LONDON, March 18- The Slovak Republic, rated A/A2/A+, is planning to issue a dual-tranche Swiss franc-denominated bond, one of the lead managers said. The sovereign has set guidance of 75 bp area over mid-swaps, or 1.425% in yield terms, for a CHF150m 6.5- year tranche and 100 bp area over mid-swaps, or 2.159% in yield terms, for a CHF100m 10.5- year bond.
*Dollar retreats from 7- month peak, sentiment positive. *Swiss franc, Norway crown fall after policy decisions. NEW YORK, March 14- The dollar slipped from a seven-month high against a basket of currencies on Thursday as investors opted to take a pause after its recent sharp and swift rally even as U.S. economic data continued to show signs of strength.
*Dollar retreats from 7- month peak, sentiment positive. *Swiss franc, Norway crown fall after policy decisions. NEW YORK, March 14- The dollar dropped from a seven-month high against a basket of currencies on Thursday as investors opted to book profits on concerns it may have rallied too quickly recently due to optimism about the U.S. economy.
*Swiss franc, Norway crown fall after policy decisions. NEW YORK, March 14- The dollar rose to a seven-month high against a basket of currencies and a three-month peak versus the euro on Thursday, buoyed by a string of U.S. data that lifted optimism about the world's largest economy.
*Swiss franc, Norway crown fall after policy decisions. LONDON, March 14- The dollar rose to a seven-month high against a basket of currencies and a three-month peak versus the euro on Thursday as positive U.S. data contrasted with economic and political concerns in the euro zone.
AARAU, Switzerland, March 14- The Swiss National Bank has defended a cap on the Swiss franc against the euro as the right policy for the foreseeable future. "I can't pinpoint how long we will maintain the cap, but for the foreseeable future it is the right policy," the central bank's chairman Thomas Jordan told a gathering of business leaders.
*Swiss franc, Norway crown fall after policy decisions. NEW YORK, March 14- The dollar fell from a seven-month high against a basket of currencies on Thursday as some traders bet it may have rallied too quickly recently on optimism about the U.S. economy.
The Dow Jones average hit a record high on Tuesday. Such risk-on appetite has traditionally had a negative correlation for safe-haven currencies such as the dollar. But Ian Stannard, FX strategist at Morgan Stanley believes things will be different for the greenback this time, with global currency market dynamics changing quite rapidly.