Foreign Exchange News

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - The dollar was sent lower against the yen and euro early Thursday, after news of benign core producer price inflation last month advanced the case for the Federal Reserve ending its rate increases soon. In addition, weak retail and business sales reports also weighed on the dollar, suggesting to some a possible sapping of economic strength. The dollar last was down 0 ...

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - The dollar was sent lower against the yen and euro early Thursday, after news of benign core producer price inflation last month advanced the case for the Federal Reserve ending its rate increases soon. document.write('');   MARKETWATCH TOP NEWS U.S. stocks turn lower; IBM, Tyco Intl, Lucent weigh Energy prices push U.S. Dec. PPI up 0.9% Boston Sc ...

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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The U.S. dollar traded mostly higher Thursday after the release of narrower-than-expected trade data and relatively tame comments from the European Central Bank president. The U.S. trade deficit narrowed by 5.8% in November to $64.2 billion from a record $68.1 billion in October, the Commerce Department said. The consensus forecast of Wall Street economists was for a d ...

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The U.S. dollar traded mostly higher Thursday after the release of narrower-than-expected trade data and relatively tame comments from the European Central Bank president. document.write('');   MARKETWATCH TOP NEWS Record exports help trade gap narrow in Nov. U.S. initial jobless claims rise 17,000 to 309,000 France Telecom stung by sales growth  ...

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The U.S. dollar rose vs. the euro early Thursday after the release of narrower-than-expected trade data and after the European Central Bank president said the decision to leave rates unchanged was unanimous. The buck fell vs. the yen to a 3-month low, however, as details of the trade report showed that the deficit with China widened. The U.S. trade deficit narrowed  ...

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The pound and euro quickened their strides in late trade Wednesday, as the dollar extended its decline ahead of monetary policy decisions Thursday by the Bank of England and European Central Bank. Earlier, the pound took a drubbing after news that Britain's trade deficit for goods swelled to a record 6 billion pounds in November. Late in the day the pound last was q ...

The New York Board of Trade will on Thursday become the first futures exchange to offer a contract based on the trade-weighted euro. // The Nybot, in common with the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Eurex US, already offer futures and options based on a range of euro currency pairs, from the US dollar and the yen to the Hungarian forint. However, the dollar indices operated by the Nybot and the CME have hitherto been the only exchange-traded contracts that aim to replicate the value of a curren ...

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The pound regained strength late at midday Wednesday, as the dollar resumed its recent slide ahead of monetary policy decisions by the Bank of England and European Central Bank on Thursday. Earlier the pound took a drubbing after news that Britain's trade deficit for goods swelled to a record 6 billion pounds in November. The pound last was quoted at $1.761, about t ...

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The pound traded sharply lower Wednesday after news that Britain's trade deficit for goods swelled to a record 6 billion pounds in November. The pound last was quoted at $1.750, down from $1.76 before the news. U.K. exports fell 0.9% in November. In addition, the U.K.'s deficit for October was revised higher, to 5.05 billion pounds from 4.55 billion pounds. Accor ...