NEW YORK (Reuters) - DBRS plans to rate the credit of all euro-zone sovereigns by year-end, from the current 10 of 17, which will give the now-missing countries one more way for the ECB to weigh how valuable each nation's debt is as collateral.

The euro-zone economy has just endured a sixth successive quarter of shrinking GDP. The malaise is spreading to core countries including Finland and the Netherlands, which both contracted in the first quarter.

As he explains: �We want to stop those political euro rescue actions and break up the eurozone. The euro is dividing Europe instead of unifying it.

LONDON, May 24 (Reuters) - Italy, the Netherlands and Belgium plan to sell bonds next week, expecting to raise an estimated combined total of about 16-17 billion euros. * Belgium aims to raise between 2.9 billion and 3.9 billion euros on Tuesday, when ...

A euro-area services and factory output gauge increased more than economists forecast in May, adding to signs the currency bloc is starting to emerge from its record-long recession.

The yen also rallied versus the euro and other currencies, further buoyed by a jump in 10-year Japanese government bonds yields, to 1.000 percent, the highest in a year.

Euro gains as better Ifo makes ECB easing less likely. * German Ifo business climate survey well above forecasts. * Yen stays firm versus dollar after strong gains Thursday.

"The euro has remained relatively stable against the US dollar over the past week, deriving support from tentative signs that the pace of economic recession in the eurozone is easing," said Lee Hardman, currency analyst at The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi ...

The euro strengthened for a second day against the dollar after an industry report showed German business confidence unexpectedly increased in May, adding to optimism the region's biggest economy is improving.

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