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Daily Market Outlook
Mon, Jun 30 2008, 04:03 GMT
by AceTrader Team
AceTrader
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Market Review - 27/06/2008 20:30 GMT
Dollar slides versus Japanese yen and Swiss franc as risk appetite wanes
The dollar weakened against the Japanese yen and Swiss franc on Friday
as investors pared back risk exposure amid slumping prices in global
stock markets, record high oil prices and worries about U.S. economic
growth.
Japanese yen and Swiss franc rose to three-week
highs against the dollar to 105.85 and 1.0166 respectively on Friday.
Meanwhile, the euro headed for its second straight week of gains
against the greenback and closed near the day's high at 1.5794 as tepid
U.S. economic data undermined the case for the Federal Reserve to hike
interest rates by August. Sterling also strengthened and closed near
the day's high of 1.9952 versus the dollar. The Canadian dollar rose to
a three-week high against the U.S. dollar amid high crude oil prices
and touched 1.0049 (the strongest since June 3) before easing in late
New York session.
On the other side, the euro dropped to
session's low at 167.03 versus the Japanese yen from a record high of
169.47 touched on Thursday, and 1.6040 against the Swiss franc after
Russia's central bank said it plans to increase the Swiss currency's
share in its $558.7 billion gold and foreign exchange reserves.
With
oil prices hitting a record high of near $143 and up more than 47
percent so far this year, the combination of sluggish growth and high
prices has battered U.S. stocks, sent bond yields lower and put
pressure on the dollar. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped for
another day and declined 106 points to 11,346.51 on Friday, and is now
more than 20 percent below its October 2007 peak.
Futures
contracts showed that investors reduced wagers on additional rate
increases by the ECB this year and implied yield on the December
Euribor futures contract dropped 14 basis points, or 0.14 percentage
point this week to 5.16 percent.
Economic data releases next
Monday include UK Gfk consumer confidence survey, Japan manufacturing
PMI, housing starts and construction orders, eurozone CPI Y/Y estimate,
Canada GDP data and U.S. Chicago PMI. Later in the week, data to
closely watched by traders are the ECB rate decision and U.S. non-farm
payrolls on Thursday (instead of the usual first Friday of each month
due to U.S. Independence Day holiday on Friday).
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