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AUD CAD CNY DKK INR IDR KRW MYR SEK THB
0.92 0.93 7.45 5.14 39.21 9130 906.5 3.34 6.38 31.65
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385.9 110.40 0.76 43.40 227.05 1345000 1.45 24.62 32.39 6.54
Commentary
The dollar sank to record lows against the euro and a basket of major currencies on Friday as fears of major losses at financial firms
overshadowed a strong U.S. payrolls report.
Benchmark U.S. stock indexes fell as much as 1 percent dragged down by financial stocks, before retracing losses and erasing a brief dollar
advance from a 166,000 gain in non-farm payrolls, the biggest jump in six months.
The euro hit an all-time high at $1.4528.It last traded at $1.4502, up 0.6 percent on the day.
The dollar index, which charts the greenback's progress against a basket of six major currencies, fell as low as 76.220, its lowest level in its
more than 30-year history.
The British pound gained about 1.7 percent in the week to a 26-year high, staging its largest weekly advance against the dollar since December
2006. On Friday, it rose 0.6 percent to $2.0906.
Most analysts see the Bank of England holding short-term rates steady at 5.75 percent at monetary policy meeting Thursday, with the bank
delaying a rate cut until early 2008.
The Australian dollar , which hit a 23-1/2-year high on Wednesday, was poised to make another run upward on Nov. 6 when the Reserve Bank of
Australia was widely expected to raise interest rates to an 11-year high of 6.75 percent.
The Australian currency Friday rallied 1.3 percent to $0.9232, nearing its mid-week peak of $0.9344.
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