61. Dealers said different factors were pushing the dollar in both directions. 62. He said profit-taking pushed the dollar down earlier in the day but added that the currency is well-supported ahead of the Bundesbank meeting. 63. If the latter were the case, it would push the dollar up against all major currencies. 64. In currency dealings, fears that Japanese finance officials may try again to talk down the dollar pushed the dollar lower against the yen. 65. In currency dealings, traders said profit-taking in the British pound and Australian dollar against the yen pushed the dollar lower against the yen. 66. In Japan, traders said the dollar was pushed up by worries over the health of Asian economies. 67. In the short term, the dollar is being pushed up by a rush to get in the game before the U.S. currency goes even higher. 68. In Tokyo, the dollar was pushed up further by active buying by Japanese institutional investors and U.S. funds, traders said. 69. Investors pushed the dollar down against the yen the entire trading day, as they kept the faith the Japanese were serious about a forceful stimulus package. 70. Many had been short on dollars, so the spree pushed the dollar up more than a pfennig in interday trading. |