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Dollar Holds Two-Day Drop Against Euro as Asian Shares Advance

Dated Posted: 2011-09-27

By Monami Yui and Masaki Kondo - Sep 27, 2011 2:05 PM GMT+0800

The dollar held a two-day drop against the euro as Asian stocks extended a rally in global equities, damping demand for the U.S. currency as a refuge.

Australia’s dollar advanced for a third day versus the U.S. currency and the yen on higher prices for commodities, which make up majority of the nation’s exports. The euro declined earlier as Italy and Spain prepare to sell short-term debt amid a regional fiscal crisis. Demand for the greenback was limited before a report forecast to show U.S. consumer confidence stayed near the lowest level in two years.

“Stock gains reduce risk-aversion pressure, driving down haven currencies like the dollar and yen,” said Kengo Suzuki, manager of the foreign-bond department in Tokyo at Mizuho Securities Co., a unit of Japan’s third-biggest listed bank.

The dollar traded at $1.3549 per euro at 6:51 a.m. in London from $1.3533 yesterday in New York. It was at 76.34 yen from 76.36 yen. The 17-nation euro fetched 103.42 yen from 103.34 yen, after touching 101.94 yesterday, the least since June 2001.

The Australian dollar advanced 0.6 percent to 98.94 U.S. cents while New Zealand’s currency rose 0.6 percent to 78.48 cents.

The MSCI Asia Pacific Index of shares jumped 3.5 percent, following a 2.3 percent gain in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index yesterday. Crude oil increased as much as 2.5 percent on the New York Mercantile Exchange and copper on the London Metal Exchange rallied as much as 2.6 percent.

Source:  Bloomberg