Euro reaches record low from August 2010

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Euro plunged most from August 2010 against the US dollar after Italian borrowing yields surged above 7%, the point at which Ireland, Greece and Portugal required international bailouts. Euro lost 2.1% reaching $1.3542 closing New York trading session with a hugest fall since previous year's August.  In the same time shared currency gave up 2% against yen closing at ВҐ105.38