30.06.2015 - Euro currency calm counters Greece fears
Queues at cash machines, emergency bank holidays, introduction of capital controls and a hastily convened referendum — a cocktail of events that would normally be guaranteed to induce market heatstroke. And yet the way the euro reacted to these seemingly seismic events in Greece on Monday suggested the market was displaying a rare outbreak of cool maturity. True, the start of the Asian trading session saw the euro drop 1.5 per cent against the dollar and much more against the yen. But when the European markets awoke, the euro was repairing much of those losses and that trend extended into the New York trading day, surprising plenty who had expected a lot more volatility from a market renowned for explosive reactions...............................................Full Article: Source
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