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USD Remains Bid, Aussie Broadly Weaker Fri May 17 09:11:33 CEST 2013

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G10 Advancers and Decliners vs USD
 
SEK -0.05
DKK -0.13
EUR -0.13
NOK -0.14
GBP -0.21
CHF -0.22
JPY -0.24
CAD -0.44
NZD -0.67
AUD -0.75
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Nikkei 225 Index 15,132.34 0.6324
Hang Seng Index 23,082.68 0.1668
Shanghai Index 2,272.20 0.9096
FTSE futures 6,662.00 0.0676
DAX futures 8,364.50 0.0957
SMI Futures 8,250.00 -0.7698
S&P future 1,651.00 0.176
Global Indexes Current Level % Change
 
Gold 1,386.10 0.0072
Silver 22.71 0.0617
Crude wti 95.37 0.2207
VIX 13.07 2.0297
USD Index 83.89 0.366

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Greenback Still in Demand 17/5/2013

The risk sentiment deteriorated after the disappointing US data released across the week. The US dollar remains bid, yet the fading speculations on the hawkish Fed moderated the recent USD-bull. Euro and Sterling retraced gains, while the selling pressure on Aussie gathered curiosity. Released this morning, Euro gave little reaction to 7% drop in construction output over the last year, while the Turkey’s upgrade to investment grade by Moody’s triggered an impressive TRY unwind to our surprise. Read more
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