturing PMI contracted in December. The aussie also showed slight weakness against the greenback and the yen and it eased from near a 2-year high against the euro. The performance of manufacturing index fell 2.7 points from November
The New Zealand dollar edged lower against its major rivals on Monday morning in Asia despite a rally in some Asian stocks. The kiwi slumped to a 5-day low against the US and Australian dollars. In Asia, Japan’s Nikkei 225 index rose 1.2%, Australia’s main index climbed 0.2% and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng soared 0.3%.
The Japanese yen staged a steep slide across the board in early New York trading on Thursday after the US data showed that initial jobless claims unexpectedly fell for the week. The yen plummeted to fresh multi-month lows against the US dollar, new multi-week lows against the European majors and commodity dollars. The US Department
