Orderly US election is franc-ly a relief for Swiss
Nov 8 (Reuters) -Swiss National Bank Chairman Martin Schlegel could be forgiven for breathing a big sigh of relief at the end of a U.S. election week in which order has prevailed.
Schlegel last week said the SNB was ready to intervene in the FX market to check any appreciation pressure on the safe-haven franc following the U.S. presidential election.
In the event, the franc fell to a three-month low against the dollar on Wednesday, as the greenback racked up its largest one-day gain for more than eight years, courtesy of Donald Trump's election victory.
EUR/CHF, meanwhile, has broadly hugged 0.9400 since the U.S. election, thereby holding well above the key 0.9200 support level which it threatened in August - when it hit its lowest level since the January 2015 "Frankenshock".
Data published on Thursday showed the franc value of the SNB's foreign exchange reserves rose for a second consecutive month in October, having fallen in May, June, July and August.
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(Robert Howard is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)
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