Market shrugs off soccer distraction

MARKET NEWS

LONDON -- The soccer World Cup -- currently underway in South Korea and Japan -- may have little long-term impact on FX markets. But traders around the world have reported some short-term effects on market sentiment.

They point to a drop in liquidity as the most notable effect of World Cup fever -- particularly on euro/dollar rates. "There’s a slight lack of liquidity particularly when the big games are on," said a trader at a Canadian bank in London. "And that can cause some volatility, so

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