...dollar-denominated assets and pouring into the perceived safe haven of the Czech currency.
The crown broke through the previous high of 27.041 seen on Thursday to scale a new peak of 26.995 per euro by 0650 GMT, charting for the first time ever territory on the strong side of the 27 figure.
The crown was quoted at record 18.779 bid to the dollar , which scaled new lows versus the euro.
"The technical level is 26.800, I would bet we will go there ... pretty soon," said Viktor Mikulecky, a trader at Ceska Sporitelna in Prague, adding that target could even be hit later on Friday.
[PRAGUE/Reuters/Finance.cz]