EUR/USD: US Employment Data Set

Source: Dukascopy Bank SA

The European Common Currency depreciated against the US Dollar, following the US Employment data set release on Friday at 12:30 GMT. The EUR/USD exchange currency rate lost 22 pips or 0.20% right after the release. The Euro continued trading at 1.1235 the level against the Greenback.

Bureau of Labor Statistics released the US ISM Non-Farm Employment Change data , which came out better-than-expected of 244K compared with the forecast of 162K.

According to the official release: "Notable job gains occurred in professional and business services, in health care, and in transportation and warehousing."


Historical Data: US Non-Farm Employment Change
Date08.03.1905.04.1903.05.1907.06.1905.07.19
Actual20K196K263K75K244K
Forecast180K172K181K177K162K
Initial Reaction on Main Pairs
PairOpenCloseChange
AUD/USD0.701490.70042-0.15%
EUR/USD1.126771.1248-0.17%
NZD/USD0.666280.66474-0.23%
USD/JPY108.074108.2810.19%
July 5, 2019 Open Positions
PairLongsShorts
AUD/USD71.4%28.6%
EUR/USD26.4%73.6%
NZD/USD48.6%51.4%
USD/JPY74.2%25.8%
Economic Calendar for July 10, 2019
GMTCurrencyEventForecastPrevious
8:30GBPGDP m/m--0.4%
14:00CADOvernight Rate1.75%1.75%
18:00USDFOMC Meeting Minutes--
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