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Slumping telecommunications and industrial shares weighed on U.S. stock benchmarks as investors struck a cautious tone ahead of corporate earnings season. The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 71 points, or 0.5%, to 13313 midafternoon trading on Tuesday. The S&P 500 gave up seven points, or 0.5%, to 1455, extending its slide from a five-year closing high on Friday.

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar remains steady after a quiet night in offshore markets. Australia: In contrast to every other trading day so far this year, the negative correlation between risk sentiment and the US Dollar has reasserted itself in overnight markets.

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar has remained steady overnight despite the markets reassessment of last week's FOMC minutes.

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar briefly touched below 1.0400 on Friday night but recovered as the US non-farm payrolls for December met expectations.

Stocks ended the first week of the new year with a bang, with the S&P 500 notching a five-year high and the Dow securing its biggest weekly gain since December 2011. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 43.85 points, or 0.3%, to 13435.21 after December job growth roughly met economists' estimates and a reading on non-manufacturing economic activity was surprisingly strong.

Bell FX Currency Outlook: Australian Dollar still strong peaks at a two week high as the United States avoids fiscal cliff.

Bell FX Currency Outlook: Australian Dollar peaks at a 2-week high as the United States avoids a fiscal cliff. The local unit traded back above 1.0500 against the Greenback in overnight trade as US Congress approved a bill rolling back a package of tax hikes and spending cuts that had threatened to push America back into recession.

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Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar is trading at USD 1.0380 this morning. The major news was the White House / Senate 'deal', and this saw the NZD rally yet interestingly, the AUD underperformed relative to the NZD, GBP and CAD.

Asian markets have responded to the late turnaround seen on Wall Street to post some healthy gains going into the weekend. With US President Barack Obama having reportedly cut his holiday short and returning to Washington to meet US leaders for last ditch talks, there is growing optimism that a deal can be knocked before the deadline.

Financial and materials shares led U.S. stocks lower as the Senate's top Democrat warned a budget deal looks unlikely and a reading on consumer confidence tumbled. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 131 points, or 1%, to 12984 in mid-afternoon trading, dipping below 13000 for the first time since Dec. 5.

After a fairly steady Asian session, risk assets declined through European and US trade ahead of the Christmas break. Market participants also remained concerned about the fiscal cliff negotiations, which we expect to get further leads on when Republicans reconvene later today.

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar has opened a full cent lower this morning from Friday's levels as the hopes of reaching a compromise on the fiscal cliff issue in the US before the end of the year were dashed.

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Bell FX Currency Outlook The Australian Dollar opens unchanged after a lacklustre overnight session. The Australian Dollar has opened little changed after a quiet night of trade on world markets. A night of limited price action saw most major currency pairs end at around the same levels, with the CAD being the exception.

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Bell FX Currency Outlook The Australian Dollar has opened this morning in the mid 1.0500's as trading on Friday evening saw little change from the previous day.

Bell FX Currency Outlook The Australian Dollar has fallen more than a third of a US cent as investors took profits following recent rallies.

Bell FX Currency Outlook: Australian Dollar at fresh highs as US Fed stimulus gives sentiment a boost.

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar has rallied to its highest level in almost three months after a rise in German investor confidence and more optimism regarding the US fiscal cliff (read - avoiding go over "thine cliff").

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar remains well supported despite negative political headlines out of Europe.

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Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar has maintained its relative strength from last week as US non-farm payrolls released on Friday night improved more than forecast.

Bell FX Currency Outlook: Australian Dollar finds continued support on better than expected Labour Market Data.

The Australian Bankers' Association (ABA) said the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has again confirmed that Australian households and borrowers are not paying more for their mortgages and business loans even though banks do not pass on RBA cash rate cuts in full.

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Bell FX Currency Outlook: Australian Dollar little changed in relatively quiet overnight session ahead of key employment data today.