Asian stocks higher on dovish Fed expectations

Source: Marketwatch
Equity markets across Asia grew on Monday, as the trading mood was boosted thanks to weak employment report from the US, which cooled expectations that the Federal Reserve will start raising interest rates soon. Japan's Nikkei index rallied 1.58%, the Australian S&P ASX jumped 1.9%, while South Korea's Kospi added 0.44%. In the meantime, Hong Kong's Hang Seng rose 1.38%, while markets in China remain closed until Wednesday for holidays.  
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Mon, 05 Oct 2015 08:20:08 GMT

Aussie up due to weak US data

The Australian Dollar jumped up after the release of the disappointing US non-farm payrolls data from the previous week, hence pushing the analysts' expectations for the Fed's interest rate hike into the beginning of the next year. The Aussie climbed up from Friday's $0.7046 to trade at $0.7061. After the weekend, the Antipodean currency reached its peak of $0.7069 following

Fri, 02 Oct 2015 13:02:05 GMT

Greenback rises against Yen and Euro

The US Dollar strengthened versus the Yen and the Euro ahead of the widely awaited release of US non-farm payroll data, which could enable to clarify whether there is going to be a hike in interest rate by the Fed during the next monetary policy meetings. The shared currency tumbled 0.19% trading at $1.1174, while the Dollar increased by 0.11%

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