Week ended 25 April 2009 – Markets, Commodities and currencies

Posted by admin on 26 April, 2009 under Weekly business news summary | Be the First to Comment

The falling gold price was halted this week and saw a shift in the up-ward direction again closing at $914.10 per ounce which is up by 5% on the week.

One of the biggest currency movements this week was with the Japanese Yen with Sterling weakening by 3% against the Yen closing at 141.956 and the US Dollar dropped by 2.4% in the same week.

End of the week saw:
Stock exchanges:
FTSE 100: 4,156
DOW: 8,076
S&P: 866.23
Nikkei: 8,708

Currencies
UK Sterling £ to US Dollar $ 1.46677
UK Sterling £ to Euro € 1.10805
UK Sterling £ to Japanese Yen 141.956
UK Sterling £ to Aus $ 2.03524
US Dollar $ to Euro € 0.755327
US Dollar $ to Japanese Yen 96.7912
US Dollar $ to Aus $ 1.38694

Commodities
Nymex Crude oil – $51.55
Gold – $914.10