EUR/USD tests support at 1.1485 with German inflation on focus

The Euro (EUR) has opened the week in the same weak tone that closed the previous one. The EUR/USD pair has given away the tame recovery seen during Monday's Asian session, retreating below the 1.1500 round level during the European trade to test 10-day lows, at 1.1485 at the time of writing.

The US Dollar maintains a solid tone, favoured by a dismal market sentiment, as investors come to terms with the Idea of a protracted war in the Middle East, with high Oil prices posing significant challenges for the crude oil-importing Eurozone economies.

US President Donald Trump keeps sending mixed messages. He said that the option of invading Iran's Kharg Island remains alive, in an interview at the Financial Times, only a few hours after affirming that current Iranian leaders are “very reasonable”.

Meanwhile, the entry of the Iran-backed Houthis on the scene adds a new layer to an already complex conflict. The Houthis have threatened to close off the Bab el Mandab Strait, another chokepoint for Oil traffic, which would push Crude prices to fresh records, adding pressure to an already strained global economy.

In this context, Euro rallies keep attracting sellers. The pair is on track to close March 2.5% lower in the worst monthly performance since July last year. On the macroeconomic front, a batch of Eurozone confidence indexes and German Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) might gather some interest during the European session. In the US, the focus will be on the Federal Reserve (Fed) Chairman, Jerome Powell’s speech at Harvard University.

Technical Analysis: The immediate trend remains negative

The EUR/USD trades at 1.1492, with the near-term bias mildly bearish after breaching the bottom of the ascending channel last week. The 4-hour Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) histogram has turned negative with the line below the signal and both below zero, reinforcing building downside momentum, while the Relative Strength Index (RSI) has extended below the 40 line, indicating sellers retain control but without oversold conditions.

On the downside, the March 23 low, at 1.1484, is holding bears for now, closing the path towards the March 18 and 19 lows in the area of 1.1444.

Bulls are likely to be challenged at the reverse trendline, now around 1.1555, and the March 26 high, at the 1.1575 area. An unlikely confirmation above here would expose last week's highs in the vicinity of 1.1635.

(The technical analysis of this story was written with the help of an AI tool.)

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