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Kontak Perkasa - Bloomberg (23/10) -- The dollar held
near an almost two-year low against the euro before U.S data that may
add to the case for the Federal Reserve to maintain stimulus for longer.
The Bloomberg U.S. Dollar Index dropped
to the weakest in eight months yesterday after a Labor Department report
showed employers added fewer jobs than economists estimated. The Aussie
dollar rose to a four-month high after data released in Sydney showed
that inflation quickened in the third quarter. The euro held near the
strongest since 2009 versus the yen before data today that may show the
trading bloc’s consumer confidence rose to the highest since July 2011.
The dollar was unchanged at $1.3781 per
euro as of 10:12 a.m. in Tokyo from yesterday, when it touched $1.3792,
the weakest level since November 2011. The greenback slid 0.1 percent to
98.07 yen. The euro fetched 135.15 yen from 135.25 yesterday, when it
reached 135.51, the highest since November 2009.
Bloomberg’s U.S. Dollar Index, which
tracks the greenback against 10 major currencies, was at 999.01 from
999.46 yesterday, the lowest close since Feb. 13.
The MSCI Asia Pacific Index of stocks rose 0.3 percent, following a 0.7 percent climb in the MSCI World Index yesterday.
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Written by: Kontak Perkasa Futures
PT.Kontak Perkasa Futures, Updated at: 9:10 AM
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