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LONDON (Reuters) – The safe-haven Japanese yen fell again on Friday and risk-sensitive currencies just like the Australian greenback superior as traders took consolation from information of talks between america and Russia over the disaster in Ukraine.
The euro edged larger versus a weaker greenback.
The yen and rival safe-haven, the Swiss franc, have gained this week as traders sought security amid rising tensiona on the Ukrainian border, the place greater than 100,000 Russian troops are massed. Western powers say Russia is searching for a pretext to invade, a cost Moscow rejects.
The advance in sentiment on Friday got here after U.S. State Division stated late on Thursday that Secretary of State Antony Blinken had accepted an invite to fulfill with Russian International Minister Sergei Lavrov late subsequent week offered Russia doesn’t invade Ukraine.
This offered some reduction after a jittery Thursday following exchanges of fireplace between Kyiv’s forces and pro-Russian separatists.
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“The confirmed assembly between Blinken and Lavrov could imply markets situations stay steady into the weekend however the urge for food for threat will probably be contained till that assembly takes place,” stated MUFG analyst Derek Halpenny.
The greenback rose 0.2% on the yen, and earlier reached as excessive as 115.28 yen, having touched a two-week low of 114.78 in early Friday buying and selling.
For the week the greenback stays down 0.3% versus the Japanese foreign money — a comparatively small transfer given the geopolitical tensions of the previous week that implies traders usually are not but panicking concerning the disaster.
The greenback additionally gained 0.12% on the franc on Friday to 0.9208 francs whereas the euro rose 0.1% versus the Swiss foreign money.
Currencies extremely delicate to broad investor sentiment rose. The Australian greenback gained 0.4% to $0.7218.
The euro continued its week of uneven buying and selling based mostly on Ukraine headlines and was final up 0.1% at $1.1369, whereas the pound climbed barely to $1.363, supported by markets betting on extra financial tightening from the Financial institution of England.
“The forwards and backwards of the Ukraine disaster continues to dominate FX markets, however traders have progressively turn into extra prudent after the optimism that prevailed earlier this week amid preliminary indicators of a de-escalation. The online end in FX is to additional lock foreign money majors inside tight buying and selling ranges,” UniCredit analysts wrote in a observe despatched to shoppers.
The improved temper did little to assist bitcoin, which was buying and selling round $40,768, close to two-week lows, after a tumble late on Thursday.
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