In Asian trading, the euro grew against the US Dollar, trading above the 1.0800 mark.
The EUR/USD climbed to record a four month peak in the Asian session after Germany’s new two main parties made progress in their talks on government coalition policy and ahead of the ECB meeting. n Europe, the European Central Bank will meet to set interest rates (cut of 25 basis points, to 2.65% exp) at 13:15 GMT. In the US, Initial Jobless Claims (234,000 exp) will be posted (13:30 GMT).