By FXstreet:The Australian Dollar is the big story in the Forex market at the moment, after falling without mercy for 10 days in a row (if today's losses are confirmed), erasing in the process almost 600 pips or a 6% off its value vs. the USD. Many t

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Analysts at Goldman Sachs made several changes to the bank's currency forecasts, cutting the outlook for the Australian dollar to reflect poor commodity price, while also highlighting expected continued weakness in the yen. On

SYDNEY, May 17 (Reuters) - Australian shares rose 0.3 percent on Friday as firms exposed to the U.S. market benefited from further weakness in the Australian dollar, while big-cap miners like BHP Billiton Ltd rebounded on short-covering.

SYDNEY, May 17 (Reuters) - Australian shares rose 0.3 percent on Friday as firms exposed to the U.S. market benefited from further weakness in the Australian dollar, while big-cap miners like BHP...

SYDNEY, May 17 (Reuters) - Australian shares rose 0.3 percent on Friday as firms exposed to the U.S. market benefited from further weakness in the Australian dollar, while big-cap miners like BHP Billiton Ltd rebounded on short-covering.

SYDNEY, May 17 (Reuters) - Australian shares rose 0.3percent on Friday as firms exposed to the U.S. market benefitedfrom further weakness in the Australian dollar, while big-capminers like BHP Billiton Ltd rebounded onshort-covering.

SYDNEY, May 17 (Reuters) - Australian shares rose 0.3 percent on Friday as firms exposed to the U.S. market benefited from further weakness in the Australian dollar, while big-cap miners like BHP...

SYDNEY, May 17 (Reuters) - Australian shares rose 0.3 percent on Friday as the market drew support from further weakness in the Australian dollar, underpinned by gains in big-cap miners like BHP...

SYDNEY, May 17 (Reuters) - Australian shares rose 0.3 percent on Friday as the market drew support from further weakness in the Australian dollar, underpinned by gains in big-cap miners like BHP Billiton Ltd on short-covering.

SYDNEY, May 17 (Reuters) - Australian shares rose 0.3 percent on Friday as the market drew support from further weakness in the Australian dollar, underpinned by gains in big-cap miners like BHP...

SYDNEY, May 17 (Reuters) - Australian shares rose 0.3 percent on Friday as the market drew support from further weakness in the Australian dollar, underpinned by gains in big-cap miners like BHP Billiton Ltd on short-covering.

SYDNEY, May 17 (Reuters) - Australian shares inched up 0.2 percent in midday trade on Friday, as the market drew support from the Australian dollar pushing further below parity, while gains in banks...

SYDNEY, May 17 (Reuters) - Australian shares inched up 0.2 percent in midday trade on Friday, as the market drew support from the Australian dollar pushing further below parity, while gains in banks...

SYDNEY, May 17 (Reuters) - Australian shares rose 0.25 percent on Friday, rebounding from losses in the previous session, as the market drew support from the local dollar holding below parity against...

SYDNEY, May 17 (Reuters) - Australian shares rose 0.25 percent on Friday, rebounding from losses in the previous session, as the market drew support from the local dollar holding below parity against...

SYDNEY, May 17 (Reuters) - Australian shares may open slightly higher on Friday as the local dollar holds below parity against the greenback, but Wall Street's overnight fall and concerns about...

SYDNEY, May 17 (Reuters) - Australian shares may open slightly higher on Friday as the local dollar holds below parity against the greenback, but Wall Street's overnight fall and concerns about...

By Marc Chandler:The dramatic sell-off of the Australian dollar is the latest of a series of price developments that have surprised the market. The sell-off in JGBs, which appears to have stabilized, has seen 10-year yields in Japan nearly double, de

SYDNEY, May 16 (Reuters) - Australian shares are seen flat on Wednesday, with support from another record on Wall Street and a fall in the Australian dollar to an 11-month low offset by weaker metals...

SYDNEY, May 16 (Reuters) - Australian shares are seen flat on Wednesday, with support from another record on Wall Street and a fall in the Australian dollar to an 11-month low offset by weaker metals...

The precious metal has a historically high correlation with the Australian dollar; the currency's recent weakness may indicate further selling pressure.

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian share markets were mixed on Wednesday, with Australian equities dented by weakness in mining firms while Tokyo stocks surged to a 5-1/2-year high as Japanese exporters rallied after the yen's recent slide.

SINGAPORE, May 15 (Reuters) - Asian share markets were mixed on Wednesday, with Australian equities dented by weakness in mining firms while Tokyo stocks surged to a 5-1/2-year high as Japanese exporters rallied after the yen's recent slide.

SINGAPORE, May 15 (Reuters) - Asian share markets were mixed on Wednesday, with Australian equities dented by weakness in mining firms while Tokyo stocks surged to a 5-1/2-year high as Japanese...

SINGAPORE, May 15 (Reuters) - Asian share markets were mixed on Wednesday, with Australian equities dented by weakness in mining firms while Tokyo stocks surged to a 5-1/2-year high as Japanese exporters rallied after the yen's recent slide.

