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Euro Rise to More Than Two Month High Puts $1.20 Level in Focus

Published 11/25/2020, 05:19 AM
Updated 11/25/2020, 06:00 AM
© Reuters.  Euro Rise to More Than Two Month High Puts $1.20 Level in Focus

© Reuters. Euro Rise to More Than Two Month High Puts $1.20 Level in Focus

(Bloomberg) -- The euro advance to its highest level since early September as a floundering dollar encouraged flows into the common currency.

It climbed as much as 0.3% to $1.1930, buoyed by the momentum of buy stops layered above the $1.1920 Nov. 9 high, according to traders familiar with the transactions.

The next big marker for the euro is $1.20, a level that was breached on Sept. 1 for the first time since May 2018. The last time it happened, European Central Bank officials’ verbal interventions helped weaken the euro.

“Euro bulls remain in control as it trades around the $1.19 resistance, with coronavirus-vaccine optimism and easing U.S. political uncertainty keeping risk assets better bid,” said Rony Nehme, market analyst at Squared Financial. “The path of least resistance remains to the upside.”

Optimism over a Brexit trade deal, conflicting Covid-19 infection trends between Europe and the U.S., and a European joint debt breakthrough are among reasons for a stronger euro. It’s also benefiting from the dollar’s decline, as the prospect of an extended period of loose monetary policy from the Federal Reserve weighs on the greenback.

The euro was little changed as of 9:42 a.m. in London, as was the Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index, which earlier fell as much as 0.2% to its weakest level since April 2018.

“$1.1900 is clearly a major hurdle to overcome on a daily close for an assault on $1.2000 and beyond,” said John Hardy, the head of FX strategy at Saxo Bank. “Forward optimism on the global growth outlook would likely reward the euro more than the U.S. dollar.”

Currency options traders don’t see a risk of large euro swings in the coming months, with implied volatility near the lowest since March.

 

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