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FOREX: Risk-aversion was alive and well during the Asia-Pacific region, reaction
to news that N Korea's Foreign Minister has said, 'they may conduct a hydrogen
bomb test in the Pacific Ocean of an unprecedented scale' saw regional equities
retreat into negative territory and safe haven currencies on the rise.
Dollar-yen dropped from Y112.56 to Y111.65 and was last at Y111.75. Dollar-Swiss
eased from Chf0.9710 to Chf0.9668 and was last at Chf0.9674. Aussie trekked
lower from $0.7934 to $0.7908 on mostly Aussie-yen supply, falling UST yields
then encouraged a recovery to $0.7930. Aussie was last at $0.7925. Meanwhile,
Euro-dollar is currently at $1.1956 and Cable at 1.3576, after trading in
respective ranges of $1.1938 to $1.1960 and $1.3567 to $1.3587. 

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