EUR/USD posts session high 1.2393 session high, just shy of 1.2400 barrier option interest.

  • Markets are nervous and confidence among banks has taken hit
  • Transparency can be helpful as a stabilising factor
  • EU finance ministers must still discuss details

Elsewhere, Spanish/German 10-year govt bond yield spread has tightened to 212 bps off euro lifetime high of 237 bps earlier.