Day: April 2, 2008

April 2
2008

Dollar Down on Factory Orders

Dollar failed to sustain the growth that it has been showing recently and today it fell down against euro to 1.5662 from the opening at 1.5621. Although it tried to rally again earlier today, traders didn’t felt that positive about the U.S. currency. Factory orders in February disappointed the market participants — they fell 1.3%, while the consensus forecast was at -0.8%. Still this decline was better […]

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April 2
2008

Dollar Stops Its 2 Days Growth

The U.S. dollar stopped its 2 days growth period and started to go bearish against other currencies today after the Asian trading session ended. Investors’ attention turned to the Fed chairman Ben Bernanke’s testimony before the U. S. Congress that is scheduled for today. Dollar continued its growth against the euro and the Japanese yen during the Asian trading session, but halted it and […]

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