ForexLive North American wrap: euro gets up off the canvas

New Democracy fails in attempt to form coalition, Tsipra gets next crack Venizelos calls for pro-European coalition Greece has enough money to get through July Senior Greek official: Greece likely headed back to polls Schaeuble: root causes of crisis must be tackled US consumer credit hits 10-year high Spain bad bank talk Spain's Bankia bailout could hit 10B euros Lagarde: It's not growth vs austerity Fitch: No ratings implications for Hollande's win Conference Board's April employment trends survey rises to3-year high RBI sells dollars to defend rupee Iran takes CNY for oil S&P 500 flat at 1369 CAD leads, EUR lags The euro may have fallen below the recent floor but it got back to its feet (knees?), at 1.3055. EUR/USD has been mostly static in US trading, slowly eating away at the opening gap after opening at 1.3040. It almost felt like a holiday today but only the UK was closed. USD/JPY touched 80.00 right at the open but slid back to 79.85 and is now at 79.90. Cable was a good mover, falling 30 pips to 1.6145 at the open the rallying to a session high at 1.6197 as stops were hit above 1.6180. So far, supply up to 1.62 has stalled the rally but GBP keeps coming back for more. EUR/GBP hit a 3-year low at the weekly open and is perilously close to a close below that crucial 0.8068 level. Friday's CFTC numbers showed CAD as the market darling and an early push to parity was ratcheted down to 0.9930 -- a strong signal of market demand for the loonie.
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