Search Results for: dollar
Dollar sweeps higher, Japan shares shy from peaks
September 9th, 2014
The U.S. dollar held on to broad-based gains in Asia on Tuesday in a boon for shares of Japanese exporters but a burden for oil, gold and stocks in the energy majors. As the dollar finally broke to a ...
Gold Drops Sharply Below $1260 as U.S. Dollar Rallies
September 5th, 2014
Gold prices settled lower on Thursday as brighter prospects for the U.S. economy and the dollar dimmed the metal’s appeal. Bullion got little impetus from the European Central Bank’s dramatic decision to cut three separate interest rates, as well ...
Rupee gains 7 paise against the US dollar in trade
September 3rd, 2014
Snapping its four-day losing streak, the rupee recovered by seven paise to 60.61 against the US dollar in early trade at the Interbank Foreign Exchange market today amid sustained overseas capital inflows. Fresh selling of the American currency by ...
U.S. Dollar Gets Stronger
September 3rd, 2014
U.S. dollar bulls are enjoying their moment in the sun after a trying start to the year, and analysts told CNBC the good times could continue. The greenback strengthened to a seven month high against the yen in early ...
Gold Remains Below $1290 on Stronger U.S. Dollar; Palladium rise
September 2nd, 2014
Palladium rose for a fourth straight session on Monday to a 13-1/2-year high on fears that supply from top producer Russia could be hit due to the Ukraine crisis, while gold was little changed as the dollar nudged higher. ...
The billion-dollar fall of the house of Espirito Santo
August 29th, 2014
On June 9, with his 150-year-old Portuguese corporate dynasty close to collapse, patriarch Ricardo Espirito Santo Salgado made a desperate attempt to save it. Salgado signed two letters to Venezuela’s state oil company, which had bought $365 million in ...
Gold Up Again to $1285 on Softer U.S. Dollar
August 28th, 2014
Gold rose for the third straight day on Thursday on softening dollar and increased tensions between Ukraine and Russia, but the precious metal was under pressure from rallies in equities and the prospect of a U.S. interest rate hike. ...
Gold at $1275 on Stronger U.S. Dollar
August 26th, 2014
Gold settled near its lowest in two months on Monday, pressured by a stronger U.S. dollar and a rally in global financial markets. U.S. gold futures ended $1.30 lower at $1,278.90 an ounce. Spot gold was down 0.2 percent ...
Dollar flatlines ahead of Yellen, Draghi at Jackson Hole
August 22nd, 2014
The dollar was steady on Friday after its strongest weekly run since March and world stocks were near all-time highs as markets waited for steers from the Federal Reserve and ECB on diverging policy plans. European shares .FTEU3 opened ...
Singapore Dollar’s Losses to Ringgit Seen Widening: Asean Credit
August 19th, 2014
The diverging economic fortunes of two Southeast Asian neighbors are prompting PineBridge Investments to favor Malaysia’s ringgit over Singapore’s dollar. The ringgit has gained 4% to 2.53 per Singapore dollar since reaching a 16-year low of 2.63 in February, ...
