
Safe assets, such as the Swiss franc  and government bonds enjoyed yesterday in demand in response to the announcement that the level of nuclear threat  in the Fukushima Dai-Ichi had been raised to its highest level  in  7,  as  at Chernobyl. Suisse reached yesterday  afternoon  0.8950.  Bonds  enjoyed  a substantial demand: the return of American 10-bee-entrance fallen  by 7 points to 3.52% and  return on the British similar securities fell  by 11 basis points up to 3.69%.  But  at the same time, despite the demand  for  safer  currencies,  high-risk, such  as the Aussie and kiwi are also in demand.

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