Europe’s shared currency, a beneficiary of dollar softness, clocked a weekly peak at 1.1033 Thursday before mildly paring gains into the close. The dollar index, or DXY, also overthrew 99.00 to the downside in recent movement, having shrugged off mixed US data in the form of CPI and weekly initial claims.
A spike in sterling to a session high of 1.2291 materialised amid London hours Wednesday, on the back of a time limited backstop rumour. The headline, however, was later denied by EU officials, also considered non-viable by DUP representatives.
The US dollar index, or ‘DXY’, toppled its 99.00 threshold despite noticeably weaker-than-consensus US PPI data. Leaving 1.10 unchallenged, the H4 candles found resistance off September’s opening level at 1.0989, guiding the EUR/USD to a session low of 1.0940 on the day.
Europe’s single currency kicked off the week subdued, ranging no more than 40 points against the US dollar. After clocking a session low of 1.0961, EUR/USD’s H4 candles shook hands with the key figure 1.10 (alongside September’s opening level at 1.0989) though failed to preserve an upside presence.
Europe’s shared currency staged a modest recovery against the buck last week, snapping a two-week bearish phase a few points ahead of the 2016 yearly opening level at 1.0873.
