The euro remained above $ 1.35 late Wednesday trading in New York, a threshold is reached before the first time since December 2011, in a market relatively impassive face up to keep monetary policy accommodative, USA.
Around 2200 GMT (20.00 clock in Paris), the euro bought $ 1.3564 against $ 1.3493 around 2200 GMT on Tuesday. The single currency rose earlier to $ 1.3580, its highest level since late November 2011.
The euro rose against the Japanese currency to 123.54 yen against 122.42 yen late Tuesday. It's 11.05 GMT clock to 123.86 yen, its highest level since early May 2010 mounted.
The dollar rose against the Japanese currency to 91.05 yen from 90.72 yen yesterday. The greenback rose to 91,41 ¥ 09.35 GMT, its highest level since the end of June 2010.
Like other financial markets, the Forex market has remained relatively stoic face of the announcement, widely expected to continue the great financial support from the Federal Reserve (Fed) to the country's economy.
The Fed decided to keep its key interest rate near zero and. Their purchases of financial assets amounting to $ 85 billion per month
"The publication of the Fed remains broadly in line with its previous opinions, and brought no great surprises to the market," said Omer Esiner, an analyst at Commonwealth Foreign Exchange.
For him, however, a policy extremely accommodative United States announced a short-term downward trend of the U.S. dollar ", especially when the support euro zone economic data, the idea that the situation s' improving at a faster pace than expected."
Nick Bennenbroek, Wells Fargo, the current high level of the single currency ". Relative calm on bond markets and an increase in regional economic structure of trust in the euro zone" declared by
The confidence index of entrepreneurs and consumers in the monetary union back in January for the third month in a row improved, according to official data released on Wednesday.
On the other hand, the Commission considers europoéenne, the outlook for employment and are less pessimistic than in the past in all areas, in both the euro zone and the European Union.
Investors also the unexpected acceleration of the adjustment in the private sector in the United States in January digested, but mainly. The surprise contraction of 0.1% of the world's largest economy in the fourth quarter of 2012
Although unexpected, "this decline is not yet upset the market," said Mr. Bennenbroek.
This is the first decline in U.S. GDP since the end of the last recession in June 2009. However, in 2012, U.S. economic growth has accelerated, rising 2.2%.
The yen continues to turn their backs, nor a victim of the easing of monetary policy by the central bank of Japan.
Around 2200 GMT, the British pound fell against the euro, 85.83 pence per euro, after falling to 86.06 pence, the lowest level since early December 2011. The pound rose against the greenback at $ 1.5798.
The Swiss franc rose against the euro, 1.2353 Swiss francs per euro against the greenback at 0.9107 Swiss francs to the dollar.
The Chinese currency finished at 6.2204 yuan against one U.S. dollar for 6.2264 yuan yesterday.
