The euro continued its decline on Friday against the dollar, in a market worried about the escalation of tensions between china and the us. Around 19: 00 GMT (21: 00 in Paris), the euro was losing 0.42 per cent against the greenback, to 1,0904 dollar.
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The indicator on the morale of German entrepreneurs in the highly anticipatedgeopolitical uncertainty tends to benefit the greenback, which enjoys safe haven status in the eyes of traders. On the side of the euro, market players were waiting for the broadcast on Monday of a measure on the morale of German entrepreneurs very followed. It had recorded the largest decline in its history during the last edition of the barometer of the Ifo institute, at the end of April. The specialists expect that the volume of trade is relatively low at the beginning of next week due to the holiday Monday in the United States (Memorial Day) and Uk (Spring Bank Holiday).
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