EUR/USD regained 1.0600, extending its gains due to a soft US Dollar

EUR/USD to finish the week above 1.0600 after hitting a weekly low of 1.0533.
A risk-on impulse and falling UST bond yields are a headwind for the US Dollar.
US ISM Non-Manufacturing data showed the US economy remains resilient.

Christian Borjon Valencia FXStreet

EUR/USD reversed its course and is set to finish the week with gains of more than 0.80% on a softer US Dollar (USD) amidst speculations that the US Federal Reserve (Fed) would not hike rates beyond what money market futures expect. The EUR/USD exchanges hands at 1.0635 after hitting a daily low at 1.0588.

EUR/USD trimmed Wednesday’s losses as investors downplayed hawkish Fed commentary

US equities are set to finish the week with gains. The US Dollar Index (DXY), a measure of the buck’s value vs. a basket of peers, slides from a two-and-a-half-month high down to 104.526 after US data reaffirmed a solid economic status in the United States (US).

Business activity in the US improved, as shown by the US ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI for February was 55.1, a tick lower than the previous month’s 55.2, but exceeded expectations of 54.5, indicating that business activity is still strong. The prices index subcomponent, sought by investors for clues about inflation, jumped to 65.5, exceeding estimates of 64.5 but trailing Janiary’s data.

Meanwhile, Federal Reserve officials crossed newswires, with Fed Governor Michelle Bowman and Dallas Fed President Lorie Logan did not comment on monetary policy. The Boston Fed President Susan Collins commented that inflation remains too high and added that

Aside from this, the Eurozone (EU) revealed S&P Global Services and Composite PMIs came above previous readings. Meanwhile, inflationary figures announced on Thursday came below last month’s data but above estimates, a reason for the ECB to continue to hike interest rates.

Even though figures were higher than expected, investors had already priced in a 50 bps rate hike by the European Central Bank (ECB) as announced by its President Christine Lagarde in its last meeting presser. However, recent data have ECB policymakers split on what signal the bank should send to the markets.

EUR/USD Technical levels

EUR/USD

Overview
Today last price	1.0635
Today Daily Change	0.0035
Today Daily Change %	0.33
Today daily open	1.06

Trends
Daily SMA20	1.0671
Daily SMA50	1.0726
Daily SMA100	1.0487
Daily SMA200	1.0329

Levels
Previous Daily High	1.0673
Previous Daily Low	1.0577
Previous Weekly High	1.0705
Previous Weekly Low	1.0536
Previous Monthly High	1.1033
Previous Monthly Low	1.0533
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	1.0613
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	1.0636
Daily Pivot Point S1	1.056
Daily Pivot Point S2	1.052
Daily Pivot Point S3	1.0464
Daily Pivot Point R1	1.0657
Daily Pivot Point R2	1.0713
Daily Pivot Point R3	1.0753

Author

Christian Borjon Valencia

FXStreet

Markets analyst, news editor, and trading instructor with over 14 years of experience across FX, commodities, US equity indices, and global macro markets.

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