Dollar Drifts Lower by Korman Tam
The greenback drifted lower against the major currencies in a quiet session to end the week, slipping toward the 1.40-level against the euro and 96-figure versus the yen. US equities were mixed with the Nasdaq edging higher to 15.53-points to 1823.18 while the Dow Jones slipped by 27.73-points to 8,528.25.
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Germany ZEW Buoys EUR
The euro edged up slightly higher against the greenback on better than expected Eurozone data. Germany’s June ZEW sentiment survey unexpectedly surged to 44.8 – its highest level in 3-years, up sharply from 31.1 a month earlier and sharply beating estimates for an increase to 35.0. The current conditions component improved to -89.7 in June versus -92.8 in May. While the surge in ZEW propped the single currency higher, the euro was unable to sustain gains above the 1.40-level.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Monday, June 22, 2009
Greenback Rallies Sharply
he greenback reversed previous session’s losses, rallying sharply against the euro by over two big figures to 1.4111 and the sterling by nearly four big figures at 1.6244. US equities bourses pulled back further with the Dow Jones and Nasdaq sliding by over 1.2%, while the S&P 500 lost over 1.8%.
With markets eagerly anticipating the May US labor report due out on Friday, the May ADP private-sector payrolls were worst-than-expected, posting a loss of 532k jobs and exceeding expectations for a loss of 520k jobs from 491 private sector jobs lost previously. April durable goods orders increased by 1.7%, albeit less than the 1.9% increase from March, while factory orders improved by 0.7% from 0.9%. The May non-manufacturing ISM report improved to 44 versus 43.7 a month earlier, remaining beneath the key 50-level though.
Data slated for release on Thursday include weekly jobless claims, Q1 labor costs and non-farm productivity. The key reports will be released on Friday, consisting of the May unemployment rate, which is seen creeping up to 9.2% and the non-farm payrolls reading, expected reveal a 520k job loss from 539k loss of jobs a month earlier.
With markets eagerly anticipating the May US labor report due out on Friday, the May ADP private-sector payrolls were worst-than-expected, posting a loss of 532k jobs and exceeding expectations for a loss of 520k jobs from 491 private sector jobs lost previously. April durable goods orders increased by 1.7%, albeit less than the 1.9% increase from March, while factory orders improved by 0.7% from 0.9%. The May non-manufacturing ISM report improved to 44 versus 43.7 a month earlier, remaining beneath the key 50-level though.
Data slated for release on Thursday include weekly jobless claims, Q1 labor costs and non-farm productivity. The key reports will be released on Friday, consisting of the May unemployment rate, which is seen creeping up to 9.2% and the non-farm payrolls reading, expected reveal a 520k job loss from 539k loss of jobs a month earlier.
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