Europe Roundup: Sterling steadies near 4 - month lows on soft construction PMI, dollar off
peaks against yen on U.S. - China tariff talk concerns, European shares slump - Thursday, May 3rd, 2018
Not exact matches
It was around a six - year high
against the
yen of 109.06 and a three - year
peak of 0.78 euros.
The USD is currently up 0.0006
against the euro, trading at 1.3339, after
peaking at 1.3351 earlier in the day, however it has slid
against a particularly strong
yen.
During the trading session, the euro also made advances
against the Japanese currency and reached a four - week
peak of 104.50
yen.
The bulk of this has been due to the exchange rate
against the Japanese
yen, as the
yen has fallen sharply on world markets, including a fall of about 50 per cent
against the US dollar from its
peaks in mid 1995.
On Friday, the United States dollar rose to a four - month
peak against the Japanese
yen.