2012-03-12 08:00 GMT
EUR/USD at 3-week lows in late Asia
EUR/USD is currently at 1.3100 level,right after Japanese confidence data has come out bit worse than expected, pushing USD higher across the board, along with yen, and sending equities lower. The day ahead includes EU Finance Ministers meeting, Germany Wholesale Price Index (Feb) month on month, and year on year, Italy GDP (Q4 final) at 09:00, Greek industrial production at 10.00 and Portugal Trade Balance at 11:00 GMT. GBP/USD traded sideways above the 1.5650 level for the whole of the Asia-Pacific session, having dipped to as low as 1.5656 from its opening price and session high of 1.5674, last at 1.5660. USD/JPY has begun to retreat from recent 11-month highs during the Asian session Monday, having dipped to as low as 82.10 from an earlier session high of 82.51 as the yen jumped slightly against the greenback on risk-off trading, ignoring further easing rumors by the BoJ in tomorrow's policiy meeting.
The aussie dollar is trading below the 1.0600 mark on Monday after China, main destination of Australian exports, has registered a deficit of CYN 31.5bn in the trade balance, below the CYN -4.9 bn expected and down from CYN 27.3 surplus in the previous print. USD/CHF is breaking higher above the 0.9200 level on broad greenback strength following Friday's positive jobs report in the US, peaking at 0.9213 so far in Asia as it extends its rebound from last week's 0.9069 low.
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