US Open Preview – Euro flirts with $1.23; European stocks steady
Posted on January 15, 2018 at 12:25 pm GMTHere are the latest developments in global markets: FOREX: Euro/dollar challenged the 1.23 key level, rising to fresh three-year highs during the early European session as investors were increasingly confident that the ECB would trim its balance sheet, while easing political uncertainties in Germany provided further support to the common currency. The dollar index extended its downtrend towards 90.44 (-0.56%), approaching three-year lows, while against the yen, the dollar dived to a four-month trough of 110.51 (-0.40%). The greenback’s weakness pushed the antipodean currencies ever higher, [..]