Yen recovers, oil sinks further in quiet trade
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The recently beleaguered yen staged a   rally on Monday while oil prices continued their recent easing   and shares made modest gains in trading which was subdued by   the Labor Day holiday in the United States.
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The dollar slipped against the yen in thin trade on Tuesday, but its losses were limited as investors waited on an address by the Federal Reserve chief that is expected to point to further rises in US interest rates.
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The dollar rose against the yen but  eased from three-week highs against the euro on Monday as  investors waited for key economic data this week to shed light  on the health of the U.S. recovery.
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The dollar slipped against the yen on  Wednesday on a round of selling by Japanese exporters, but it  found support from intervention worries and caution ahead of  U.S. non-farm payrolls data due later in the week.
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Tokyo stocks rebounded on Thursday from a nine-day drop on receding concerns about high oil prices. The dollar was lower against the Japanese yen.
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The euro weakened half a percent while the Japanese yen held its ground against the dollar as trading in 2005 got off to a quiet start in Asia on Monday.
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The dollar recovered against the euro and the yen on Tuesday following poor Japanese output figures, although many traders suspect the U.S. currency's two-day reprieve from weeks of heavy selling won't last long.
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Tokyo stocks fell Thursday as the U.S. dollar weakened against the yen and oil prices began to rebound.
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The yen firmed against the dollar on Friday, after dipping on a surprise rise in Japan's unemployment rate, as investors grew cautious ahead of U.S. growth data and a speech by the Federal Reserve chief.
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Stocks dropped on Thursday as gains in the yen raised concern that investors were being forced to unwind risky trades based on borrowing yen, in a repeat of a trend that sparked Tuesday's global market rout.
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The yen sank to a four-month low against  the euro and a six-week low versus the dollar on Tuesday as  investors fretted that soaring oil prices could jeopardize  Japan's economic recovery.
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European shares fell, the yen and dollar  wilted and benchmark government bond yields scraped against  multi-month lows on Thursday as high oil prices continued to  worry global financial markets.
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The yen rose from a 6-week low against  the dollar and 4-month lows versus the euro on Wednesday as oil  prices backed off record highs, while the euro maintained its  grip on recent gains against the greenback.
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The dollar slipped against the yen in  thin trade on Tuesday, but its losses were limited as investors  waited on an address by the Federal Reserve chief that is  expected to point to further rises in U.S. interest rates.
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The dollar was slightly firmer Monday in quiet trade, recovering some of the ground lost last week after a series of weak US economic data, dealers said.
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A sharp fall in oil prices boosted  European stock markets and energy import-dependent Japan's yen  on Thursday, but depressed government bonds as investors  factored in a rosier economic outlook.
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The dollar dipped against the euro on  Wednesday after the U.S. Federal Reserve proved less hawkish on  interest rates than some investors had expected, while the yen  rallied on a key Japanese business survey.