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Forex dealers anxious as contagion spreads

Wednesday, 28 April 2010 10:00:53 GMT

Published by Zeb Bham
Foreign exchange traders yesterday pushed the euro to a one-year low against the dollar after Greece's debt rating was downgraded to junk and signs of contagion spread throughout Portugal, Italy and Ireland.
There has been a moderate uptick in the single currency this morning after the Financial Times cited unnamed sources claiming that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will provide an additional $10 billion to the Greek bailout package, on top of the original $15 billion.
However, Adam Carr, senior economist in Sydney at ICAP Australia, said the rally will be short-lived.
"Look for a joint announcement from the IMF and the European Union. This is much more likely than a default," he claimed.
During yesterday's trading, Portugal's benchmark stock index fell by the largest margin seen since the collapse of Lehman Brothers, while in Italy and Ireland, yields on government bonds soared to a ten-month high against equivalent German bund yields.
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