EURUSD: With No US Session, Our Pair May Remain Within Friday’s Range

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On Friday the 31st of August, trading on the euro closed down. The single currency corrected to 1.1690 against the dollar during the European session, which became the intraday high. From there, the pair tanked to hit 1.1585.

Ahead of the long weekend in the US and Canada, the US dollar made significant gains on the back of increased uncertainty over international trade between the US, Europe, Canada, and China. A retreat towards the safe havens began after reports that representatives from the US and Canada expressed doubts on Friday over reaching a free trade agreement.

Pressure on the single currency then subsided after Donald Trump threatened to take the US out of the World Trade Organisation and impose tariffs on another 200bn USD of Chinese goods.

US data:

Michigan consumer sentiment index (Aug): 96.2 (forecast: 95.5, previous: 95.3).

Chicago PMI (Aug): 63.6 (forecast: 63.0, previous: 65.5).

Day’s news (GMT+3):

09:30 Australia: RBA commodity index SDR (Aug).

10:15 Switzerland: real retail sales (Jul).

10:15 Spain: Markit manufacturing PMI (Aug).

10:30 Switzerland: SVME – PMI (Aug).

10:30 Eurozone: ECB’s Mersch speech.

10:45 Italy: Markit manufacturing PMI (Aug).

10:50 France: Markit manufacturing PMI (Aug).

10:55 Germany: Markit manufacturing PMI (Aug).

11:00 Eurozone: Markit manufacturing PMI (Aug).

11:30 UK: Markit manufacturing PMI (Aug).

20:15 Germany: German Buba President Weidmann speech.

21:30 US: Fed’s Evans speech.

24h US & Canada: Labour Day.

Fig 1. EURUSD hourly chart.

Current situation:

After breaking the trend line at 1.1665, the euro dropped to 1.1585. The drop was stopped at the 112th degree, after which a correctional phase began, which is still taking place now.

The euro crosses are all trading up except for EURJPY. The uncertainty over international trade between the US, Europe, China, and Canada continues to exert downwards pressure on our main currency against the yen. When traders start averting risk, the single currency comes under immediate pressure.