The yen started this Thursday losing versus the main South Pacific currencies as reports in the region brought risk appetite high in foreign-exchange markets, after confidence that the economic pace will accelerate in Australia and the New Zealand.

The Australian government brought risk appetite high in the beginning of this Thursday trading session after an employment report published in the country showed better than expected figures, attracting investors to purchase assets in the South Pacific region.

The Canadian dollar profited today from different factors that allowed optimism to penetrate equities and commodities markets, extremely influential on the loonie rates, that touched the highest level in one-week versus its U.S. counterpart.

The euro’s advance initiated by hopes that the EU would help Greece to end its fiscal crisis ended today after speculations that the topic will not be brought in the bloc’s summit tomorrow, declining confidence among traders that the Greek budget deficit’s pessimistic scenario is close to an end.

The yen was the most affected currency by a new wave of optimism started by EU officials statements suggesting that the bloc will help Greece financially to solve its public debt issues, losing specially versus higher-yielding currencies and the euro.

After several sessions of strong risk aversion affecting emerging market currencies, optimism returned among traders on expectations that an European Union proposal to rescue Greece will boost appeal for riskier assets, allowing the won to outperform other Asian currencies.

The Brazilian real was one of the emerging market currencies that profited from an increase in risk appetite after speculations suggesting that the EU will help Greece to solve its budget deficit crisis raised demand for commodities and assets in the South American country, and among other emerging markets.

The euro rallied significantly versus currencies of its main trading partners today on speculations that the European Union will help Greece to end its financial crisis, affecting the single currency outlook in foreign-exchange markets in a positive way after weeks of pessimism.

The euro remained trading near 2010 record lows reached last week as the fiscal health of several Eurozone member countries is putting the single currency under pressure before an ECB monthly bulletin to be released on Thursday this week.

The krone rose today as Norway’s chief export, the crude oil, reverted a negative trend that forced commodity linked currencies down during most of last week’s trading session as concerns regarding Europe’s rising budget deficit eased slightly today.