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Aussie dollar shoots higher! Here are some ASX winners
It’s no secret that the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) has been having a rollicking good time of late. Even though the ASX 200 and ASX shares are down today, the index is still above the 7,000 points threshold that it broke for the first time since the pandemic last week.
Over the past month, the ASX 200 is now up about 4%. Not a bad performance. But another emblem of our collective national success has also been performing rather well. That would be our national currency – the Australian dollar.
It was less than 2 weeks ago that the Aussie dollar was flirting with 76 US cents. Today, it’s broken above 78 US cents, its highest level since mid-March. A move of 2 US cents might not sound too dramatic. But that’s a move of more…
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