SINGAPORE, May 15 (Reuters) - Asian share markets were mixedon Wednesday, with Australian equities dented by weakness inmining firms while Tokyo stocks surged to a 5-1/2-year high asJapanese exporters rallied after the yen's recent slide.

SINGAPORE, May 15 (Reuters) - Asian share markets were mixed on Wednesday, with Australian equities dented by weakness in mining firms while Tokyo stocks surged to a 5-1/2-year high as Japanese exporters rallied after the yen's recent slide.

SINGAPORE, May 15 (Reuters) - Asian share markets were mixed on Wednesday, with Australian equities dented by weakness in mining firms while Tokyo stocks surged to a 5-1/2-year high as Japanese...

SYDNEY, May 15 (Reuters) - Australian shares are seen rising on Wednesday, likely buoyed by Wall Street's rally to fresh record highs overnight and on gains for companies with large exposure to the...

SYDNEY, May 15 (Reuters) - Australian shares are seen rising on Wednesday, likely buoyed by Wall Street's rally to fresh record highs overnight and on gains for companies with large exposure to the...

By Marc Chandler:The Wall Street Journal's coverage of our "trade of the year" provides an timely opportunity to update our recommendation published in mid-December 2012 calling for a dramatic realignment of the Australian dollar against the Mexican

CANBERRA, May 14 (Reuters) - Australia's struggling Laborgovernment on Tuesday used the last budget before nationalelections to delay a long-promised return to surplus, blaming astubbornly high Australian dollar and lower commodity prices fora dramat

CANBERRA, May 14 (Reuters) - Australia's struggling Labor government on Tuesday used the last budget before national elections to delay a long-promised return to surplus, blaming a stubbornly high Australian dollar and lower commodity prices for a dr

SYDNEY, May 13 (Reuters) - Australian shares edged 0.2 percent higher to notch a fresh five-year closing high on Tuesday, as a weaker Australian dollar lifted companies with a high exposure to the...

SYDNEY, May 13 (Reuters) - Australian shares edged 0.2 percent higher to notch a fresh five-year closing high on Tuesday, as a weaker Australian dollar lifted companies with a high exposure to the...

SYDNEY, May 14 (Reuters) - Australian shares edged up 0.2 percent on Tuesday as a weaker Australian dollar lifted companies with high exposure to the U.S. market, but trading was subdued ahead of the...

SYDNEY, May 14 (Reuters) - Australian shares edged up 0.2 percent on Tuesday as a weaker Australian dollar lifted companies with high exposure to the U.S. market, but trading was subdued ahead of the...

The Australian dollar traded just below parity with the U.S. dollar as the government prepared to lay out a 2013-14 budget expected to confirm a sharp deterioration in finances.

SYDNEY, May 14 (Reuters) - Australian shares edged 0.2 percent higher on Tuesday after a softer Australian dollar lifted companies with a high exposure to the U.S. markets, but a weak outlook for...

SYDNEY, May 14 (Reuters) - Australian shares edged 0.2 percent higher on Tuesday after a softer Australian dollar lifted companies with a high exposure to the U.S. markets, but a weak outlook for...

SYDNEY, May 14 (Reuters) - Australian shares edged 0.2 percent higher on Tuesday after a weaker Australian dollar lifted companies with a high exposure to the U.S. markets, but a weak outlook for...

SYDNEY, May 14 (Reuters) - Australian shares edged 0.2 percent higher on Tuesday after a weaker Australian dollar lifted companies with a high exposure to the U.S. markets, but a weak outlook for...

MELBOURNE, May 14 (Reuters) - Australian shares are set to open higher on Tuesday with the U.S. dollar's rise shoring up companies with large exposure to the U.S. market, including QBE Insurance...

MELBOURNE, May 14 (Reuters) - Australian shares are set to open higher on Tuesday with the U.S. dollar's rise shoring up companies with large exposure to the U.S. market, including QBE Insurance...

The dollar chalked up new high points against some major currencies,driving it up to a fresh 11-month high against the Australian dollar in European hours.

By Sean Bellamy McNulty:The Australian Dollar experienced a steep decline over this past week, blowing past the "long zone" as outlined in the chart below due to the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) cutting rates 25 basis points to 2.75%.(click to enl

John Wood Group PLC (WG.LN), an international energy services company, Monday said it has been awarded a multi-million dollar engineering contract for the Bonaparte Liquefied Natural Gas project in Australia by operator, GDF Suez S.A. (GSZ.FR).

SYDNEY, May 13 (Reuters) - Australian shares ended a volatile session 0.1 percent higher on Monday, helped by another record run on Wall Street and a weak Australia dollar, but gains were capped by...

SYDNEY, May 13 (Reuters) - Australian shares ended a volatile session 0.1 percent higher on Monday, helped by another record run on Wall Street and a weak Australia dollar, but gains were capped by...