(RTTNews) – The Swiss franc faltered against the yen in trading on Monday. The decline brought the currency to a mark of 97.86 in the mid-morning. Overall, the franc has held in a range against the yen since late November.

Reuters – A blast at an Iraqi ministry building
killed six people and slightly wounded Vice President Adel
Abdul-Mahdi during a ceremony on Monday, police and a senior
political source said.

(RTTNews) – The US dollar was uncertain to the South African currency late trading Sunday in New York. Dollar extended the same trend into the overnight Monday deals too. However, at about 3:25 am Eastern Time, the pair started to trade higher and has been moving higher further, lately.

(RTTNews) – Against the Swedish currency, the Greenback showed choppy trading into the overnight deals of Monday. However, at about 3:10 am ET, ahead of the Sweden January trade balance data, the pair started to trade higher and resumed its uptrend amid the release too.

(RTTNews) – The New Zealand currency showed choppy trading versus the Greenback during late New York Sunday.

(RTTNews) – Much of the late trading New York Sunday, the British currency showed an uncertain trend versus the Australian dollar. British February hometrack house prices data released during the session caused very little price action on the pair.

(RTTNews) – As the week’s trading started during late Sunday, the European currency showed choppy trading against its New Zealand counterpart. Currently, euro has been extending the same trend and was worth 1.86 Kiwi as of 12:27 am Eastern Time Monday.

Feb. 26 (Bloomberg) — The following events and economic reports may influence trading in Asian local-currency bonds today. Yields are from the previous session.

AP – A suicide bomber struck Sunday outside a college campus in Baghdad, killing at least 22 people and injuring dozens as a string of other blasts and rocket attacks left bloodshed around the city.

AFP – Ten people were killed and at least 20 wounded on Sunday by a suicide bomber just outside a school of economy and administration in eastern Baghdad, a security official said.