EUR/USD resilient despite the spike in Italy-German yield spread

Upside in EUR/USD could be capped by Italian uncertainty and the sharp rise in Italy-German yield spread.
EUR/USD could still eke out moderate gains on fears of FX intervention by President Trump.

Omkar Godbole FXStreet Contributor

EUR/USD eked out moderate gains on Friday despite the big rise in the Itlay-German yield differential and remains bid above 1.12 ahead of the London open.

Italy-German yield spread jumps on political uncertainty

Italy's far-right interior minister called for snap elections last week. The resulting political uncertainty saw Italy's 10-year government bond yield rise by more than 45 basis points in the last two trading days.

Notably, the spread between the 10-year Italian and German government bond yield jumped 29 basis points on Friday.

The yield differential may continue to rise in the EUR-negative manner today, possibly capping the upside in EUR/USD around 1.1250.

The pair, however, may still be able to carve out moderate gain the way it did on Friday, courtesy of growing speculation that China's decision to allow the Yuan to depreciate beyond 7 per US Dollar might force President Trump to go down the road of FX intervention.

"The sword of Damocles of interventions is hanging over the dollar," according to Commerzbank.

As far as technical charts are concerned, the outlook remains neutral with the pair trapped in a pennant pattern, as discussed earlier today. A pennant breakout, if confirmed, could accelerate the recovery rally from recent lows below 1.1030.

Technical levels

EUR/USD

Overview
Today last price	1.1208
Today Daily Change	0.0007
Today Daily Change %	0.06
Today daily open	1.1201

Trends
Daily SMA20	1.1176
Daily SMA50	1.124
Daily SMA100	1.1226
Daily SMA200	1.1297

Levels
Previous Daily High	1.1224
Previous Daily Low	1.118
Previous Weekly High	1.1251
Previous Weekly Low	1.1104
Previous Monthly High	1.1373
Previous Monthly Low	1.106
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	1.1207
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	1.1196
Daily Pivot Point S1	1.1179
Daily Pivot Point S2	1.1157
Daily Pivot Point S3	1.1135
Daily Pivot Point R1	1.1223
Daily Pivot Point R2	1.1245
Daily Pivot Point R3	1.1267

Author

Omkar Godbole

FXStreet Contributor

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

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