The euro today cooled off slightly after posting gains against the US dollar for the past three days as investors digested the impact of Friday’s US-China handshake deal. The EUR/USD currency pair fell to its daily lows after the release of weak German wholesale prices data before rallying higher shortly afterwards.
The US dollar is strengthening on Tuesday after the US government reported that wholesale prices slumped last month, defying market forecasts. Investors are also waiting for the Federal Reserve minutes from its September policy meeting, as well as bracing for this week’s tumultuous renewed US-China trade negotiations in Washington.
The euro today rallied against the US dollar in the Asian session before falling during the European session after the release of weak German data. The EUR/USD currency pair later rallied in the American session following the release of mixed US factory data.
The euro today fell to new weekly lows against the US dollar following the release of upbeat US retail sales data in the American session. The EUR/USD currency pair traded with a bearish bias for most of today’s session amid a risk-averse market mood given the US-China trade war.
The euro attempted to rally today but reversed movement against most of its rivals later, erasing gains against some of them outright. Traders remained cautious about the ongoing US-China trade conflict, while mixed macroeconomic data was not helping the currency either.
The euro today headed lower in the early European session following the release of mixed data from across the euro area before rallying higher later. The EUR/USD currency pair recovered in the early American session following the release of disappointing American industrial data.
The euro was mixed today following the release of lackluster macroeconomic data in the eurozone. The currency gained on the US dollar, which remained extremely soft, but was flat versus the Great Britain pound and fell against safe currencies like the Japanese yen and the Swiss franc.
The euro today crashed to new monthly lows in the early European session following the release of multiple disappointing flash PMI readings from across the eurozone by IHS Markit. The EUR/USD currency pair later extended its losses following the release of upbeat US advance retail sales data for November in the early American session.
The euro today recovered from the 14-month lows hit yesterday following the news that trade negotiations between China and the USA are set to resume later this month. The EUR/USD currency pair was also boosted by the release of the latest Eurozone trade balance data in the early European session, which beat expectations.
The EUR/USD currency pair was in a consolidative phase during the Asian session even as US Treasury yields hit new highs overnight and the greenback rally lost some momentum. The release of the German wholesale price index in the early European session was one of the triggers behind the currency pair’s decline as the euro weakened against the US dollar.
