Berlin.- The euro finally took off above parity with respect to the dollar, after a complex week in which it fell to lows, to start in recent days a very slow Recovery.
The euro was trading at $1.0019 at around 1500 GMT, down from $0.9992 in late-hours European currency market trading on Thursday.
The central bank European (ECB) fixed the reference exchange rate for the euro at 1.0007 dollars, compared to 0.9970 the previous day.
This reaffirmed the rise, step by step, of the last few days, after the alarms went off on Tuesday for having fallen below parity with respect to the dollar, which was followed by successive falls and slight increases.
Finally, the week closed with some relief, with the euro moving in a fluctuation band between 0.9946 and 1.0090 dollars.
