After an emergency meeting Sunday, the European Central Bank said it will relaunch its government bond-buying program.

"The ECB will actively implement its Securities Markets Program. This program has been designed to help restoring a better transmission of our monetary policy decisions -- taking account of dysfunctional market segments -- and therefore to ensure price stability in the euro area," the ECB's Governing Council said in a statement.

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