Thursday, 07 June 2007

Euro on back foot after ECB, Aussie and kiwi climb

(Reuters) - The euro stayed on the back foot against major currencies on Thursday after the European Central Bank did not clearly suggest how much interest rates will rise following a widely expected lift to 4 percent in the previous session.

Investors' hunger for high-yielding currencies was stoked after data showed Australian job growth last month was nearly four times bigger than forecasts, fuelling expectations for higher rates and pushing the Australian dollar to a 17-year high.


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