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Australian Dollar Outlook - 02/29/2012

Bell FX Currency Outlook: In a quiet session overnight, the Australian Dollar held yesterday's gains as local financial markets await a raft of economic data to be released today and the all-important release of the European Central Bank's second round of Quantitative Easing.

Daily Forex Forecast 02/29/2012

The Australian Dollar turned previous resistance at 1.0750 into intraday support throughout the Asian session yesterday after a rally in risk pushed it through this barrier on Monday night.

Australian Dollar Outlook - 02/28/2012

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The AUD is stronger this morning, currently trading around USD1.0750 after looking markedly weaker during our local trading session yesterday.

Australian Dollar Outlook - 02/27/2012

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar has opened around 1.0700 and is little changed from Friday's close as the leadership vote in the Australian Labour Party caucus commences at 10 am today.
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Australian Dollar Outlook - 02/22/2012

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar is weaker this morning as concerns remain Greece will require more financial assistance despite the approval of a second bailout package.

Daily Forex Forecast 02/22/2012

The Australian dollar opens around half a cent lower against its US Counterpart this morning following on from what has been an eventful 24 hours.

Australian Dollar Outlook - 02/21/2012

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The AUD is holding steady around USD1.0750 as investors wait for news out of Europe regarding Greece's EUR130bio bailout package.

Daily Forex Forecast 02/20/2012

The Australian Dollar continued its bullish run as positive signs out of Europe spurred traders to continue to hold riskier assets.

Australian Dollar Outlook - 02/20/2012

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian dollar has risen this morning to the high 1.0700's after China's weekend move to yet again lower the reserve requirements it imposes on its banks.

Australian Dollar Outlook - 02/17/2012

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian dollar has risen almost a full US cent overnight to open at USD1.0750 this morning, up from USD1.0668 late Thursday.

Daily Forex Forecast 01/17/2012

A surprise to the upside in Australia’s unemployment rate sparked a brief rally in the local unit in a session that was otherwise dominated by a risk-off mode.

Australian Dollar Outlook - 02/16/2012

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian dollar edged its way towards USD1.0800 during yesterday's local session but is back down under USD1.0700 this morning.

Australian Dollar Outlook - 02/15/2012

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian dollar traded in a choppy fashion overnight, in sync with its European counterpart, after yesterday's sovereign ratings downgrades by Moodys.

Australia Stock Market- Morning Report 02/15/2012

US advance retail sales rose by just 0.4pct in January after a revised flat reading for December (previously +0.1pct). The main drag on the January result was auto sales which fell 1.1pct partly due to discounting. US business inventories rose by 0.4pct in December, while sales rose at a 0.7pct monthly pace - the largest rise since July 2011.

Australian Dollar Outlook - 02/14/2012

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The AUD rallied yesterday after the Greek Parliament passed the austerity measures required by the European Commission, but failed to breach 1.0800.

Daily Forex Forecast 02/14/2012

The Australian Dollar rallied during local trade yesterday, moving from opening levels around 1.0680 to 1.0740 by the switch to London hours. Boosting demand for our local unit was a late night vote in Greece which resulted in the passing of austerity measures aimed at reducing the indebted nation’s budget deficit

Australian Dollar Outlook - 02/13/2012

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The AUD tumbled on Friday from the close to 1.0800 to open just below 1.0700 this morning as financial markets became nervous before the vote on austerity measures by the Greek Parliament.

Daily Forex Forecast 02/10/2012

The Australian Dollar initially fell yesterday after reports out of China showed inflation for Australia’s largest trading partner accelerated to 4.5 percent, well above forecast.

Australian Dollar Outlook - 02/10/2012

Bell FX Currency Outlook:The Aussie traded to a low of USD 1.0740 in our session yesterday, to open at USD 1.0785 this morning with markets buoyed as Greek political leaders appeared to have come to an agreement on terms for the country's bailout.

Daily Forex Forecast 02/09/2012

The Australian Dollar has managed to hold on to the majority of its gains in overnight trade following the Shock decision by the RBA to keep the official cash rate on hold on Tuesday.

Australian Dollar Outlook - 02/08/2012

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian dollar is steady this morning trading at USD 1.0800 after reaching a new six-month high yesterday following the Reserve Bank of Australia's decision to leave the cash rate unchanged.

Daily Forex Forecast 02/08/2012

The Australian Dollar rallied to its highest level in six months versus its US Counterpart after the Reserve Bank of Australia surprised markets, keeping the official cash rate unchanged at 4.25 percent.

Daily Forex Forecast 02/07/2012

Retails Sales in Australia posted their weakest annual growth in 27 years with Annual Sales growing by a mere 2.4 percent in a report released by the ABS yesterday.

Australian Dollar Outlook - 02/07/2012

Bell FX Currency Outlook: Australia: The AUD continued to hold firm overnight despite weaker offshore equity markets and no progress from the Greek political parties.

Australian Dollar Outlook - 02/06/2012

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar rallied again on Friday night as stronger than expected US data saw investors continue to build long positions in commodity currencies.

Daily Forex Forecast 02/06/2012

The Australian Dollar traded in cautious ranges throughout its onshore session on Friday, as markets remained on tenterhooks ahead of key unemployment data from the world's largest economy.

Australian Stock Market Leads - 6 February 2012

The optimism generated by the better-than-expected US jobs is seen to redound to the stock market.Analysts are bullish that Monday's trading will record some gains benefitting from the major averages posted by the Dow Jones Industrial Average, up 1.2% to close at 12862; the S&P climbed 1.5% at 1345; and the NASDAQ advanced 1.6% to end at 2906.

Daily Forex Forecast 02/03/2012

The Australian Dollar gained 20-30 points during local trade yesterday after it was announced our trade surplus increased to 1.71 billion dollars from a previous 1.38 billion.

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