The dollar strengthened against its key rivals on Wednesday as a strong U.S. industrial production report provided investors another sign that the U.S. economy continued to grow robustly. May industrial output jumped 1.1% from April, coming...
...in above market forecasts for a 0.8% rise. The dollar, however, shrugged off the Fed's "beige book" report, which painted an optimistic picture of U.S. economy, especially stressed the improving jobs situation. Looking ahead, traders will concentrate on a slate of U.S. economic data due out this afternoon, namely May producer prices, weekly jobless claims and May leading indicators.
The Czech crown rebounded from a day low near the 32.0 per euro level to close Wednesday's trade even firmer on the day. The move seemed to be a correction of sharp losses the crown had suffered earlier this week.
FX RATES |
USD/CZK |
26.410/440 |
USD/GBP |
1.8299/9 |
EUR/CHF |
1.5188/2 |
EUR/CZK |
31.750/770 |
USD/YEN |
109.61/63 |
EUR/GBP |
0.6563/71 |
EUR/USD |
1.2019/23 |
EUR/YEN |
131.74/78 |
STOCK MARKETS |
NIKKEI |
11607.90 |
–33.82 |
EUROSTOXX 50 |
2807.15 |
+21.47 |
FTSE 100 |
4491.1 |
+32.5 |
DAX 30 |
4003.24 |
+15.94 |
DJ INDEX |
10379.58 |
–0.85 |
NASDAQ |
1998.23 |
+2.63 |
PX 50 |
787.5 |
+4.1 |
GOLD |
384.85/+385.35 |
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DEPOSIT RATES |
|
CZK |
USD |
EUR |
YEN |
ON |
1.90-2.00 |
1.00-1.03 |
2.01-2.04 |
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3M |
2.20-2.30 |
1.49-1.52 |
2.09-2.12 |
-0.08--0.03 |
6M |
2.34-2.44 |
1.81-1.84 |
2.18-2.21 |
-0.06--0.01 |