Australia's S&P/ASX 200 opened down 41.1 points (-0.45%) at 9,105.7 on Nov 13 (Fri).

The yen slid past 160 per dollar for the first time since September, extending losses into a third session as rising US Treasury yields and firmer Fed rate-hike expectations bolstered the dollar; the US-Japan yield gap exceeded 250bps, increasing depreciation pressure on the yen. A senior finance ministry official in charge of FX, Miura Atsushi, warned recent yen moves have been "too rapid" and referenced prior market intervention; Finance Minister Katayama Satsuki and US Treasury Secretary BESSENT have signalled they would intervene if necessary. Earlier USD/JPY briefly plunged over 70 pips to 159.30, fuelling intervention speculation, and was trading around 159.72. Tokyo intervened three times this summer, deploying a cumulative 15.4 tln JPY (about $96.4 bln).

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