Asia-Pacific Market Recap: Bonds Gaining, Equities Mixed

Market Updates | Written by CEP News | Aug 07 08 06:19 GMT |
(CEP News) - Asia-Pacific fixed income markets are gaining and equities closed mixed with yields on Australian 10-year bonds down 6.9 bps to 5.98% and Japanese 10-year government bonds flat at 1.53%.

Sydney's S&P ASX 200 closed up 14.20 points to 4983.3.

The Japanese Nikkei closed down 129.90 points to 13124.99 and the Hang Seng up 129.76 points to 22079.51.

Yields on three-year Australian bonds were up 1.8 bps to 6.86 and the Australian 90-day March 09 contract was up 1.0 tick to 93.17.

The Euroyen March 09 contract was up 3.5 ticks to 99.20.

The Australian dollar was up 0.34 cents to 0.9117 against the USD and up 0.10 cents to 0.9540 against the Canadian dollar.

Against the yen, the U.S. dollar was down 0.26 points to 109.53 and the Canadian dollar was down 0.01 points to 104.65.

The euro was up 0.50 cents to 1.5462 USD.

All data taken at 2:16 a.m. EDT.

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