(RTTNews) – In trading against its British counterpart on Thursday, the Swiss currency saw little direction into the mid-morning action. The franc bounced between a high of 2.4162 and a low of 2.4233 as action progressed.

(RTTNews) – The Swiss currency saw little movement against the euro in trading on Thursday. By the mid-morning, the franc had moved between a high of 1.6380 and a low of 1.6423 as trading progressed versus the European currency. In general, the currencies have kept in a range for the past month.

(RTTNews) – Versus the Japanese yen, the Swiss currency saw some weakness into trading on Thursday morning. The currency dropped overnight into the early hours of the day. The franc arrested its fall around 4AM EST and remained near a mark of 95.90 as trading continued.

(RTTNews) – The Swiss currency was weak against its American counterpart in trading on Thursday morning. The franc stumbled around 2AM EST and dropped past 1.2065 by the early morning action.

AFP – The Iraqi government and US military on Thursday cautiously welcomed radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's freeze on armed action by his feared militia, including a halt to attacks on American troops.

AP – An al-Qaida front group claimed Thursday on an Islamic Web site known to be used by extremists that it had executed an employee of the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad.

AP – The Iraqi government has failed to meet the vast majority of political and military goals laid out by lawmakers to assess President Bush’s Iraq war strategy, congressional auditors have determined.

Reuters – Iran has continued to fire shells into
northern Iraq despite protests from Baghdad, threatening
relations between the two neighbors, Iraqi Foreign Minister
Hoshiyar Zebari said on Thursday.

(RTTNews) – The sterling lost ground against the US currency in the early Asian deals on Thursday, and trended down in the later part of the session.

The system will allow investors to trade Asian currencies versus the yen as well as the dollar against the euro and British pound.