EUR/USD Analysis: consolidating losses near yearly lows

Valeria Bednarik FXStreet

EUR/USD Current price: 1.1205

German IFO survey showed that business sentiment kept contracting in April.
USD buyers waiting for another batch of earnings reports.

The EUR/USD pair consolidates around 1.1200 ahead of Wall Street's opening, trading with a heavy tone amid persistent dollar's strength and a disappointing German IFO survey, which showed that the business climate kept contracting this month, according to preliminary estimates. The index declined to 99.2 from the previous 99.6, also missing the market's expectations of 99.9. Expectations and the Current Assessment both decline more than anticipated. The greenback remains strong despite getting little help from equities market's which trade mixed in Europe. Hopes are on more upbeat earnings reporting pushing Wall Street to record highs.

The short-term picture favors another leg lower, as, in the 4 hours chart, the pair remains below all of its moving averages and with the 20 SMA extending its decline below the larger ones, also converging with a Fibonacci retracement, the 61.8% of the latest bullish run at 1.1235. Technical indicators in the mentioned chart have spent the first half of the day consolidating within negative levels, now turning marginally lower, signaling increasing selling interest.

Support levels: 1.1175 1.1130 1.1085

Resistance levels: 1.1240 1.1280 1.1320

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Valeria Bednarik

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Valeria Bednarik was born and lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Her passion for math and numbers pushed her into studying economics in her younger years.

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