Oil gains help Aussie and kiwi units after Fed statement
London
COMMODITY-LINKED major currencies including the Australian and New Zealand dollars gained on Thursday as oil rose back above US$33 a barrel to its highest levels in almost three weeks.
A mixed performance for other majors after Wednesday's Federal Reserve statement saw the dollar trade lower against the euro and marginally higher against the yen while losing almost half a per cent to sterling.
That also came after a brief boost for the yen from the resignation of Japan's Economy Minister Ak…
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