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Aussie shows moderate gains in Asia
On Tuesday, the Australian dollar posted a mild rebound because Australia’s key bank held rates intact and also pointed to wages as well as house prices as areas of focus because market participants look ahead to Donald Trump’s remarks in South Korea.
The Reserve Bank of Australia issued its latest interest rate verdict and left its benchmark cash rate at 1.50% just as anticipated, hinting it’s monitoring the housing market and a strengthening Australian dollar is actually restraining price pressures.
The currency pair USD/JPY hit 113.87, soaring 0.15%, AUD/USD reached 0.7694, gaining 0.03%. As for GBP/USD, this currency pair added 0.04% being worth 1.3176.
A bit earlier in Japan, average cash earnings tacked on 0.9% versus a 0.6% revenue expected for September.
Measures the greenback’s value against a trade-weighted basket of six crucial currencies, the US dollar index managed to grow 0.02% being worth 94.64.
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