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Today's overview of economic news and market action

  • The positive tone to risk appetite from last week carried over into the beginning of this week …
  • Investor sentiment received an added fillip from reports that President Trump would not introduce new trade tariffs …
  • On the currency front, the dollar came under some downward pressure …
  • This saw EUR/USD rise to a high of $1.043, while GBP/USD climbed to a peak of $1.2326 …
  • However, the dollar recouped some of its losses before the close, and maintained momentum overnight …
  • EUR/USD opens today in the top half of $1.03-1.04 …
  • GBP/USD is in the upper region of $1.22-1.23 …
  • EUR/GBP is at the midpoint of the 84-85p band …
  • Already this morning, the latest UK labour market data have been released …
  • The remainder of today’s data schedule is quite sparse …
 
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Today's Opening FX Rates
 
      % Change Day* End 2024
EUR/USD 1.0368   0.64 0.14
EUR/GBP 0.8453   0.21 2.18
GBP/USD 1.2261   0.43 -2.00
GBP/EUR 1.1824   -0.21 -2.13
*versus Previous Day's European Open

All rates quoted are indicative market rates.