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Hong Kong Buys $2.07 Billion in Four Days to Defend Currency Peg
Hong Kong’s de facto central bank bought $2.07 billion this week to stop the local currency from strengthening beyond its 31-year-old peg to the greenback. Share listings, dividends and mergers and acquisitions are driving demand, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority said July 26. OAO MegaFon, Russia’s second-largest wireless operator, has shifted some of its cash holdings into the city’s dollar as the U.S. and Europe ratchet up sanctions, Chief Financial Officer Gevork Vermishyan said in an interview yesterday. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index (HSI) of shares rallied 6.8 percent in July, the biggest monthly gain ... (full story)
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