1.  Fernando Medina, chief currency trader at Banco Atlantico, said he bought marks for yen today.

2.  It was a bad day for anything with a U.S. dollar sign near it, said Elliott Dix, chief currency trader at Signet Bank in Richmond, Virginia.

3.  Jesse Torres, chief currency trader at Bank Austria, was among sterling sellers today.

4.  Karl Halligan, chief currency trader at CIC Bank in New York, said he bought dollars for marks near the overnight lows.

5.  The dollar will likely rise further versus European currencies, said Karl Halligan, chief currency trader at CIC Bank New York.

6.  Thomas Lapinski, chief currency trader at MTB Bank, said he bought sterling for marks yesterday.

7.  Hogan, the Jefferies analyst, also said some of the blue chip struggles can be blamed on weakness in the euro, the chief European currency.