Euro gains on rising optimism about summit

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The 17-nation currency appreciated against US dollar and Japanese yen amid investor hopes that European leaders during summit will agree on bailout fund expansion to support most troubled countries. Euro gained 0.3% against greenback on Wednesday Tokyo trade reaching $1.3436 and advancing 0.3% against Yen, to ВҐ104.43. EUR/USD currently is trading at 1.3450 and EUR/JPY is trading at ВҐ104.48.

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Wed, 07 Dec 2011 09:10:27 GMT

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