Asia-Pacific Market Recap: Fixed Income Mixed, Equities Lower

Market Updates | Written by CEP News | Aug 05 08 06:19 GMT |
(CEP News) - Asia-Pacific fixed income markets are mixed and equities closed lower with yields on Australian 10-year bonds down 7.2 bps to 6.03% and Japanese 10-year government bonds up 3.6 bps to 1.54%.

Sydney's S&P ASX 200 closed down 67.30 points to 4820.398.

The Japanese Nikkei closed down 18.52 points to 12914.66 and the Hang Seng down 502.89 points to 22012.03.

Yields on three-year Australian bonds were down 15.7 bps to 6.81 and the Australian 90-day March 09 contract was up 28.0 ticks to 93.15.

The Euroyen March 09 contract was up 1.5 ticks to 99.15.


The Australian dollar was down 0.73 cents to 0.9221 against the USD and down 0.40 cents to 0.9594 against the Canadian dollar.

Against the yen, the U.S. dollar was down 0.18 points to 108.09 and the Canadian dollar was down 0.56 points to 103.89.

The euro was down 0.40 cents to 1.5541 USD.

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

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