Historical Year Data · 2010

EUR/GBP in 2010

EUR/GBP opened 2010 at 0.89 and closed at 0.86, a -3.16% move for the year. The high of 0.91 was reached on March 10, and the low of 0.81 on June 28.

Open

0.89

2010-01

0.86

261 data points

High

0.91

Mar 10

Low

0.81

Jun 28

Full Year Change

-3.16%

2009 Change

-6.83%

Monthly Breakdown

Month	Open	Close	High	Low	Change
Jan	0.89	0.87	0.9	0.87	-2.53%
Feb	0.87	0.89	0.89	0.87	+2.20%
Mar	0.91	0.89	0.91	0.89	-1.91%
Apr	0.89	0.87	0.89	0.86	-2.11%
May	0.87	0.83	0.87	0.83	-3.65%
Jun	0.84	0.82	0.84	0.81	-1.28%
Jul	0.83	0.83	0.85	0.83	+0.68%
Aug	0.83	0.83	0.83	0.82	-0.30%
Sep	0.83	0.87	0.87	0.82	+4.59%
Oct	0.87	0.87	0.89	0.86	+0.25%
Nov	0.87	0.84	0.88	0.84	-3.23%
Dec	0.83	0.86	0.86	0.83	+3.22%

Events During 2010

2010 Flash Crash

Goldilocks

May 6, 2010

On May 6, 2010, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell nearly 1,000 points in minutes before recovering. The Flash Crash exposed the fragility of modern electronic market structure.

2010 European Sovereign Debt Crisis

Deflation

April 2010 – July 2012

Greece's debt revelation in October 2009 triggered a multi-year eurozone crisis that threatened the euro's survival. Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain, and Italy required emergency support. Mario Draghi's "whatever it takes" in 2012 ended the acute phase.