Forex News

The Japanese yen had a negative performance this Tuesday versus most of the Asian and South Pacific key-currencies as evidences suggest that commodity producer countries in the region, as well as emerging markets, are likely to outperform the Japanese economy this year, affecting the yen as well.

Even if China’s new domestic economic policies have been impacting markets negatively since the the beginning of the year, the Australian dollar managed to climb slightly versus important currencies today as analysts affirm that the Asian economy will continue to grow despite new restrictions imposed by Chinese central bankers.

After several weeks dropping on high risk aversion, the Brazilian real benefited from positive news this week coming from North America and Europe, attracting investors back to emerging markets, allowing more attractive riskier assets in Brazil to force the nation’s currency up in foreign-exchange markets.

The Norwegian currency ended this week losing versus the euro and the dollar, after the crude oil rally that fueled the krone’s advance during most of this week’s session lost strength, since risk aversion returned to trading markets this Friday with a new Chinese restrictive lending policy announcement.

China brought risk aversion once again to high levels before the end of this week’s session after it announced new lending requirements for banks, making the pound to trade towards another week of losses versus lower yielding currencies.

The Brazilian real, ranked as the best performing currency in foreign-exchange markets during the past year, posted another weekly drop and ended the month losing versus most of the main traded currencies as appeal for Brazilian raw materials declined on renewed risk aversion.

The Brazilian real continued to be influenced by bearish equities and commodities markets and did not manage to pare gains after falling during the most of the time last week.

The South Korean currency, one of the best performers in 2009 among Asian emerging markets, had a severe weekly decline as risk aversion remained predominant after China’s statements regarding new regulations on its economy.

The Canadian dollar was one of the most affected currencies by a new wave of risk aversion today as the country’s currency has a strong correlation with stocks and commodities markets, which fell significantly on statements regarding financial restrictions to be imposed by China and the United States.

The dollar gained today versus most of the 16 main traded currencies as China tightened its lending restrictions, raising risk aversion in foreign-exchange markets affecting high-yielding currencies the most, as investors search for safer bets.