WASHINGTON (AFP) – A cease-fire in Ukraine negotiated overnight and an agreement by Greece and the Eurogroup to return to talks gave a solid boost to the euro over the dollar Thursday.The common currency gained 0.8 percent on the US dollar from late Wednesday, to $1.1406, even though some doubts hung over what was achieved in the parallel sets of negotiations.Those doubts, and surging Tokyo shares, also helped the yen pick up against both currencies.After a marathon summit in the Belarussian capital Minsk, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko …read more
Source: Dunya TV
