Thursday, May 24, 2007

Yen gains as carry trades reversed on stock slide

(Reuters) - The yen jumped on Friday, pulling away from a three-month low against the dollar struck earlier in the week, as investors reversed short positions in the Japanese currency amid a drop in regional stock markets.

Japan's broad TOPIX share index fell 1.4 percent and other Asian markets lost nearly 1 percent following a pull-back in Wall Street shares, stirring worries about a rise in financial market volatility that hurts carry trades.


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