The EURUSD pair rebound to near the psychological resistance of 1.1000 in Friday’s New York session. The major currency pair bounced back as the US Dollar declined with investors gaining confidence that the Federal Reserve will start reducing interest rates from the September meeting. The DXY Dollar Index, which tracks the greenback’s value against six … Read more
The EURUSD currency pair remains in a tight range above the round-level support of 1.0900 on Monday as it struggles for direction. Investors look for fresh cues at the start of a busy data week that will likely indicate how much the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates in September. For fresh interest rate cues, … Read more
EURUSD slumped below 1.0900 in Thursday’s American trading. The major currency pair weakened as the Dollar recovers strongly on soft US Initial Jobless Claims data for the week ending August 2. Individuals claiming jobless benefits for the first time came in lower at 233,000 than estimates of 240,000, and the prior release of 249K. The DXY Dollar Index, which tracks the greenback’s value … Read more
Safe-haven flows dominate financial markets at the beginning of the week as investors react to the latest news surrounding the Israel-Iran conflict. S&P will release revisions to July PMI data for the Euro area, Germany and the UK on Monday, while later in the day, the ISM Services PMI report for July will be featured in … Read more
Euro-Dollar edged higher to near the round-level resistance of 1.0800 in European trading on Friday, with the performance of the currency pair remaining weak in the past few days. EURUSD failed to discover significant buying interest, even though the Fed has leaned towards pivoting to policy normalisation in September. On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve kept … Read more
The EURUSD currency pair weakened to near 1.0835 in Monday’s European trading, declining amid uncertainty ahead of the Eurozone preliminary Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) for July and the Fed’s monetary policy announcement on Wednesday. The Eurozone inflation data will indicate whether market expectations for two more rate cuts by the European Central Bank this … Read more
The EURUSD currency pair weakened to near 1.0830 Wednesday, as the preliminary Eurozone Hamburg Commercial Bank (HCOB) Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) report for July showed that composite numbers unexpectedly eased due to a slowdown in activities in the manufacturing and services sectors. The HCOB Composite PMI decreased to 50.1, just above the 50 threshold that separates … Read more
The Euro-dollar EURUSD currency pair is retracing recent gains, trading around 1.0870 on Tuesday, with markets awaiting the release of the leading consumer confidence data by the European Commission later in the day. Traders expect the data to indicate an economic downturn with an expected reading of -13.2 for July, in comparison with the previous … Read more
EURGBP extended gains for the second successive session, trading around 0.8420 on Thursday. The Euro remains strong as the European Central Bank decided at its July Monetary Policy Meeting to maintain its main refinancing rate at 4.25%, as expected. The ECB’s deposit facility rate also remains unchanged at 3.75%. Traders are now looking to further … Read more
EURUSD rallied into fresh 18-week highs on Wednesday as market sentiment tilts firmly into the risk-on side ahead of the European Central Bank’s latest rate call later on Thursday. Broad market risk appetite remains pinned into the ceiling as markets fully price in a rate cut from the Federal Reserve on September 18. ECB and … Read more