A rumour did the rounds of foreign currency traders returning from their Easter break that a senior member of the Saudi ruling family and security establishment was about to be named by the US authorities as a supporter of Islamist radical groups linked to Al-Qaeda. Such were the concerns that this claim would prompt the Saudi leadership to pull substantial funds out of the USA as a sanction against Washington that the Euro bounced, further strengthening against the dollar.
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