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China data drives Aussie Dollar higher
The Chinese data was the highlight yesterday for markets with exports up 5.1% and imports up 10.9%. This ignited a rally in the Australian dollar (0.9102, +1.16%) and set a tone in Global FX Markets of US dollar selling. So this morning the Euro (1.3386, +0.37%), Sterling (1.5541, +0.35%) and Canadian dollar (1.0321, +0.97%) were all higher. The yen strengthen to push USDJPY down to a low of 95.79 before rallying back to 96.63 this morning for a US gain of 0.33%. Data in Germany was pretty poor, though FX markets didn’t care, with Exports rising only 0.6% (1% expected) and Imports falling 0.8% (+0.5% expected). ... (full story)
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