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FOREX-Dollar buckles vs yen on heightened risk aversion, RBA awaited

Investor appetite for risk has been dulled this week by a number of factors, including an anxious wait for an upcoming meeting between U. S. President Donald trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping and a suspected suicide bombing in St. Petersburg, Russia.

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The dollar wobbled against the yen on Tuesday, buckling against its safe-haven Japanese peer as a risk-averse mood spread through the broader markets.

Investor appetite for risk has been dulled this week by a number of factors, including an anxious wait for an upcoming meeting between U.S. President Donald trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping and a suspected suicide bombing in St. Petersburg, Russia.

"The dollar is feeling pressure against the yen from an interest rate spread point of view, with Treasury yields having fallen to one-month lows as Wall Street despite decent data," said Shin Kadota, senior strategist at Barclays in Tokyo.

The dollar extended overnight losses and was down 0.2 percent at 110.660 yen after hitting 110.480, its lowest in a week.

"This is a case of negative mood prevailing over other factors, like positive data, which would otherwise support the dollar," said Masashi Murata, senior currency strategist at Brown Brothers Harriman in Tokyo.

"It is difficult to pinpoint the cause of the negative mood, but it won't go away until immediate concerns towards the Trump administration are soothed. That might not take place until the U.S.-China summit is out of the way."

Monday's largely positive U.S. construction spending and manufacturing data affirmed a steady improvement in the economy, but did little to uphold Treasury yields and the dollar.

The euro was steady at $1.0667 after rising only about 0.2 percent overnight against the dollar, its advance tempered by a sharp decline in German bund yields driven by flight-to-safety following the bombings in St. Petersburg.

Immediate focus in Asia was on the Reserve Bank of Australia's policy decision due later in the day.

The central bank is widely expected to keep its cash rate at a record low of 1.5 percent and focus is on its view of the domestic economy and its implications for the future path of rates.

The Australian dollar was flat at $0.7607, having declined steadily over the past two weeks from a four-month high of $0.7750.

The pound was a shade higher at $1.2491 after dropping 0.7 percent overnight on data showing British manufacturing lost momentum last month, the latest sign the economy may be running out of steam.

The 10-year Treasury note yield hovered near a one-month low of 2.321 percent plumbed overnight.

 

(This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)

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