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5 Feb 2015
Currency action - Westpac
FXStreet (Guatemala) - Westpac Global Strategy Group noted the action across the currency board overnight.
Key Quotes:
"The US dollar index rose slightly. EUR fell to 1.1341 as markets digested the ECB news, after trading as high as 1.1485 in London."
"USD/JPY bounced around between 117.23 and 117.67."
"AUD’s fall from 0.7846 to 0.7743 was punctuated for only ½ an hour by a PBOC-induced bounce from 0.7785 to 0.7850."
"NZD similarly fell from 0.7449 to 0.7351. AUD/NZD mostly ranged sideways between 1.0510 and 1.0565."
Key Quotes:
"The US dollar index rose slightly. EUR fell to 1.1341 as markets digested the ECB news, after trading as high as 1.1485 in London."
"USD/JPY bounced around between 117.23 and 117.67."
"AUD’s fall from 0.7846 to 0.7743 was punctuated for only ½ an hour by a PBOC-induced bounce from 0.7785 to 0.7850."
"NZD similarly fell from 0.7449 to 0.7351. AUD/NZD mostly ranged sideways between 1.0510 and 1.0565."