The dollar recouped some lost ground to hover just above 108 in Tokyo trading on Wednesday after plunging below the 108 line on rekindled global economic worries.
At 5 p.m., the dollar was at 108.11-12, down from 108.50-50 at the same time Tuesday. The euro was at $1.2652-2653, up from $1.2638-2641, and at 136.79-81, down from 137.13-16.
The greenback dropped to a low around 107.75 in early Tokyo trading after coming under renewed selling in overseas trading overnight amid increased risk-averse sentiment among investors, traders said.
The dollar’s topside versus the yen was pressured by stock market slumps both in Japan and abroad as well as by a fall in long-term U.S. interest rates.
The risk aversion was triggered in part by the International Monetary Fund’s latest economic growth forecasts released on Tuesday, as well as a fall in German industrial production in August.
The IMF revised downward the global growth projection by 0.1 point to 3.3 percent for 2014 and by 0.2 point to 3.8 percent for 2015.
Still, demand for the dollar, including from Japanese importers, proved to be solid in the Tokyo market, helping the U.S. currency rebound as high as around 108.50 at one point, traders said.
via Japan News
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