EUR/CHF drops to lowest since July 2017

EUR/CHF slipped to the lowest level since July 2017.
Markets price in an expansive mood at the ECB.

Omkar Godbole FXStreet Contributor

Dovish European Central Bank (ECB) expectations continue to bode well for the Swiss franc (CHF).

The EUR/CHF pair is currently trading at 1.0970, having hit a low of 1.0965 soon before press time. That was the lowest level since July 2017.

The pair is down 190 pips from the high of 1.1155 observed on July 12. Further, it is down more than 4% from the high of 1.1476 seen on April 23.

The sell-off could be associated with the increasingly expansive mood at the ECB. The central bank is widely expected to sound dovish later today, setting the stage for a minor rate cut later this year, something the markets seem to have priced in over the last few weeks.

The pair could slide if the ECB hits at a 25 basis point rate cut in the deposit rate of -0.40% in September.

That said, an aggressive easing by the ECB would ramp up pressure on the Swiss National Bank to dive further into the negative territory.

As of Wednesday, the probability of SNB cutting rates by a quarter-point by December stood at 72%.

Pivot levels

1. R3 1.1033
2. R2 1.102
3. R1 1.0995
PP 1.0982
1. S1 1.0957
2. S2 1.0944
3. S3 1.0919

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Omkar Godbole

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Omkar Godbole, editor and analyst, joined FXStreet after four years as a research analyst at several Indian brokerage companies.

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