EUR/USD
The euro kept rising on Thursday. Since the start of the week it has already gone up to 1.2950 from the desperate 1.2620. In general, the positive sentiment was supported by well-bid auctions held in the countries enjoying a special interest of investors. Germany, Spain, France and EFSF as well were checking the market appetite for their securities. Demand proved high and yields – lower than during the similar auctions at the end of the year. But it would be really interesting to know what role the ECB played in these cases. Interestingly, the EUR/USD was moving up almost invariably, which more…