YEREVAN, July 11./ARKA/. Key stock markets of Asia-Pacific Region (APR) opened at rising on 11 July amid jump of the yen and statements by the U.S. Federal Reserve chairman, Russia’s RIA Novosti reported.
Japanese Nikkei 225 lost 0.91% hitting 14284.81 points. Korean KOSPI rose by 1.60% to 1853.29 points. Australian S&P/ASX 200 added 0.84% totaling in 4942.60 points.
In his statement, Mr. Ben Bernanke once again confirmed the USA need to lead a cheap money policy as the labor market is still weak, and the inflation rate across the country remains low.
This statement pushed the USD to fall against the other currencies.—0-