© Reuters. The euro is close to $1.09
Berlin, Apr 3 (.).- The euro continued on Monday the upward trend that it had hinted at at the end of the previous week and approached the psychological barrier of 1.09 dollars.
The euro was trading around 1500 GMT at $1.0890 against $1.0877 in late European currency market trading on Friday.
The European Central Bank (ECB) set the reference exchange rate for the euro at $1.0870.
The single currency was exchanged in a fluctuation band between 1.0790 and 1.0910 dollars.
