Keep an Eye on Currency Strength at the Start of the Week
06.09.2021
- U.S. and Canadian markets closed for a holiday
- UK Construction PMI
Last weekend, U.S. stock prices fell, creating a risk-off sentiment characterized by lower stock prices, higher interest rates, and lower crude oil prices.The Russell 2000 fell about 0.52% from the previous day to 2,292, while the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield rose to 1.32% and gold climbed to the $1,825 range. The fear index remained flat around 16.4.
In the foreign exchange market, the euro/dollar pair surged due to the decline in the U.S. dollar that began last weekend. The euro/dollar briefly touched 1.190, but has since pulled back during today’s Asian trading session and is currently trading around 1.186.While the euro is holding steady against the U.S. dollar, it has been trending lower against the pound, marking its third consecutive day of decline. The euro/pound pair is currently trading around 0.856.
As for today’s economic indicators, aside from German manufacturing orders at 15:00, the UK Construction PMI at 17:30, and remarks by a member of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) at 20:10, no other major indicators or remarks by key figures are scheduled.This week, with the Bank of Canada’s policy rate announcement on Wednesday, the 8th, and the ECB’s policy rate announcement on Thursday, the 9th, on the horizon, attention is expected to focus on the Canadian dollar and the euro. We will first monitor currency strength and weakness while carefully assessing price movements at the start of the week.
