The European Common Currency traded sideways against the US Dollar, following the US Durable Goods Orders data release on Monday at 12:30 GMT. The EUR/USD exchange currency rate gained 3 pips or 0.03% right after the release. The Euro continued trading at the 1.1115 level against the Greenback.
Census Bureau released the US Core Durable Goods Orders data, which came out worse-than-expected of negative 0.4% compared with the forecast of 0.2%.
According to the official release: "New orders for manufactured durable goods in July increased $5.0 billion or 2.1 percent to $250.4 billion. This increase, up two consecutive months, followed a 1.8 percent June increase. Excluding transportation, new orders decreased 0.4 percent. Excluding defense, new orders increased 1.4 percent. Transportation equipment, also up two consecutive months, drove the increase, $5.7 billion or 7.0 percent to $86.3 billion."
| Date | 25.04.19 | 24.05.19 | 26.06.19 | 25.07.19 | 26.08.19 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actual | 0.4% | 0.0% | 0.3% | 1.2% | -0.4% |
| Forecast | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| Pair | Open | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUD/USD | 0.67636 | 0.6763 | -0.01% |
| EUR/USD | 1.11122 | 1.11147 | 0.02% |
| NZD/USD | 0.63719 | 0.63745 | 0.04% |
| USD/JPY | 105.911 | 105.909 | 0.00% |
| Pair | Longs | Shorts |
|---|---|---|
| AUD/USD | 74.0% | 26.0% |
| EUR/USD | 34.2% | 65.8% |
| NZD/USD | 73.8% | 26.2% |
| USD/JPY | 70.2% | 29.8% |
| GMT | Currency | Event | Forecast | Previous |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1:00 | NZD | ANZ Business Confidence | - | -44.3 |
| 1:30 | AUD | Private Capital Expenditure q/q | 0.4% | -1.7% |
| 12:30 | USD | Prelim GDP q/q | 2.0% | 2.1% |