EUR/USD bounces-back to 1.1340 ahead of EU/US data

Attempts a tepid recovery above 5-DMA amid dollar comeback.
Awaits Eurozone industrial production data and US CPI for fresh trading impetus.

Dhwani Mehta FXStreet

Fresh bids emerged near the daily pivot at 1.1310, allowing a tepid bounce in the EUR/USD pair in an effort to regain the 5-DMA barrier at 1.1321. At the press time, the pair trades at 1.1332, up +0.10% on the day.

Despite the latest leg up in the spot, the bulls remain wary amid a broad-based US dollar comeback, as markets remain focussed on the outcome of the US-China trade talks, starting tomorrow.

More so, the US dollar index rose from 96.64 lows to print the daily highs at 96.84, as markets expect the US headline CPI figure to accelerate to 0.1% m/m in January vs. 0.0% last while the core figures are likely to steady at 0.2% inter-month.

On the EUR-side of the story, the recent downbeat Eurozone fundamentals continue to undermine the sentiment around the common currency that could keep any recovery short-lived.

Meanwhile, the negative tone seen around the 10-year German bond yields could also cap the upside attempts, as the immediate focus now shifts towards the Eurozone industrial production data due at 1000 GMT, which could aid the recovery mode in the major.

EUR/USD levels to watch

Overview:
    Today Last Price: 1.1330
    Today Daily change: 4 pips
    Today Daily change %: -0.04%
    Today Daily Open: 1.1332
Trends:
    Daily SMA20: 1.1386
    Daily SMA50: 1.1398
    Daily SMA100: 1.1416
    Daily SMA200: 1.1538
Levels:
    Previous Daily High: 1.1342
    Previous Daily Low: 1.1258
    Previous Weekly High: 1.1462
    Previous Weekly Low: 1.132
    Previous Monthly High: 1.1586
    Previous Monthly Low: 1.1289
    Daily Fibonacci 38.2%: 1.1309
    Daily Fibonacci 61.8%: 1.129
    Daily Pivot Point S1: 1.1279
    Daily Pivot Point S2: 1.1226
    Daily Pivot Point S3: 1.1195
    Daily Pivot Point R1: 1.1363
    Daily Pivot Point R2: 1.1394
    Daily Pivot Point R3: 1.1447

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Dhwani Mehta

FXStreet

Residing in Mumbai (India), Dhwani is a Senior Analyst and Manager of the Asian session at FXStreet. She has over 10 years of experience in analyzing and covering the global financial markets, with specialization in Forex and commodities markets.

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