The
euro slid to an almost a nine-year low against the dollar amid
speculation European policy makers will undertake a concerted program of
government-bond purchases to stoke growth. Japanese and U.S. index
futures fell with Tokyo trade resuming after holidays, while oil and
gold declined.
The
18-nation currency sank 0.5 percent to $1.1948 by 8:51 a.m. in Tokyo,
touching 1.1864, its weakest level since March 2006. The pound and Swiss
franc slipped with the Australian and New Zealand currencies. Nikkei
225 Stock Average futures were bid down 0.5 percent in the Osaka
pre-market as contracts on the Standard & Poor™s 500 Index fell 0.2
percent. Oil declined for a third straight day as gold and copper
futures retreated.
European
Central Bank President Mario Draghi said in an interview published Jan.
2 that he couldn™t exclude the risk of deflation in the euro-area,
igniting a selloff in the euro amid prospects he™ll embark on
large-scale quantitative easing. Germany is projected to report slowing
inflation today. Markets from
China to Thailand start trading for the new year, with gauges of
manufacturing in Japan, Taiwan and Vietnam due. U.S. crude slid 46
percent in 2014, its worst year since 2008.
Source : Bloomberg
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