Lola Evans
05 Sep 2022, 17:21 GMT+10
SYDNEY, NSW, Australia - Stocks were mixed in Asia on Monday on light volume due to the Labor Holiday in the U.S.
The big action though was on the foreign exchange markets where the U.S. dollar took off.
The euro plummeted to 0.9895 by the Sydney close Monday. The British pound sank to 1.1465. The Japanese yen was unwanted at 140.49. The Swiss franc was sharply lower at 0.9832.
The Canadian dollar weakened to 1.3159. The Australian dollar dived to 0.6779. The Nrew Zealand dollar crumbled to 0.6088.
In Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 dipped 31.23 points or 0.11 percent to 27,619.61.
The Australian All Ordinaries gained 18.20 points or 0.26 percent to 7,074.50.
South Korea's Kospi Composite edged down 5.73 points or 0.24 percent to 2,403.68.
China's Shanghai Composite close 1.43 points or 0.42 percent higher at 3,199.91.
In New Zealand, the S&P/NZX 50 declined 9.21 points or 0.08 percent to 11,619.04.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng was still trading at the time of writing, down 180 points.
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