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Yen Jumps Amid Global Uncertainty

  • Yen Jumps Amid Global Uncertainty

China’s slowing growth and broad global uncertainty that plunged Apple’s stock value by 8 percent has weakened market sentiment and increased the attractiveness of haven assets.

The Japanese Yen rose to its highest level since March against the U.S. dollar on Thursday as investors jumped on the haven currency to curb risk exposure following Apple announcement.

Tim Cook, Apple Ceo, had announced on Wednesday that the slowing growth in China will hurt Apple revenue in the final quarter of 2018. The announcement plunged global stock and increase perceived global risk.

“That Tim Cook and his company mentioned China as the reason behind the downturn in the company’s outlook seemed to hit exactly the pressure point traders and investors were already alarmed over,” Greg McKenna, markets strategist at McKenna Macro and a three-decade foreign-exchange market veteran, wrote in a note to clients. “That is, the China and global slowdown which seems to have been confirmed by Wednesday’s global manufacturing PMI data.”

The Yen rose 0.9 percent against the U.S dollar to trade at 104.86, the biggest gain in over 8 years.

Samed Olukoya

Is the CEO and Founder of Investors King Limited. He is a seasoned foreign exchange research analyst and a published author on Yahoo Finance, Business Insider, Nasdaq, Entrepreneur.com, Investorplace, and other prominent platforms. With over two decades of experience in global financial markets, Olukoya is well-recognized in the industry.

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