Australian Dollar Rises Against Majors

The Australian dollar strengthened against the other major currencies in the Asian session on Monday. The Australian dollar rose to nearly a 2-week high of 0.9544 against the Canadian dollar, from Friday's closing value of 0.9492. The aussie advanced to 87.79 against the yen and 1.5212 against the euro, from last week's closing quotes of 87.63 and 1.5258, respectively. Against the U.S. and the New Zealand dollars, the aussie edged up to 0.7247 and 1.0715 from last week's closing quotes of 0.7211 and 1.0674, respectively. If the aussie extends its uptrend, it is likely to find resistance around 0.97 against the loonie, 91.00 against the yen, 1.49 against the euro, 0.74 against the greenback and 1.09 against the kiwi.


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