Aussie rises paring its annual drop

The Australian Dollar strengthened on Tuesday trimming its largest yearly fall since 2008 as traders eased their bets on further drops of the currency, however the so-called Aussie fell versus 9 out of 10 currencies in 2013. The Australian currency advanced 0.3% to 89.32 U.S. cents as of 4:26 p.m. Sydney time and it declined 1.9% in December and 14% in 2013.