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(Adds investor quotes and details on activity; updates prices) * Canadian dollar falls 0.3 percent against greenback * Loonie touches its weakest since Jan. 25 at 1.3340 * Canadian factory sales drop 1.3 percent in December * Price of U.S. oil rises nearly one percent * Canadian bond prices rally across the yield curve By Fergal Smith TORONTO, Feb 14 […]
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LONDON (Reuters) – The dollar rose on Monday as concerns grew that U.S.-China talks this week would not heal a rift over trade between the world’s largest economies. The greenback is being lifted by its safe-haven appeal as investors, worried about a sharp global economic slowdown, pile into the world’s most liquid currency. It is headed for an eighth consecutive […]
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The dollar stayed near a six-week high against a basket of currencies as fresh worries over U.S.-Sino trade tensions and global growth pushed investors toward the safety of the greenback. “U.S.-China talks are the big focus for the week and the dollar strength is indicative of the cautious market sentiment right now owing to its safe-haven status,” […]
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The dollar rose against most other currencies on Monday, holding near a six-week high as fresh worries about U.S.-Sino trade tensions and global growth drove appetite for safe-haven assets. “U.S.-China talks are the big focus for the week and the dollar strength is indicative of the cautious market sentiment right now owing to its safe-haven status,” said […]
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The dollar held near a two-week high on Friday, as demand for safe-haven assets rose on uncertainties about the path of U.S.-China trade negotiations and broader worries about slowing global growth. Such concerns were brought to the fore on Thursday after the European Commission sharply cut its forecasts for euro zone economic growth this year and next […]
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* Graphic: World FX rates in 2019 tmsnrt.rs/2egbfVh * Trump speech fails to produce surprises, markets little affected * Aussie tumbles after RBA chief puts rate cut back on table (Updates throughout) By Shinichi Saoshiro TOKYO, Feb 6 (Reuters) – The dollar held steady against its peers on Wednesday, showing little reaction to U.S. President Donald Trump’s State of the […]
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar rose against a basket of major currencies on Tuesday, as investors awaited President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address for a possible update on the U.S.-China trade war. Continued recovery in investors’ appetite for risk taking exerted pressure on safe-haven currencies, dragging the Swiss franc lower, while the Australian dollar climbed after […]
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(Adds UPDATE 1 to headline) By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss Feb 1 (Reuters) – Speculators lifted their net long bets on the U.S. dollar to their highest since December 2015, according to calculations by Reuters and Commodity Futures Trading Commission data released on Friday. The value of the net long dollar position was $32.48 billion in the week ended Dec. 24, 2018, […]
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar fell against most major currencies on Thursday, dropping to a two-week low versus the yen, pressured by the Federal Reserve’s cautious U.S. economic outlook suggesting the central bank is near the end of its tightening cycle. The Fed’s dovish stance in Wednesday’s policy statement took the market by surprise even though it has preached […]
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The rupee strengthened 14 paise to 71.19 against the dollar at the interbank forex market Thursday on increased selling of the American currency by exporters and banks. Dealers said dollar’s weakness against other currencies overseas amid fears of a slowing global economy and US government’s record-long shutdown and early gains in domestic equity markets supported the rupee. On Wednesday, the […]
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