For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT on Friday, AUD strengthened 0.33% against the USD to close at 1.0328, after the US Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke said in a speech that the US central bank would consider rolling out … Continue reading →

For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, AUD weakened 0.49% against the USD to close at 1.0294. Yesterday, the Chinese Premier, Wen Jiabao, warned that the Euro-zone crisis is worsening, but added that China would continue to buy Euro-zone government … Continue reading →

For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, AUD weakened 0.22% against the USD to close at 1.0345. The Federal Reserve, in its Beige Book Economic Survey, stated that the US economy grew moderately in July and early August, and hiring … Continue reading →

For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, AUD strengthened 0.05% against the USD to close at 1.0368. LME Copper prices rose 0.1% or $5.5/MT to $7605.8/MT. Aluminium prices rose 0.6% or $11.5/MT to $1882.5/MT. In the Asian session, at GMT0300, … Continue reading →

For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, AUD weakened 0.50% against the USD to close at 1.0363, after a report showed that profits for industrial companies in China, Australia’s biggest trading partner, fell 5.4% in July from a year earlier. … Continue reading →

For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, AUD weakened 0.78% against the USD to close at 1.0428. LME Copper prices rose 1.3% or $96.0/MT to $7667.3/MT. Aluminium prices rose 1.8% or $32.8/MT to $1861.3/MT. In the Asian session, at GMT0300, … Continue reading →

For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, AUD strengthened 0.41% against the USD to close at 1.0510. LME Copper prices rose 0.8% or $61.5/MT to $7571.3/MT. Aluminium prices rose 0.4% or $7.8/MT to $1828.5/MT. In the Asian session, at GMT0300, … Continue reading →

For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, AUD strengthened 0.15% against the USD to close at1.0467, after the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) board minutes confirmed a positive outlook for the Australian economy. LME Copper prices rose 1.0% or $77.8/MT … Continue reading →

For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, AUD strengthened 0.29% against the USD to close at 1.0451. LME Copper prices declined 0.9% or $63.8/MT to $ 7432.0/MT. Aluminium prices declined 0.6% or $11.8/MT to $ 1798.5/MT. In the Asian session, … Continue reading →

For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT on Friday, AUD weakened 0.96% against the USD to close at 1.0416, after the Australian Treasury stated that Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) would be able to ease monetary policy if the currency’s … Continue reading →

For the 24 hours to 23:00 GMT, AUD strengthened 0.21% against the USD to close at 1.0517, on comments by German Chancellor, Angela Merkel about the role of the European Central Bank (ECB) in the region’s debt crisis. The Australian … Continue reading →