FOREX: The US dollar suffered modest losses vs the euro and the yen in the US session on Friday, the greenback undone by slightly weaker than expected US first quarter growth data.
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FOREX: The US dollar suffered modest losses vs the euro and the
yen in the US session on Friday, the greenback undone by slightly
weaker than expected US first quarter growth data. This morning
in Asia, the dollar has been shuffling in narrow ranges so far
with holidays in some key markets today, including Japana and
China, while markets n Singapore and Hong Kong will be closed
tomorrow, keeping market interest at muted levels. Key events
ahead are the RBA rate decision and Chinese PMI data tomorrow.
Dollar-yen is now at Y80.36 against Y80.40 late Friday in the US
while euro-yen is at Y106.39 vs Y106.57. Euro-dollar is at
$1.3240 compared with $1.3258 late Friday, aussie-dollar is at
$1.0457 from $1.0471.
