By Garfield Reynolds and Theresa Barraclough
June 26 (Bloomberg) -- Australia’s dollar rose for a fourth day as stocks climbed on speculation investors will buy higher- yielding assets amid signs of a global recovery. New Zealand’s dollar fell after the country’s economy shrank at a faster pace.
Australia’s dollar strengthened against all of the 16 major currencies as prices rose for gold and oil, the nation’s third- and fourth-most valuable commodity exports. New Zealand’s dollar fell against the greenback and all of the most-traded currencies after the statistics bureau said gross domestic product declined 1 percent last quarter, exceeding the median estimate for a 0.7 percent contraction in a Bloomberg News survey.
“We are seeing higher risk appetite across the board,” said Sharada Selvanathan, a currency strategist at BNP Paribas SA in Hong Kong. “With equity markets remaining stable, investors are happy to put their money into good use. The Aussie will do well.”
Australia’s currency gained 0.5 percent to 80.62 U.S. cents as of 1:31 p.m. in Sydney from yesterday in New York. It climbed 0.4 percent to 77.31 yen. New Zealand’s dollar weakened 0.2 percent to 64.40 U.S. cents and slid 0.2 percent to 61.78 yen.
Benchmark interest rates are 3 percent in Australia and 2.5 percent in New Zealand, compared with 0.1 percent in Japan and as low as zero in the U.S., attracting investors to the South Pacific nations’ assets. The risk in these so-called carry trades is that currency market moves can erase profits.
Australia’s dollar may strengthen to as high as 86 U.S. cents by the end of the third quarter, Selvanathan said.
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Friday, June 26, 2009
crude Oil above the $70 a barrel again !!!
Oil Rises a Second Day on Shell Pipeline Attack, Equity Gains
By Ben Sharples and Christian Schmollinger
June 26 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil rose for a second day, trading above $70 a barrel after militants attacked a Royal Dutch Shell Plc pipeline supplying an export terminal in Nigeria, Africa’s largest producer.
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, or MEND, said it disrupted operations at a pipeline supplying Shell’s Bonny terminal. Oil also advanced as U.S. equities gained the most in three weeks and the U.S. dollar declined against the euro.
“The factor supporting oil is the situation in Nigeria, where militants again have claimed to attack oil industry infrastructure,” said David Moore, a commodity strategist with Commonwealth Bank of Australia Ltd. in Sydney. “It seems to have intensified and I suspect it’s something that’s helping keep the oil price at that higher level.”
Crude oil for August delivery rose as much as 54 cents, or 0.8 percent, to $70.77 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It was at $70.61 a barrel at 10:06 a.m. Singapore time.
Yesterday, the contract rose $1.56, or 2.3 percent, to settle at $70.23 a barrel. Oil has gained 1.5 percent this week after falling 3.5 percent last week.
The Nikkei 225 Stock Average climbed 32.21, or 0.3 percent, to 9,828.29 as of 9:05 a.m. in Tokyo.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Gold Gains Dollar Heads for Weekly Decline Against Euro on Yield Demand
Gold rose to $939.50 an ounce on the New York Mercantile Exchange’s Comex division
Silver rose to $14.005 an ounce
The dollar fell, heading for its biggest weekly loss against the euro in a month , The dollar declined to $1.4041 per euro from $1.3988 yesterday
Crude oil rose for a second day, trading above $70 a barrel
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