Exits polls show Bersani to win elections with 36% to 38% votes

Italian elections has finished on Monday and recent exits polls show Center-left's Bersani won the 36% to 38% of votes, while Berlusconi center-right took the 29%. Beppe Grillo has 19% and Mario Monti won 9.5%.

Megan Greene, European crisis expert, points that the "Exit poll results in last two Italian elections weren't particularly accurate." But now "these ones may be, but they aren't the final word."

The EUR/USD tested 1.3300 levels last weeks and currently the pair is trading around 1.3285.

Feb 25, 2013

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Forex: EUR/USD awaits Italian election polls, capped by 1.3316

The EUR/USD upside extended above the 1.3300 mark, coming to as high as 1.3316 before easing back to just below the psychological level. US Chicago Fed national activity index is already out, down from 0.25 (revised from 0.02) to -0.32 in January, but investors are more focused on the Italian elections. The voting process is closed and now is time for first polls.