Yen Hits 6-Month High Vs Dollar
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The yen hit a six-month high against the  dollar on Thursday as falling oil prices boosted Tokyo stocks,  while the dollar remained close to eight-month lows against the  euro on concerns about the U.S. trade gap.
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NEW YORK, December 27  - The euro touched new highs against the US dollar and the Japanese yen today as any intervention by the European Commercial Bank to check the 12-nation currencyâs strength seemed unlikely.
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The yen briefly rose to a five-year high  against the dollar on Monday as investors bet next month's  meeting of Group of Seven industrialized nations would urge  Asian countries to let their currencies rise.
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The dollar rose near a  two-and-a-half-week high versus the yen on Monday after a jump  late last week following a U.S. employment report.
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The dollar hit a 5- month high against  the yen on Monday as investors dumped the Japanese currency  after it failed to hold on to gains following the BOJ tankan  survey, which showed confidence at big manufacturers hitting a  two-year high.
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The dollar hit a three-month high versus the euro on Monday after the Federal Reserve chief signaled that structural problems in the U.S. economy may improve, while global economic powers repeated their views on currency policy.
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The euro briefly rose to a record high  versus the dollar for the fifth session running on Wednesday  and tested last year's lifetime high against the yen as  investors' bearish views of the U.S. currency dominated  trading.
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The dollar hit eight-month lows against  the euro and six-month troughs versus the yen on Monday on  continued worries about the U.S. economy and the yawning trade  deficit, and traders say it could fall even further.   Dealers  said the dollar's outlook against the Japanese currency had  worsened because it dropped below the closely watched 107 yen  level -- the lower end of the five-yen range in which it had  moved for the past five months.
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The yen was cornered near a six-week low  against the dollar on Wednesday as record-high oil prices  dampened investors' outlook on the Japanese economy ahead of  the Bank of Japan's survey on business sentiment.
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The dollar hit a three-month high versus  the euro on Monday after the Federal Reserve chief signaled  that structural problems in the U.S. economy may improve, while  global economic powers repeated their views on currency policy.
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The dollar hit a six-month low against  the yen and drifted near recent eight-month lows versus the  euro on Friday as investors considered the effect of China's  interest rate hike on currencies and the U.S economic outlook.
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The dollar hovered near a six-month low  against the yen on Friday on worries about the strength of the  U.S. economy and the effect on currencies of a rate rise in  China.
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Oil prices bounced off near six-month  lows on Thursday, giving a fillip to energy stocks such as  Japan's INPEX, while the yen firmed ahead of the Group of Seven  meeting at the weekend.
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The euro hit a record high against the  yen on Thursday and remained within striking distance of this  week's all-time peak versus the dollar. Its bull run looks set  to continue in 2005.
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The dollar climbed to a two-month high  against the euro on Thursday, underpinned by technical trading  factors and expectations of higher U.S. interest rates.
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The euro scaled an all-time high against the yen on Thursday, with the market betting on further euro strength against other major currencies on deep-rooted worries about the US trade and budget deficits.
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The yen hit a fresh four-week high  against the dollar and edged up against the euro on Friday as  stronger-than-expected Japanese data gave the currency a  belated boost.