Nov. 30 (Bloomberg) — Emerging market local-currency bond trading rose to a record last quarter because creditworthiness is improving as developing nations succeed in slowing inflation and reducing budget deficits, according to trading association EMTA.

CHICAGO – Nov 30/06 – SNS — Following is the grain and oilseed futures comment from Alaron Trading Corp. The DX opened higher at 83.33 after Fed Chrm. Bernanke’s remarks set off some profit-taking as ‘shorts’ covered at the over-sold areas.

AP – President Bush said Thursday the United States will speed a turnover of security responsibility to Iraqi forces but assured Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki that Washington is not looking for a “graceful exit” from a war well into its fourth violent year.

AFP – Iraqi troops shot kneeling mothers and young children in the head and dumped them into mass graves by the score, a forensic expert has told ousted dictator Saddam Hussein’s genocide trial.

AFP – US President George W. Bush has heaped praise on Iraq’s embattled Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in a bid to put to rest speculation that support for the Iraqi leader was waning amid spiking sectarian bloodshed.

BUDAPEST. NOVEMBER 30. INTERFAX CENTRAL EUROPE – The Hungarian forint continued to post gains in Thursday morning trading against the euro, although analysts said that the possibility of a downward correction remains high after the strengthening of the past few days.

(RTTNews) – Overnight New York Thursday, against the Norwegian currency Buck moved sideways but weakened by about 1:20 am ET. USD/NOK pair touched an overnight low of 6.2048 within a little longer than an hour.

CHICAGO (MarketWatch) — Currency futures and options at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, a key area of targeted growth there, reached a record open interest level on Tuesday as the dollar dropped to a 20-month low against the euro.

(RTTNews) – The European currency made a short spike lower against the Japanese Yen at about 8:45 pm Wednesday but it was higher to the rest of majors around that time. During the rest of late hours of the day, euro was largely uncertain across the board.

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