The Australian dollar was almost level following a night of mixed economic data. At 6.30am AEDT the local unit was trading at 103.48 US cents, slightly down from 103.50 cents at yesterday’s local close. New claims for US ...
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A sharp rise in consumer confidence in February fuelled a strong bounce by the dollar yesterday. At 5pm AEDT, the currency was trading at $1.0339, up US0.84c, after touching an intraday high of $US1.0361. A survey published by Westpac ...
The Australian dollar was higher after rising to a two-week high, helped by a lift in metals prices and better local consumer sentiment data. At 6.30am AEDT the local unit was trading at 103.45 US cents, up from 103.39 cents at ...
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The Australian dollar fell after gold prices dropped more than 1 per cent on Friday to a six-month low. At 6.30am AEDT the local unit was trading at 103.02 US cents, down from 103.64 cents at Friday’s local close. Gold prices ...
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Weaker investor sentiment sent the Australian dollar to its lowest levels since October in thin trading conditions because of the Lunar New Year celebrations in Asia. The sharemarket was flat, also in thin trading, as investors remained ...
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The Australian dollar was half a US cent higher after the US dollar lost ground against the euro and the yen in overnight trade. At 6.30am AEDT the local unit was trading at 103.05 US cents, up from 102.55 cents at yesterday’s local ...
The Australian dollar fell after US stocks lost ground overnight. At 6.30am AEDT the local unit was trading at 102.89 US cents, down from 103.01 cents at yesterday’s local close. US shares fell, after they reached five-year peaks ...
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The Australian dollar rose after news that the US trade deficit shrank in December to its lowest level since January 2010. At 6.30am AEDT the local unit was trading at 103.09 US cents, up from 102.98 cents at the local close on Friday. ...
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The Australian dollar fell to its lowest level in more than three months amid a weak night on global stock markets, before paring a little of its loss. At 6.30am AEDT the currency was trading at 102.86 US cents, down from 103.30 cents at ...
The Australian dollar fell to its lowest level in almost three months during a weak night on global stock markets. At 6.30am AEDT the currency was trading at 103.14 US cents, down from 103.56 cents at yesterday’s local close. The ...
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The Australian dollar gained after rises on US sharemarkets helped the currency rebound from an earlier sell-off. At 7am AEDT the currency was trading at 104.12 US cents, up from 104.06 US cents at yesterday’s local close. BK ...
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The Australian dollar was flat of the Reserve Bank of Australia's first board meeting for 2013. At 6.30am AEDT the currency was trading at 104.37 US cents, the same level as at yesterday’s close. The RBA holds its first board ...
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The Australian dollar rose today following rallies on US share markets on Friday night. At 6.30am AEDT the currency was trading at 104.04 US cents, up from 103.99 US cents at the local close on Friday. The dollar fell as low as 103.61 ...
Weaker-than-expected Chinese manufacturing data sent the dollar lower today, ahead of all-important US employment figures due overnight. China's official Purchasing Managers Index fell to 50.4 in January from 50.6 in December, lower than ...
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Mac computers have stopped running programs written using the Java programming language in their browsers, as Apple blocked it because of security problems. Apple has previously blocked, then unblocked, the latest version of Java on the ...