The Australian dollar advanced further against the euro and hit a 5-day high of 1.2316 during early Asian trading on Wednesday. The pair closed yesterday's New York session at 1.2321.
The material has been provided by Instaforex Company - instaforex.comConsumer prices in South Korea were up 3.4 percent on year in January, Statistics Korea said on Wednesday - below forecasts for a 3.6 percent increase and down from 4.2 percent in December. That puts overall inflation back within the central bank's target range of 2 to 4 percent.
On a monthly basis, consumer prices added 0.5 percent after collecting 0.4 percent in December.
Core CPI, which strips out the volatile costs of energy, saw an increase of 3.2 percent on year following the 2.7 percent annual expansion in December. Core CPI added 0.3 percent on month after adding 0.2 percent in December.
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Trading 31 jan 2012 Commentaire »The Australian dollar bounced back from early multi-month low against New Zealand dollar during late New York trading on Tuesday, ahead of upcoming Asian session's key economic reports.
Traders await economic reports to be released in early Asian trading on Wednesday from Australia including HIA new home sales and house price index.
The Aussie that hit a multi-day high of 1.2954 versus the NZ dollar in Monday's late New York session, edged down later during Asian and European deals. The pair closed today's Asian session at 1.2923 and European deals at 1.2852.
Extending previous session's downtrend, the Aussie declined further in Tuesday's New York trading and fell to a fresh multi-month low of 1.2840 at around 1:00 pm ET. Thereafter, the pair reversed its direction and as of now worth 1.2867.
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