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Dollar extends declines versus yen, hits session low

NEW YORK: The dollar extended its losses against the yen to hit a session low on Monday as disagreement between Japane
Published February 19, 2013 Updated February 19, 2013 09:25pm

 

The dollar fell as low as 93.29 yen on Reuters data and was last down 0.6 percent at 93.36 yen.

 

Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Tuesday he was not considering buying foreign bonds as part of efforts to ease monetary policy, a day after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said this was an option.

 

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