Euro falls on Moody's review

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Euro experienced a sharp decline on Monday after Moody's Investors Service told it will revisit credit ratings for EU countries. According to Moody's European summit last week provided few new actions and majority of proposed measures are similar to earlier announced ones. After Moody's statement 17-nation currency plunged 1% reaching $1.3253. Currently EUR/USD is trading at $1.3262.  

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