Dollar Jumped against euro as Concerns Over Greece

NEW YORK – The dollar surged to the highest in almost two months against the euro on Monday (Tuesday morning GMT), as renewed concerns about Greece’s debt crisis and ahead of the U.S. presidential election on Tuesday.
At 2200 GMT Tuesday (05:00 GMT), the euro was trading at 1.2791 dollars, after falling in the morning to the position of 1.2767 dollars, its lowest level since September 11.
The European currency was quoted at 1.2835 dollars around 2100 GMT on Friday.
The euro also weakened against the yen, falling to 102.69 yen from 103.30 yen on Friday, while the dollar fell to 80.28 yen from 80.47 yen.