ארכיון חדשות מטבע חוץ ופורקס 15/02/2011

• FOREX-Dollar hits 8-week high vs yen; more gains seen

  21:54 | Reuters

  * Intraday bias on dollar/yen turns higher * Demand for dollar/yen vols pick up * Sterling rises on rate hike expectations (Updates prices, adds correlation ratio, options trading) By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss ...

• מחיר הנפט ירד ב-0.6%; הזהב עלה ב-0.8%

  21:52 | כלכליסט

  
  הנפט הגיע למחיר של 84.98 דולר לחבית, ערכו הנמוך ביותר מאז נובמבר על רקע האכזבה מנתוני המכירות הקמעוניות בארה"ב בינואר; מחיר הזהב עלה ב-9 דולרים והגיע ל-1.374.1 דולר לאונקיה

• G20 likely to repeat language on forex: official

  21:51 | Yahoo! Finance

  The Group of 20 wealthy and emerging nations is likely to encourage emerging countries to let their currencies float more freely when they meet this week, in a repeat of language used last year, a G20 official said on Tuesday.

• UPDATE 1-G20 likely to repeat language on forex- official

  21:44 | Reuters

  * Seen urging emerging country FX float more freely * Not expected to single out any country on currency (Adds further detail) Feb 15 (Reuters) - The Group of 20 wealthy and emergingnations is likely to ...

• Currencies: U.S. dollar pares nearly all of its losses

  21:42 | MarketWatch

  The U.S. dollar slips versus the euro but the greenback's benchmark index pares nearly all of its losses.

• EMERGING MARKETS-Mexico peso sinks; intervention fears hit Chile

  21:23 | Reuters

  * Chile currency hurt by concerns of further intervention * Mexican currency slumps, heavy positioning weighs * Mexico peso slumps 1 pct, Brazil real 0.06 pct By Michael O'Boyle and Froilan Romero ...

• G20 likely to repeat language on forex- official

  21:09 | Reuters

  Feb 15 (Reuters) - The Group of 20 wealthy and emergingnations, meeting later this week, is likely to encouragecountries to let currencies float more freely, repeatinglanguage used last year, a G20 official ...

• MONEY MARKETS-U.S. T-bill rates firm as supply dwindles

  21:07 | Reuters

  * Looming debt limit pressures Treasury bill rates * One-month T-bill sale clears at lowest rate in 7 weeks * Refunding settlement nudge up fed funds, repo rates (Updates with U.S. action, changes dateline, ...

• Mexico's peso sinks 1 pct as stop-losses snowball

  21:02 | Reuters

  MEXICO CITY, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Mexico's peso slumped to atwo-week low on Tuesday after it weakened past its 20-daymoving average and other key support levels triggering a waveof stop-loss selling. ...

• GBP/USD: Trading the Change in U.K. Jobless Claims

  20:49 | Yahoo! Finance

  Claims for unemployment benefits in the U.K. are forecasted to fall another 3.0% in January after contracting 4.1K in the previous month, and the ongoing recovery in the labor market could spark a bullish reaction in the British Pound as the outlook for future growth improves.

• Dollar trades mixed as retail sales come in weak

  20:25 | Yahoo! Finance

  The dollar was lower against the euro and pound Tuesday after a report showed retail sales grew only slightly in January.

• Currencies: U.S. dollar falls vs. euro, but cuts losses

  18:09 | MarketWatch

  The U.S. dollar falls versus the euro but the greenback's benchmark index is paring losses.

• U.S. dollar cuts losses on upbeat outlook

  17:24 | MarketWatch

  The U.S. dollar cut its losses Tuesday as pressure from weaker-than-expected U.S. retail sales data gave way to support from an upbeat outlook on retail sales in the months to come and a rise in foreign investment into the U.S.

