The Australian dollar has closed firmer following an upbeat consumer sentiment reading and renewed pressure on the greenback. At 5pm today, the currency touched 94.63 US cents, up from 94.02 cents yesterday. Twenty minutes after ...
Tags: Australian Dollar, US Dollar
The Australian dollar was more than one US cent higher following the release of disappointing US manufacturing figures. At 7am AEST the currency was at 97.70 US cents, up from 96.46 US cents at yesterday’s local close. Westpac New ...
Tags: Australian Dollar, US Factory Data
The Australian dollar gained as much as US1c in overnight trade after the US dollar fell against all the major currencies. The Aussie peaked at US96.71c in overseas trade overnight. By 7am AEST it was trading at US96.34c, up from ...
The Australian dollar is slugging it out with the Syrian pound for the title of world's worst-performing currency. Once the darling of foreign-exchange traders, the Aussie has been out of favour since April 12. According to National ...
Tags: Syrian pound, Service, dollar
The sharemarket suffered its sharpest one-day fall for two months yesterday after the US Federal Reserve said it could reduce its economic stimulus measures and China's manufacturing showed signs of contraction. "In the next few meetings ...
A SHOCK contraction in Chinese manufacturing and the prospect that the US Federal Reserve could soon unwind its quantitative easing measures rocked local markets yesterday, pushing the Australian dollar close to an annual low and wiping ...
The Australian dollar has continued to fall due to investor caution and falls in commodity prices. At 7am AEST the local unit was trading at 96.42 US cents, down from 96.79 cents on Friday. Since 5pm AEST on Friday, the Australian dollar ...
Tags: Australian, Dollar, Commodity Prices
The Australian dollar bounced back from its one-year low against the US dollar as the greenback took a breather from its recent rally. At 6.30am AEST the local unit was trading at 97.43 US cents, up from 96.23 cents at yesterday’s ...
Tags: Australian, Dollar, Australian Dollar
The sharemarket pulled back yesterday as profit warnings in the mining services and consumer discretionary sectors continued to drag on sentiment. The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed down 0.6 per cent at 5180.1 points after falling to ...
Tags: Stocks, Mining Services Companies, Profit
The Australian dollar opened below 99 US cents as another rally on Wall Street boosted the greenback. At 7am AEST, the local currency was trading at 98.92 US cents, down from yesterday’s local close of 99.80 US cents, marking the ...
Tags: Dollar, US Markets, Service
The sharemarket rose for a third-consecutive session after the dollar weakened further overnight. Non-resources companies with US dollar income remained in demand, although commodity price falls restrained the resources sector. The ...
Tags: Stocks, Aussie Fall
The sharemarket rose for a third consecutive session yesterday after the Australian dollar weakened further in offshore trade. Non-resources companies with US-dollar income remained in demand, although commodity price falls restrained the ...
Tags: Bourse, Greenback Exposure
The Australian dollar has remained below parity with the greenback as healthy American retail data underpinned strength in the US currency. At 12pm AEST today the dollar was trading at 99.77 cents, down almost a quarter of a US cent from ...
Tags: Australian Dollar, Retail Data
High-profile stockbroker Charlie Aitken has weighed into the debate around the Australian dollar, saying that a wave of hedge funds could be set to short the currency and the biggest winners would be industrial stocks, not resources. As ...
Tags: Australian Dollar, Charlie Aitken
The sharemarket closed flat ahead of tomorrow's federal budget and after the Aussie fell below parity with the greenback. At the close today, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 4.2 points, or 0.08 per cent, at 5210.3 points. The ...
Tags: Stocks, sharemarket