TOKYO: The euro struggled in Asia on Monday on growing expectations that the European Central Bank will pull the trigger on a massive bond-buying scheme to buoy the struggling eurozone economy.

In Tokyo, the single currency slipped to $1.1559 and 135.31 yen, from $1.1566 and 135.87 yen on Friday in New York, where at one point it had dropped below $1.1500 for the first time since November 2003.

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