EUR/USD is exchanging at 1.3429 down a pip after Spanish unemployment moved higher than anticipated. The euro was 0.4 percent from its most minimal level versus the dollar since November as financial specialists held the biggest position in two years wagering on a drop in the cash before the locale's national bank meets this week.
GBP/USD gained 7 points to trade at 1.6828 after UK construction PMI beat expectations helping the pound to rally.House price growth will slow sharply in the UK as building work picks up, a stronger pound puts off foreign investors in London property, and the rules around the mortgage market are tightened.
AUD/USD gathered a bit of momentum against the strong US dollar after retail sales beat expectations this morning, but there wasn’t much of a rally as the Aussie added 9 points to trade at 0.9323. Lackluster Chinese nonmanufacturing PMI weighed on the currency. RETAIL sales rose 0.6 per cent in June, and were stronger than expected in the second quarter of the fiscal year, largely owing to strong demand from home furnishings as housing construction starts to accelerate.
USD/JPY is exchanging at 102.65 up by 4 pips as the US dollar continues to gain momentum while the JPY shows weakness. Call for action from the Bank of Japan might indicate additional stimulus this month. Japanese economic data has been lackluster and there might be a downward revision to growth coming this week. Major private-sector think tanks suspect the economy shrank by an annualized rate of 7.4 percent on average from April to June, in price-adjusted real terms.
Gold is trading at 1295.40 basically flat for most of the day, but moving between small gains and losses as traders recover from last week’s big events. Gold is expected to remain flat until the ECB meeting later this week but can move on headlines. Gold traded little changed above a six-week low in London as investors assessed the health of the U.S. economy after last week’s jobs report.