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(CEP News) - Asia-Pacific fixed income markets are declining and equities closed higher with yields on Australian 10-year bonds up 0.6 bps to 5.67% and Japanese 10-year government bonds up 2.4 bps to 1.54%.
Sydney's S&P ASX 200 closed up 89.50 points to 4903.797. The Japanese Nikkei closed up 112.26 points to 12214.76 and the Hang Seng up 69.04 points to 19457.76. Yields on three-year Australian bonds were down 1.0 bps to 6.48 and the Australian 90-day March 09 contract was down 5.0 ticks to 93.45. The Euroyen March 09 contract was down 2.0 ticks to 99.19. The Australian dollar was down 0.27 cents to 0.8047 against the USD and down 0.43 cents to 0.8638 against the Canadian dollar. Against the yen, the U.S. dollar was up 0.20 points to 107.37 and the Canadian dollar was up 0.31 points to 99.97. The euro was unchanged at 1.4002 USD. All data taken at 2:12 a.m. EDT. Generated by CEP Newswires CEP Newswires - CEP News © 2008. All Rights Reserved. www.economicnews.ca The Copying, Broadcast, Republication or Redistribution of CEP News Content is Expressly Prohibited Without the Prior Written Consent of CEP News. A copy of CEP News disclaimer can be found at http://www.economicnews.ca/cepnews/wire/disclaimer. |
