The European Common Currency traded sideways against the US Dollar, following the US Core Durable Goods Orders data release on Thursday at 12:30 GMT. The EUR/USD exchange currency rate lost 7 pips or 0.06% right after the release. The Euro continued trading at the 1.1110 level against the US Dollar.
Census Bureau released the US Core Durable Goods Orders data, which came out better-than-expected of 1.2% compared with the forecast of 0.2%. Note, that the ECB Press Conference took place at the same time.
According to the official release: "New orders for manufactured durable goods in June increased $4.9 billion or 2.0 percent to $246.0 billion. This increase, up following two consecutive monthly decreases, followed a 2.3 percent May decrease. Excluding transportation, new orders increased 1.2 percent. Excluding defense, new orders increased 3.1 percent. Transportation equipment, also up following two consecutive monthly decreases, led the increase, $3.0 billion or 3.8 percent to $80.5 billion."
| Date | 02.04.19 | 25.04.19 | 24.05.19 | 26.06.19 | 25.07.19 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actual | 0.1% | 0.4% | 0.0% | 0.3% | 1.2% |
| Forecast | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| Pair | Open | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUD/USD | 0.69701 | 0.69697 | -0.01% |
| EUR/USD | 1.11094 | 1.11048 | -0.04% |
| NZD/USD | 0.66975 | 0.66972 | 0.00% |
| USD/JPY | 108.102 | 108.128 | 0.02% |
| Pair | Longs | Shorts |
|---|---|---|
| AUD/USD | 74.6% | 25.4% |
| EUR/USD | 29.3% | 70.7% |
| NZD/USD | 62.2% | 37.8% |
| USD/JPY | 29.3% | 70.7% |
| GMT | Currency | Event | Forecast | Previous |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6:00 | EUR | German Import Prices m/m | -0.8% | -0.1% |
| 12:30 | USD | Advance GDP q/q | 1.8% | 3.1% |
| 12:30 | USD | Advance GDP Price Index q/q | 4.0% | 0.9% |