Good Morning ,

 

Here’s a quick look at today’s economic news and market activity:

  • There was a risk averse tone to investor sentiment yesterday …
  • US CPI inflation was in line with the consensus, with the headline rate growing to 4.2% from 3.8% …
  • However, this release had negligible impact on financial markets yesterday …
  • Currency-wise, the main pairs continued to change hands within very narrow trading ranges …
  • EUR/USD opens this morning at the midpoint of $1.15-1.16 …
  • GBP/USD remains in the top half of the $1.33-1.34 corridor …
  • EUR/GBP operates in the lower half of the 86-87p range …
  • Turning to today, the main focus will be on the ECB policy decision, with updated macroeconomic projections and an expected rate hike of 25bps …
  • The data calendar is quite sparse elsewhere, as US PPI inflation (May) is released, with focus remaining on Middle Eastern developments …
 
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Today's Opening FX Rates
 
      % Change Day* End 2025
EUR/USD 1.1541   -0.03 -1.74
EUR/GBP 0.8626   -0.02 -1.02
GBP/USD 1.3376   -0.03 -0.72
GBP/EUR 1.1588   0.02 1.03
*versus Previous Day's European Open

All rates quoted are indicative market rates.

 

 

 
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