Australian Dollar Extends Rise After RBA Rate Decision

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Australian Dollar Extends Rise After RBA Rate Decision

(RTTNews) - At 10:30 pm in the early Asian session on Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia announced its monetary policy decision on interest rates. As expected, the RBA kept its benchmark lending rate unchanged at 4.35 percent.

After the RBA rate decision, the Australian dollar extended its early rise against its major rivals.

As of 10:31 pm ET, the Australian dollar was trading at 0.6507 against the U.S. dollar, 96.69 against the yen, 1.6516 against the euro and 0.8797 against the Canadian dollar.

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