Will the euro sustain yesterday’s good graces

The euro had a good start to the day against sterling and the US dollar on Monday, as overall sentiment for a US rate hike in the upcoming months became more unlikely. It was a very quiet day for the single currency on the data front. Italian business confidence data was released, coming out much better than expected, at 104.2 in comparison to the forecasted figure of 102.7. The euro finally breached the key resistance level against sterling of 1.35, a key level it hadn’t broken since May this year.

Today is an important day for the single currency, with Business and Consumer confidence data due from the Eurozone. Given the strength of today’s Italian figure, it is hoped that the Eurozone data will also be improved; whether the former was sufficient to affect the latter remains to be seen. Germany also releases its preliminary Consumer Price Index (CPI) data; an indicator of inflation, it is forecast to fall to a negative figure of -0.1%, down from 0%. Falling below the zero percent line is a physiological level and is likely to unsettle the single currency yet again.

If you are looking to buy or sell euros, we suggest contacting your trader now for live rates, news and currency-purchasing strategies.

Source:smartcurrencyexchange.com

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Foreign Exchange or FX or Forex trading is the trading in currencies. FX market is the largest financial market in the world, providing the highest liquidity. It features a trade volume of $3.2 trillion and more everyday!

FX trade is famous for its staggering profits as well as for its high risks. This is a decentralized market. There is no tangible platform where buyers and sellers meet. Trader's trade through a network, online is the most preferred one. This market is spread across many time zones of the world. The market never sleeps. It is open 24 hours for 5 and half days a week.

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FX is the medium through which traders exchange currencies of different countries at a price influenced by the market. You might wonder: why trade currencies? One of the reasons is payment of services and products by global companies. Another reason is the forecast of exchange rate movements and an urge to make the most of such fluctuations.

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In this trading, you buy a currency when its value is less and sell it when its value is high. Sounds simple, right? Well, the trick is to know WHEN to buy or sell. The entire game revolves around this "when". Fortunes have changed because people did the right thing at the right time. On the other hand, some people have also lost tremendously because they failed to recognize the right time to make the moves. Also, whether you should act on impulse or be always rational is also a matter of consideration in Forex trading.

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Euro continues along the same trajectory

The euro managed to hold its own on Wednesday, with most of the news in the arena coming from elsewhere. Against its two major currency pairs, the single currency remained around the same level as Tuesday. Against sterling it strengthened due to poor manufacturing data from the UK but these gains were eradicated in the afternoon; compared to the US dollar it weakened slightly in the morning, amid fresh hopes for easing measures by the Bank of China were looking more likely.

With the week remaining muted for the euro, this morning we had very weak industrial production from France – showing a 0.8% drop, when 0.3% growth had been anticipated.

New Zealand suffers as central bank cuts interest rates.

It was an occupied day for New Zealand yesterday, reinforcing in expectation of the official money rate and Rate articulation; at the same time, fell after the discharge. The money rate was sliced from 3.00% to 2.75% as the New Zealand national bank turns around the driven ascent in rates throughout the most recent year. The national bank highlighted that further rate cuts will be information ward and now a few reporters anticipate that rates will be cut further one month from now again until it come back to the 2.5% figure last seen in October 2013. 

Somewhere else, the Canadian dollar revitalized as national bank voted to keep premium rates on hold at 0.5%, whilst building grants beat desires, in any case, still edged around 0.6% in July.