Foreign Currency Exchange Rates News

Australia, N.Z. Dollars Rise as Commodities, Stocks AdvanceTuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 1:13AMJan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- The Australian dollar touched the highest in more than 2 1/2 months against the greenback and New Zealand’s currency gained as prices increased for commodities that make up more than half the nations’ exports.

Australia, N.Z. Dollars Rise as Commodities, Stocks AdvanceTuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 12:21AMJan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- The Australian dollar rose to the highest in more than 2 1/2 months against the greenback and New Zealand’s currency gained as prices increased for commodities that make up more than half the nations’ exports.

BANK NEGARA EXCHANGE RATES: JAN 6Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 12:20AMTHE FOLLOWING IS THE BEST QUOTATIONS AVAILABLE FROM COMMERCIAL BANKS IN KUALA LUMPUR AT 11.30 A.M, TODAY, ISSUED BY BANK NEGARA.

HCM City stocks fall on sluggish tradingMonday, January 5, 2009 @ 11:35PMVietNamNet Bridge – The VN-Index yesterday slid 1.43 points, or 0.46 per cent, to close at 311.91, as trading remained sluggish. Volume on the HCM City Stock Exchange was only 7.3 million shares, worth VND190.6 billion (US$11.2 million).

UPDATE 1-Chinese banks' mortgage books in good shape-c.bankMonday, January 5, 2009 @ 11:07PMBEIJING, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Delinquency rates on Chinese banks' property loans remain low, especially for residential mortgages, in spite of a downturn in the real estate market, a central bank official said on Tuesday.