EUR/USD rebounds to 1.1250 amid positive German yields, weaker USD

Cheers the bounce in 10-year German yields, weaker USD amid risk-on and upbeat EU services PMIs.
Attention turns to US ADP jobs and US ISM services for fresh trading momentum.

Dhwani Mehta FXStreet

Following a brief phase of consolidation around 1.1220 levels in the Asia trades, the EUR/USD rebound picked-up pace in the European session, taking the rates back towards the midpoint of the 1.12 handle.

The renewed strength in the spot is mainly driven by increased demand for the common currency after the German 10-year bund yields jumped back into the positive territory, in response to better-than-expected Euro area services PMI and the bloc’s retail sales reports. Germany’s 10-year yields jumped to fresh weekly tops at 0.005%, up nearly 1% on the day.

Moreover, the persisting risk-on action in the European equities continues to weigh on the safe-haven US dollar and eventually collaborates to the recovery in the major. The risk-on sentiment extends into Europe, as the European trade cheer the latest FT report, citing that the US-China trade talks draw closer to a trade agreement. Meanwhile, the USD index drops -0.33% to 97.03 levels, fresh session lows.

With the Euroland macro news out of the way, the focus now shifts towards the US ADP employment change and ISM non-manufacturing PMI releases for fresh dollar trades, as markets will closely hear the Fedspeak due later in the session ahead.

EUR/USD Technical Levels

EUR/USD

Overview
Today last price	1.1244
Today Daily Change	0.0036
Today Daily Change %	0.32
Today daily open	1.1208

Trends
Daily SMA20	1.1284
Daily SMA50	1.1331
Daily SMA100	1.136
Daily SMA200	1.1465

Levels
Previous Daily High	1.1218
Previous Daily Low	1.1184
Previous Weekly High	1.1332
Previous Weekly Low	1.1209
Previous Monthly High	1.1448
Previous Monthly Low	1.1176
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	1.1197
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	1.1205
Daily Pivot Point S1	1.1188
Daily Pivot Point S2	1.1168
Daily Pivot Point S3	1.1153
Daily Pivot Point R1	1.1223
Daily Pivot Point R2	1.1238
Daily Pivot Point R3	1.1258

Author

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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