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• USD/CHF rises to 0.8122 EBS intra-day high as month-end looms
• 0.80895 was low at 1324 GMT, as dollar weakened on U.S. Treasury news
• U.S. Treasury informed banks that it may intervene in yen, source says
• 0.8056 was EBS European morning low for USD/CHF, as USD/JPY fell sharply
• 0.80395 was EBS two-week low on Thursday, as USD/JPY tanked
• Japan may have sold up to $59 billion in yen-buying FX intervention Thursday
• SNB made a profit of 39.9 billion francs on its currency positions in Q2
• Swiss July inflation data due on Monday, at 0630 GMT; CPI
0.5% YY in June
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(Robert Howard is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed
are his own)