Rising sun rallying after 3-week low records

FXstreet.com (Chicago) - Green beginnings marked Thursday’s start in Asia as main indexes were up after bearish closings earlier in the week.

Wednesday’s session in Japan closed with low volume and a 1.50% loss as Nikkei was at 13,688.32. On aftermath of Fed’s decision to maintain its QE rate, the Nikkei index has risen to accumulate +0.56% so far.

In China, the Shanghai Composite pockets 0.24% gains at 1,998.89 along a Hang Seng index up 0.98% at 22,097.28.

In the futures arena, oil is up 1.89% at $105.03/barrel. Gold and silver are down 0.88% and 0.26% respectively at $1,312.40 and $19.65 per ounce.

AUD/USD unable to move above 0.90

The AUD/USD foreign exchange rate is last trading at 0.8980, in a sideways fashion following HSBC Final Manufacturing PMI China at 47.7, with plenty of other data coming out earlier in the session, with mixed results.
Mehr darüber lesen Next