China’s RatingDog Manufacturing PMI eases to 50.6 in October vs 50.9 expected

Lallalit Srijandorn FXStreet

China's RatingDog Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) declined to 50.6 in October from 51.2 in September, the latest data published by RatingDog showed on Monday.

The market forecast was for a 50.9 print.

AUD/USD reaction to China’s PMI data

At the time of writing, the AUD/USD pair is trading 0.04% lower on the day to trade at 0.6542.

Australian Dollar Price Last 7 Days

The table below shows the percentage change of Australian Dollar (AUD) against listed major currencies last 7 days. Australian Dollar was the weakest against the US Dollar.

	USD	EUR	GBP	JPY	CAD	AUD	NZD	CHF
USD		0.94%	1.43%	0.77%	0.09%	-0.02%	1.11%	1.08%
EUR	-0.94%		0.51%	-0.09%	-0.84%	-0.90%	0.18%	0.14%
GBP	-1.43%	-0.51%		-0.71%	-1.33%	-1.37%	-0.33%	-0.40%
JPY	-0.77%	0.09%	0.71%		-0.74%	-0.87%	0.22%	0.21%
CAD	-0.09%	0.84%	1.33%	0.74%		-0.17%	1.02%	0.95%
AUD	0.02%	0.90%	1.37%	0.87%	0.17%		1.05%	0.98%
NZD	-1.11%	-0.18%	0.33%	-0.22%	-1.02%	-1.05%		-0.07%
CHF	-1.08%	-0.14%	0.40%	-0.21%	-0.95%	-0.98%	0.07%

The heat map shows percentage changes of major currencies against each other. The base currency is picked from the left column, while the quote currency is picked from the top row. For example, if you pick the Australian Dollar from the left column and move along the horizontal line to the US Dollar, the percentage change displayed in the box will represent AUD (base)/USD (quote).

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