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Asian currencies sharply up

AFP, Hong Kong
The yen and other Aslan currencies ended the week sharply up against the dollar as market players opted for higher-yielding currencies following a raft of upbeat economic data.
JAPANESE YEN; The yen strengthened significantly as positive data reduced demand for the safe-haven greenback.
lite Japanese unit stood at 90.64 yen to the dollar late Eriday in New York, compared with 93.01 a week earlier.
In Tokyo, the yen touched 90.67 to the dollar at one point on Friday, its highest level there since February 13, as the report of a 12.3-pcrcent gain in China's industrial output for August whetted investors' riskappetite.
The yen touched the week's local low of 93.31 to the dollar on Monday when a mixed US employment report prompted some dollar buying.
It steadily gained ground in tandem with the shift of funds from the dollar to higher-yielding currencies amid underlying hopes of a global economic recover)'.
leaders snapped up the currencies of countries exporting commodities to China on Friday on the upbeat output numbers.
But some market watchers questioned how long the trend would last.
"Our general view on Asian currencies is that further gains that are driven primarily as the result of investor risk appetite will be difficult to sustain," said Societe Generale foreign exchange strategist Patrick Bennett.
There is a risk of softer-than-expected external demand for Asia for the rest of the year and sluggish consumption as the boost from stimulus
measures fades, he added.
AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR The Australian dollar soared to a one-year high this week on bullish economic data from China and mounting risk appetite against the weakening green back, dealers said.
The commodities based Aussie closed Friday at 86.32 US cents, up from 84.09 cents a week earlier.
It broke above its recent 85 US cent ceiling to touch a one-year high of 86.68 cents and was likely to hold at higher levels, forging towards 87 cents, said ANZ economist Amber Rabinov.
"Risk currencies, including the Aussie, have soared to new 2009 highs as the US dollar weakened against the majors," said Rabinov.
Bet ter-than-expected industrial production and retail sales data from China gave the Australian dollar a boost, added St George Bank chief economist Besa Deda.
NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR: The New Zealand dollar finished local trading Friday at 70.40 US cents, up sharply from 67.98 the previous week.
The kiwi was at a one-year high by the end of the week amid rising risk appetite as world stock and commodity prices rose, and as the US greenback fell to its lowest level in nearly a year against a basket of major currencies.
New Zealand central bank governor Alan Bollard said Thursday the sustainability of any economic recovery would be threatened if the kiwi continued to rise.
But the market took no notice and BNZ bank analyst Danica Hampton said "huffing and puffing" by the central bank would not be enough to talk down the New Zealand dollar.
CHINESE YUAN: The yuan closed at 6.8290 to the dollar Friday on the over-
the-counter market, compared with Thursday's close of 6.8294, and a closing price of 6.8300 to the dollar the week before.
The central bank had set the yuan central parity rate at 6.0282 to the dollar Friday, compared with 6.8208 on Thursday.
T he People's Bank of China allows a trading band of0.5 percent on either side of the midpoint.
HONG KONG DOI.IAH The US-pegged Hong Kong unit ended the week unchanged at 7.751 compared to the previous week.
INDONESIAN RUPIAH: The rupiah ended at 9,937 to the dollar, up from 10,122 the week before.
PHILIPPINE PESO: The Philippines peso rose to 48.33 to the dollar on Friday from 48.62 on September 4.
SINGAPOREAN DOLLAR: The dollar was at 1.4222 Singapore dollars from 1.4416 the week before.
SOUTH KOREAN WON: The won gained strength throughout the week to close at 1,221.80 won per dollar Friday as the greenback continued its global retreat and foreign investors kept buying local stocks, dealers said.
The won's strength, however, was constrained by fears over suspected intervention by the central Bank of Korea aimed at curbing the won's rise.