Risk currencies recover some losses; dollar stabilises below two-month highs | Malay Mail

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LONDON, Sept 25 — The dollar stabilised below its recent two-month highs today and riskier currencies erased some of their weekly losses, while equity markets got a lift from hopes that US fiscal stimulus talks would resume. The dollar is on track for it best week since early April, driven by...

Friday, 25 Sep 2020 04:35 PM MYT

The dollar is on track for it best week since early April, driven by risk aversion that made traders quit their dollar shorts as the outlook for the global economic recovery darkened with a second wave of Covid-19 cases in Europe. The New Zealand dollar rose to 0.6584, up 0.6 per cent since New York’s close but still down 2.6 per cent on the week.

“While it is tempting to call for the end of the USD run as the risk environment appears to be stabilizing, caution is warranted,” they said. EU health officials warned on Thursday of “twindemic”, as a surge in Covid-19 cases in Europe risks combining with flu infections.

 

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