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$A takes a dip but avoids a dive
The Australian dollar's 2017 surge appears to be at an end, with the currency rapidly falling in the past few weeks to dip below US75 cents earlier this week.
Currencies | $1 AUD Buys | $1 AUD Sells | Movement by Price | Movement by % | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
USD | United States Dollar | 0.7515 | 0.7510 | 0.0010rise | 0.13% rise |
JPY | Japanese Yen | 83.0500 | 83.0200 | -0.1300fall | -0.16% fall |
EUR | Euro | 0.7079 | 0.7076 | 0.0003rise | 0.04% rise |
GBP | British Pound | 0.6040 | 0.6037 | -0.0001fall | -0.02% fall |
CAD | Canadian Dollar | 1.0008 | 1.0001 | 0.0011rise | 0.11% rise |
CNY | China Yuan Renminbi | 5.1873 | 5.1828 | 0.0108rise | 0.21% rise |
HKD | Hong Kong Dollar | 5.8404 | 5.8381 | 0.0128rise | 0.22% rise |
INR | Indian Rupee | 48.4600 | 48.4400 | 0.0240rise | 0.05% rise |
IDR | Indonesian Rupiah | 9982.1700 | 9977.2600 | 17.5000rise | 0.18% rise |
MYR | Malaysian Ringgit | 3.3337 | 3.3290 | 0.0056rise | 0.17% rise |
NZD | New Zealand Dollar | 1.0824 | 1.0813 | 0.0048rise | 0.45% rise |
SGD | Singapore Dollar | 1.0548 | 1.0544 | 0.0011rise | 0.10% rise |
ZAR | South African Rand | 10.3830 | 10.3734 | -0.0764fall | -0.73% fall |
CHF | Swiss Franc | 0.7572 | 0.7568 | 0.0008rise | 0.11% rise |
THB | Thailand Baht | 26.0100 | 25.9900 | 0.0400rise | 0.15% rise |
Currency | AUD | USD | EUR | GBP | JPY | NZD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
$1 AUD | 1.0000 | 0.7510 | 0.7076 | 0.6037 | 83.0200 | 1.0813 |
$1 USD | 1.3307 | 1.0000 | 0.9419 | 0.8035 | 110.4800 | 1.4393 |
€1 EUR | 1.4126 | 1.0616 | 1.0000 | 0.8531 | 117.3100 | 1.5279 |
£1 GBP | 1.6558 | 1.2442 | 1.1720 | 1.0000 | 137.5000 | 1.7909 |
¥1 JPY | 0.0120 | 0.0091 | 0.0085 | 0.0073 | 1.0000 | 0.0130 |
$1 NZD | 0.9239 | 0.6944 | 0.6540 | 0.5579 | 76.7200 | 1.0000 |
The Australian dollar's 2017 surge appears to be at an end, with the currency rapidly falling in the past few weeks to dip below US75 cents earlier this week.
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