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"I still see a lot of downside in the euro," Karpowitz added, as creeping signs emerged of differences between regional power brokers Germany and France.

Italy was also in focus. Although the country managed to sell its planned EUR3.5 billion 2016 bonds, analysts described the auction as expensive. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, having failed to win cabinet approval of the 2012 budget, announced a parliamentary confidence vote.

"While Berlusconi and the government are expected to survive the vote, a negative outcome would be a big blow to Italy and it would have repercussions in Europe as well," Guillermo Felices, a currency strategist at Barclays Capital, said.

The European Central Bank bought Italian government bonds in the secondary market after the auction, traders said.

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Choppy trading conditions are expected to continue ahead of a meeting of European officials October 23."Investors haven't become bullish on the euro, just less bearish, and they are unwilling to commit capital to buying the currency on a medium-term horizon," Felices added.The data calendar lacked serious movers, although trade deficit numbers in the U.K. narrowed more than expected, printing at GBP7.8 billion in August.Emerging market currencies also came under selling pressure as the buoyant tone in developed markets lost its shine.At 1045 GMT the euro was trading at $1.3729 compared to $1.3787 in New York late Wednesday, according to EBS via CQG. Sterling was at $1.5703 compared to $1.5751, while the Australian dollar was at $1.0159 compared to $1.016 late Thursday.