• British Pound Cross Pick 02.15.2011

  17:22 | Yahoo! Finance

• UPDATE 1-Spain sells 2 bln euros of power tariff bonds

  17:13 | Reuters

  * June 2015 bonds priced at 99.701 reoffer - IFR * Book for issue totalled 2.4 bln euros - IFR (Updates with detail) MADRID, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Spain has sold 2 billion euros($2.70 billion) of its FADE ...

• British Pound Rally Slows Ahead of BoE Inflation Report, New Zealand Dollar To Hold Range

  16:28 | Yahoo! Finance

  The British Pound continued to pare the decline from earlier this month to reach a high of 1.6171 on Tuesday, while the New Zealand dollar extended the decline from the previous week to reach a fresh yearly low of 0.7517.

• MONEY MARKETS-Euro rates seen calmer on stable excess liquidity

  15:47 | Reuters

  * Banks cut demand for ECB funds but excess liquidity stable * Excess cash likely to stabilise around 40 bln near-term * Overnight Eonia seen slipping further By Emelia Sithole-Matarise LONDON, Feb 15 ...

• אחרי הנפילה אתמול: היורו התחזק במעט מול השקל

  15:44 | כלכליסט

  
  המטבע האירופי התחזק ב-0.1% ושערו היציג 4.93 שקלים. הדולר נחלש ב-0.5% ושערו היציג נקבע על 3.65 שקלים

• Mexico peso weakens sharply, hurt by US retail sales

  15:38 | Reuters

  MEXICO CITY, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Mexico's peso weakenedsharply on Tuesday after weaker-than-expected data on U.S.retail sales in January dented confidence in the outlook forMexican exports. The peso ...

• FOREX-Euro bounces from 3-wk low; dollar at 8-wk high vs yen

  15:13 | Reuters

  * Euro up from 3-wk low vs dollar on Asia, Middle East buys* Dollar at 8-wk high vs yen as U.S. Treasury yields rise* Sterling rises on rate hike expectations (Updates prices, adds quotes, changes byline, ...

• U.S. dollar pares nearly all of its losses

  14:42 | MarketWatch

  The U.S. dollar slips versus the euro but the greenback’s benchmark index pares nearly all of its losses.

• Currencies: U.S. dollar falls more after retail sales report

  14:25 | MarketWatch

  The U.S dollar falls versus the euro, extending a decline after weaker-than-expected retail sales data from the U.S. made some analysts reevaluate the outlook for U.S. monetary policy versus the outlook for other countries..

• ECB-Gold reserves up by 1 mln euros in wk to Feb 11

  14:06 | Reuters

  FRANKFURT, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Gold and gold receivables heldby euro zone central banks rose by 1 million euros to 367.432billion euros in the week ending Feb. 11, the European CentralBank said on Tuesday. ...

• US dollar trims gains vs yen, extends loss vs euro

  13:39 | Reuters

  NEW YORK, Feb 15 (Reuters) - The dollar trimmed gainsagainst the yen and extended losses versus the euro on Tuesdayafter data showing U.S. retail sales rose less than expected inJanuary. The dollar slipped ...

• Dollar edges lower, Treasurys pare loss after data

  13:35 | MarketWatch

  Treasury prices pared a loss and the dollar fell a little further on Tuesday after a report said U.S. retail sales rose 0.3% last month, less than analysts expected. Excluding autos, sales rose 0.3%.

• Forex: British Pound Rally To Gather Pace, Euro Struggles To Hold Ground

  13:30 | Yahoo! Finance

  The British Pound advanced to a high of 1.6143 on Tuesday as Bank of England Governor Mervyn King held a hawkish outlook for inflation, and the near-term rally in the sterling may gather pace going into the North American trade as investors speculate the central bank to gradually normalize monetary policy later this year.

• CANADA FX DEBT-Canadian dollar rangebound ahead of U.S. data

  13:25 | Reuters

  * C$ edges up to $1.0147 * Bond prices slip ahead of U.S. retail sales TORONTO, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Canada's dollar ground higherin a tight range against the U.S. dollar on Tuesday, supportedby by firmer ...