The Great Britain pound gained this week against the dollar and the yen as the optimism caused by the revelation of the plans to battle the sovereign-debt crisis in Europe damped demand for safer assets. That same optimism allowed the euro to outperform the pound.(...)
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The Swiss franc gained as the problems in Europe made traders flock to the currency, even though it’s hard now to be consider the Swissie a ”safe currency” after the euro-peg was implemented by the central bank. That peg was likely the reason the franc wasn’t been able to rise against the euro, while the troubling signs from Switzerland itself made investors prefer to buy the yen than the Swiss currency.(...)
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The optimism about Europe has left markets and traders were leaving riskier currencies, especially the euro. As a result, the Canadian dollar fell versus the ”safe” yen, but gained against the euro.(...)
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