Thursday, April 19, 2007

Yen slips as stock market worries ease

(Reuters) - The yen slipped on Friday as Asian stocks markets rebounded from a sell-off a day earlier on worries about an overheating Chinese economy, calming fears that investors could rush to unwind carry trades.

The Nikkei share average rose 0.5 percent and Hong Kong's Hang Seng rebounded 0.9 percent on relief that the Dow Jones Industrial average withstood to post a record closing high for a second day in a row on Thursday.


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