A better than predicted performance of employers in the U. S. has helped the Dollar to rise against Yen to the highest level in last four years.

Asian Financial majors, China and Hong Kong stock markets rose this week more than what economists had expected. One the other side U. S.

It has happened for the first time after a hiatus of 23 years that the Topix Index has rose for straight nine weeks through January 11.

As soon as Anglo American Platinum Ltd. (AMS) announced about its plan of reducing the output, the rand declined the most in comparison to other currencies.

It was just following an announcement by the Federal Reserve policy makers that the prices of gold plummeted significantly, a recent report has uncovered.

Standard & Poor’s has made drastic cuts on some of the world’s largest banks and its effect is evident as futures on the Euro Stoxx 50 Index, Asian shares and U. S. index futures have declined.

Once again, the London index has closed negative. It has been reported that the FTSE 100 index closed down 2%, on Friday.

As per the U. S.