US recap: EUR/USD pauses slide as dollar stalls after US data
Oct 11 (Reuters) -The dollar index eased Friday amid profit-taking after a nine-day advance and lower short-term Treasury yields following a batch of soft U.S. data.
U.S. producer prices were unchanged in September on a monthly basis and the University of Michigan consumer sentiment index for October unexpectedly fell.
Bank shares surged after JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo beat expectations in the third quarter.
Canada's economy added an above-forecast 46,700 jobs in September and the unemployment rate unexpectedly decreased.
Canadian firms are still seeing weak demand and slow sales growth but conditions improved marginally in the third quarter, according to a Bank of Canada survey released on Friday.
Britain's economy grew a below forecast 0.2% in August after two consecutive months of stagnation.
Treasury 2-year yields fell 6 basis points as the yield curve steepened. The 2s-10s curve was up about 3 basis points to +13.6bp.
The S&P 500 rose 0.64% and reached a new record as bank shares surged
Oil was down 0.49% but was set for a second weekly gain amid supply disruption concerns.
Gold rose 1.08% amid Fed rate cut hopes
Copper advanced 1.44% as traders await further details on the Chinese stimulus package Saturday.
Heading toward the close: EUR/USD +0.06%, USD/JPY +0.32%, GBP/USD +0.10%, AUD/USD +0.27%, DXY -0.13%, EUR/JPY +0.42%, GBP/JPY +0.46%, AUD/JPY +0.62%.
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Editing by Burton Frierson
Reporting by Robert Fullem
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