Asia-Pacific Market Recap: Fixed Income, Equities Mixed

Market Updates | Written by CEP News | Aug 12 08 06:19 GMT |
(CEP News) - Asia-Pacific fixed income markets are mixed and equities closed mixed with yields on Australian 10-year bonds down 4.7 bps to 5.87% and Japanese 10-year government bonds flat at 1.47%.

Sydney's S&P ASX 200 closed up 27.50 points to 5053.6.

The Japanese Nikkei closed down 127.31 points to 13303.6 and the Hang Seng up 377.54 points to 22236.88.

Yields on three-year Australian bonds were down 5.5 bps to 6.76 and the Australian 90-day March 09 contract was up 3.0 ticks to 93.23.

The Euroyen March 09 contract was up 3.5 ticks to 99.21.

The Australian dollar was down 0.83 cents to 0.8757 against the USD and down 0.74 cents to 0.9376 against the Canadian dollar.

Against the yen, the U.S. dollar was up 0.12 points to 110.18 and the Canadian dollar was down 0.03 points to 102.91.

The euro was down 0.70 cents to 1.4837 USD.

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

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