The dollar is mixed in Europe

The dollar is mixed in Europe Friday trading, almost unchanged against the single currency in the wake of Thursday’s ECB decision to keep interest rates on hold at 1%. Once again the big mover has been sterling, which has shed almost 2 cents on the day as political pressure piles up on Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who lost another cabinet minister overnight and looks like facing annihilation in the local and European elections. The euro fetches $1.4190, the pound is worth $1.6036 and the greenback fetches Y96.76.