The dollar was flat to lower against the euro and yen on Wednesday as a soft Japanese business survey dented Tokyo shares but helped bolster the safe-haven yen, while another improved batch of European data helped the euro.
Slightly improved final readings of last month's purchasing manager surveys in France and Germany, and healthy figures in Italy and Spain, provided more signs that euro zone manufacturing is recovering from a low base
A solid UK reading was not enough to push the pound higher against the dollar as nerves around next month's tightly fought election weigh on investors' attitude to British assets. Sterling fell half a percent against the euro.
More: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/...0MS2Y620150401
Slightly improved final readings of last month's purchasing manager surveys in France and Germany, and healthy figures in Italy and Spain, provided more signs that euro zone manufacturing is recovering from a low base
A solid UK reading was not enough to push the pound higher against the dollar as nerves around next month's tightly fought election weigh on investors' attitude to British assets. Sterling fell half a percent against the euro.
More: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/...0MS2Y620150401
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