The South Korean won was the worst-performing currency among the Asian ones this month as the investors moved out of the countrys assets and the exports to the developed…
Posts published in January 2009
Yen Grows against High-Yielders
The Japanese yen is currently positioned as the locomotive of growth on the Forex market as the global economic slowdown takes its toll, keeping the traders and investors away from…
New Zealand Dollar Falls on Rate Cut
The New Zealand currency declined against the U.S. dollar, the yen and its Australian counterpart today after the countrys central bank decided to cut the interest rate…
Dollar Falls on Banks Support Expectations
The U.S. dollar along with the yen declined against almost all other major currencies today as the traders expect that the bank bailout plan will be adopted…
Rupee Opens Higher Today on Stocks Revival
The Indian rupee advanced against the U.S. dollar during the Forex trading session opening today as the stock markets showed some strength world-wide and the investors…
NZD Falls as Service Industry Contracts
The New Zealand dollar declined against the U.S. and Australian currencies today as the countrys services industry continued to decline for a ninth month in a row last December, according the…
Swiss Franc Grows against Euro
The appeal for the stock markets declined and the low-yielding assets became more attractive, boosting the demand for the Swiss franc against the Euro for…
SGD Up as Traders not Sure in Policy Change
The Singapore dollar gained against the U.S. dollar for the second day today as the traders reduced their bets that the monetary authorities are going to use…
Pound Hits New Record Low vs. Yen
The British pound fell to the record low level against the Japanese yen and declined significantly against the other major currencies today as the market participants are…
Yen Breaks Through Record High vs. Pound
The Japanese yen remains the newsmaker amidst the global financial crisis as it reaches the all-time high levels against the British pound and is outperforming the high-yielding currencies.…