Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar is firmer today, rallying overnight as the appetite for riskier assets returned to the market.
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie or Brangelina, was recently spotted at the Gold Coast in southeastern Queensland (QLD), which is located on Australia's east coast. It is near Brisbane, which is the capital of Queensland. Jolie and Pitt were seen enjoying their holiday vacation with their six kids Maddox Chivan Jolie-Pitt, Pax Thien, Zahara Marley, Shiloh Nouvel, Knox Léon and Vivienne Marcheline.
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie or Brangelina, was recently spotted at the Gold Coast in southeastern Queensland (QLD), which is located on Australia's east coast. It is near Brisbane, which is the capital of Queensland. Jolie and Pitt were seen enjoying their holiday vacation with their six kids Maddox Chivan Jolie-Pitt, Pax Thien, Zahara Marley, Shiloh Nouvel, Knox Léon and Vivienne Marcheline.
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Ian Somerhalder of the CW TV series “Vampire Diaries” is encouraging people to use Goodshop To-Go to support his foundation, The Ian Somerhalder Foundation (ISF). Goodshop To-Go is a Web site that reportedly allows online shoppers to earn up to 20% of each of their purchases for their chosen cause or charity. Plus, it gives more than 100,000 coupons for users which enables them to not only save some money but also to donate with every purchase. What’s great is that this service is free!
Episode 10, "Stay," of USA Network's legal drama "Suits" was about three couples deciding to stay, together. It began on the note of Ava's (Michelle Fairley) lawsuit against Harvey (Gabriel Macht) and his law firm, and ended on Louis (Rick Hoffman) finding that Mike never went to Harvard Law School.
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian dollar benefited again from better than expected data out of China and traded just above the .9200 level on Friday night as concerns about lower Chinese growth abated.
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar has opened slightly weaker this morning after a reasonably uneventful offshore session on Friday night.
The story for most of last week was the Aussies continued weakness against a strengthening Greenback as our move below parity was extended pushing us close to 0.9715 on Friday night.
Despite enjoying a brief stint back above parity yesterday the Australian dollar has fallen for a seventh consecutive day overnight, close to the longest losing streak witnessed since August 2011.
It has been a roller coaster ride for the Aussie over the past 24 hours, which saw it initially move higher on the back of strong local employment data before a sharp rally in the greenback last night saw us give up those gains and then some, to trade at close to 11 month lows.
After opening yesterday looking strong above 1.03, the Aussie took a fall after the local retail sales number disappointed, initially sending us back to the minor support at 1.0280.
The Australian dollar dropped to its lowest level in over a week against the Greenback yesterday following the release of building approval figures which missed forecast.
We find the Aussie significantly lower this morning following some poor economic data and a sharp fall in commodities overnight.
Bell FX, Rivkin Securities, IG Markets Currency Outlook: There was a slight weakening of risk-related assets over the weekend with the lower-than-expected turnout of U.S. GDP. The AUD opened this morning below the 1.0300 level banking on hopes that the ECB rate decision will provide the boost during this week's trading.
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar had a quiet night on Friday after the volatile movements of last week and opens this morning below 1.0300.
Pointing towards increased demand for Australian resources, China’s trade balance figures released yesterday revealed imports from Australia were at their highest level in eight months in March, climbing a staggering 18.4 percent from a year earlier.
The Australian dollar initially rallied against the Greenback yesterday after China’s Consumer Price Index came in below expectation reducing the pressure on Policy Makers to tighten monetary policy in response
Whilst a survey yesterday showed the total number of job advertisements declined by 1.5 percent in March the Australian dollar consolidated its losses from over the weekend trading close to its opening level of 1.0370 for much of the intraday session.
Despite a handful of positive data releases locally last week including strong building approvals, accelerated retail growth and improved trade figures it’s been the sharp fall in the value of the Japanese Yen which has triggered the move away from the Australian dollar.
The Australian Dollar tumbled one US Cent on Friday night in an interesting end to the week as base metals prices fell lower, as markets became concerned about the pace of global growth.
The release of a better than expected trade balance locally yesterday saw the Aussie begin an uptrend that saw it gain to close to 1.05 prior to the US session.
The Aussie moved marginally higher yesterday following the RBA rate announcement and accompanying statement.
Bell FX, IG Markets Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar has returned from the Easter break slightly better ahead of the Reserve Bank of Australia announcement later today.
Stopping 30 basis points shy of its highest level in two months during domestic trade yesterday the Australian dollar received a boost following comments from the RBA which stated global conditions have improved significantly, reducing the likelihood that interest rates will fall when policy makers meet next Tuesday.
Remaining firm up above the 1.0400 handle yesterday global risk sentiment received a boost following news that Cyprus had clinched a last-ditch deal with International lenders.
The Australian dollar remained firm on Friday doing well to consolidate its gains after a generally positive week of trading.
The Aussie managed to claw back some of its post-Cyprus-bailout losses last night after the initial shock dissipated, managing to break back above 1.04.
After spending much of Friday stuck between 1.0365 and 1.0385, the Aussie finally managed to break free of this tight range after some disappointing US data helped it get through 1.04
After a strong rally on Tuesday night, the Aussie had a fairly uneventful Asian session, trading just above 1.03 but not breaking higher than the previous night’s high.
