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Currency: US dollar stable, Australian, New Zealand dollars and yen up§§§--=--§§§<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family: &quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;,serif">This Wednesday, the dollar remained stable after Trump's statements that the war against Iran could soon end. Meanwhile, the<b> </b></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt; line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;,serif">Australian and New Zealand dollars</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:107%; font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;,serif">&nbsp;rallied on Wednesday. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family: &quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;,serif">&nbsp;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;,serif">The dollar</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family: &quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;,serif">&nbsp;remained broadly stable on Wednesday, as gains from safe-haven demand faded, after&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;,serif">US President Donald Trump</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt; line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;,serif">&nbsp;said the war with Iran could end in the coming weeks, even as conflicting signals about the conflict kept investors on edge. The dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of currencies including the yen and the euro, fell 0.03% to 99.70, while the euro rose 0.21% to $1.1576. The dollar has benefited from safe-haven demand since the conflict began in late February, and the United States, a net energy exporter, is also relatively better positioned than other nations to cope with oil disruptions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family: &quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;,serif">&nbsp;</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family: &quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;,serif">The&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt; line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;,serif">Australian and New Zealand dollars</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:107%; font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;,serif">&nbsp;rallied on Wednesday, as investors clung to hopes of progress towards ending the Gulf War, which triggered a surge in stock markets and boosted appetite for risky assets.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family: &quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;,serif">The Australian dollar strengthened 0.2% to $0.6915, after bouncing from its 10-week low of $0.6834 reached overnight. A break above $0.6945 was needed to improve a bearish technical outlook.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family: &quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;,serif">The New Zealand dollar stabilized at $0.5746, after also rising from its 10-week low of $0.5698 reached overnight.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family: &quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;,serif">&nbsp;</span></p><p> <span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;,serif; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:FR; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">The yen rallied after hitting its lowest level of the year at 160.46 per dollar, moving back above the important psychological threshold of 160 which had fueled fears of intervention by Japanese authorities. The Japanese yen appreciated 0.11% against the dollar, reaching 158.55 yen per dollar. It remained stable after the release of the Bank of Japan's quarterly Tankan survey,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:FR;mso-fareast-language:EN-US; mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;,serif"> which revealed an improvement in business sentiment among large Japanese manufacturers in the three months leading up to March. This sign indicates that the growing economic uncertainty related to the conflict in the Middle East has not yet affected business morale.</span></span></p>

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