The euro strengthened over the US dollar by 0.02 cents on Friday but closed the week 1.05 cents down at the 1.2862 level. Investor's attentions had been focused toward comment from the G7 meeting of finance ministers in Rome, however a draft statement released late in the US session made no reference to specific currencies other than the Chinese yaun. Eurozone GDP figures released earlier in the day showed that the eurozone economy contracted by 1.5% in the fourth quarter of 2008 and 1.2% in the year. In the US the Reuters/Michigan Consumer Sentiment index fell.
In today's trading the dollar has strengthened over the euro reaching as low as 1.2729, as worries about the health of European banks has promoted risk aversion and lead investors to buy the greenback for it's relative safety. There are no major announcements due out in either the US or eurozone today..
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