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The euro jumped above $1.50 Wednesday, as up beat US economic data and comments from the US Federal Re serve that the dollar had seen an "orderly" decline sparked more investor risk trades. The weakening of the US unit sent the price of gold to another record high. The European single currency rose to $1.5127 at 2200 GMT from $1.4959 late in New York on Tuesday.

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