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Tue, Jun 30 2009, 00:42 GMT

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Market Review - 29/06/2009 21:20 All times in GMT   U.S. Dollar and Japanese yen fall broadly as risk appetite returns

The greenback and Japanese yen dropped against most of their major counterparts as rising oil prices and U.S. stocks reduced the demand for U.S. dollar and yen as safe-haven assets. The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Eric Rosengren said on Monday that U.S. gross domestic production is expected to turn positive in the second half of this year and the unemployment rate is likely to lag, so that the peak in the unemployment rate would be sometime early next year. Dow Jones industrial average index added 90.99 points or 1.08%, while Nasdaq and S&P's 500 closed up 5.84 points or 0.32% and 8.33 points or 0.91%. respectively.  
  
Although euro fell to as low as 1.3982 against the dollar after China’s central bank Zhou Xiaochuan said the greenback may keep dominating global trade and ruled out 'sudden' changes in the foreign-exchange reserve policy of China earlier in the day, the single currency found buying interest on dips after the release of better-than-expected eurozone economic sentiment, which strengthened for the third month running in June (73.3 versus consensus forecasts of 71.0). This upbeat data reduced demand for the U.S. currency as a safe haven and sent European stocks higher as hopes grew that the worst economic crises in decades may be easing. CAC and DAX index closed up more than 2% while FTSE gained 1.25%. The single currency extended intra-day rise to 1.4103 in New York afternoon before easing due to profit taking.   
  
The British pound fell to as low as 1.6430 against the U.S. currency after comments from Zhou, however, it rose in tandem with the euro and hit an intra-day high of 1.6587 in late New York afternoon. The dollar also weakened against the Swiss franc and dropped from 1.0912 to 1.0809. Crude oil prices rose more than 2% on Monday as Nigeria’s main militant group said that its fighters had attacked an oil facility belonged to Royal Dutch Shell in Niger Delta.   
  
In early Asian trade, Japan’s Trade Ministry said retail sales slipped 2.8% in May from a year earlier. Another report indicated that industrial production dropped 29.5% in May from a year earlier. On cross trading, aud/jpy jumped from 76.16 to 77.76, gbp/jpy surged from 156.75 to 159.32 and eur/jpy rallied from 133.36 to 135.50.   
  
Data to be released on Tuesday includes Japan unemployment rate, housing starts, German unemployment rate, U.K. Gfk survey, current account, GDP, eurozone CPI, Canada GDP, PPI, and U.S. Chicago PMI and consumer confidence.

Published on  Tue, Jun 30 2009, 01:02 GMT