Stocks set for soft start on mixed leads

Date : Japan | Sep 19, 2012 at 2:34 PM PDT

Source: Sydney Morning Herald

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On the ASX24, the SPI futures contract was 8 points lower to 4417...It was recently buying $US1.0481, up from $US1.046 late yesterday. It was also buying 80.33 euro cents, 64.62 pence and 82.11 yen...It lost 10 US cents to $US109.50 to snap a three-day winning streak. FULL ARTICLE AT Sydney Morning Herald

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