The euro exchange rate hardly changed on Friday.

The most recent exchange rate for the common currency, the euro, was 1.1779 US dollars. The European Central Bank did not set a reference rate because of a public holiday.

There was no market-moving economic data. While stock exchanges in the United States are trading normally again after the one-day Christmas break, European trading venues remain closed. The business volume was correspondingly thin.

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NEW YORK (dpa-AFX)

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