The euro was down Thursday against all currencies following the release of figures for manufacturing activity in Germany, which show a slower increase of the first European economy.
The German manufacturing sector slowed in August to its lowest in almost two years, affected by the drop in new orders, showed the Markit PMI in its final version. (see)
The manufacturing sectors of France, Spain, Italy and the euro area as a whole increased by contraction in August. The single currency hit a session low of 1.4290 to the dollar on the exchange platform EBS, down almost half a percentage point.