Commodity currencies slip as Opec+ output cuts provide little cheer | Malay Mail

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TOKYO, April 13 ― Commodity currencies slipped against safe-haven units such as the dollar and yen today as a record output cut agreed by Opec and other oil producing nations failed to offset broader concerns about global demand for resources. The greenback drifted higher against its Australian...

Monday, 13 Apr 2020 09:06 AM MYT

The greenback drifted higher against its Australian and New Zealand counterparts, which are seen as risk sentiment barometers, in a sign investors remain concerned about the global demand for commodities. “This is a negative for oil producers. This also encourages risk-off trading, which should support the yen.”

Oil prices had gone into freefall on worries about the virus and a price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia, which was seen straining the budgets of oil producers and hammering the US shale industry. Other currency traders pointed to a decline in US stock futures as a supportive factor for risk-off trades.

 

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