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Asia-Pacific Market Recap: Japanese Stocks Surge, Aussie Declines Print E-mail
News Recap |  Written by CEP News |  May 06 08 10:57 GMT | 
(CEP News) - Asia-Pacific fixed income markets are mixed and equities closed mixed with yields on Australian 10-year bonds down 3.1 bps to 6.35 % and Japanese 10-year government bonds flat at 1.65 %. The Australian ASX 200 closed down 28.90 points to 5701.4 and the Japanese Nikkei was up 282.40 points to 14049.26. The Australian dollar was down 0.01 cents to 0.9468 against the USD while the greenback was down 18.80 points to 104.67 against the yen.

Yields on three-year Australian bonds were down 3.9 bps to 7.44 and the Australian 90-day September 08 contract was flat at 92.21.

The Euroyen September 08 contract was up 3.5 ticks to 99.08.

Sydney's S&P ASX 200 closed down 28.90 points to 5701.4. The Japanese Nikkei closed up 282.40 points to 14049.26 and the Hang Seng closed up 78.18 points to 26262.13.

The Australian dollar was down 0.01 cents to 0.9468 against the USD and down 0.11 cents to 0.9576 against the Canadian dollar.

Against the yen, the U.S. dollar was down 18.80 points to 104.67 and the Canadian dollar was down 7.90 points to 103.49.

The euro was up 0.20 cents to 1.5520 USD.

All data taken at 5:55 a.m. EDT.

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