Euro is spending morning part of the session in decline, though there are no major data releases from Eurozone. On Friday ECB President Mario Draghi stated that that the massive stimulus for the euro zone will remain in force “as long as needed” until the prices are stabilized, putting some downward pressure on the currency that was recently supported by weak US figures.
Earlier today, Italian
Trade Balance figures were released.
Trade balance in March amounted to +4.0 billion Euros (+487 million Euros for EU area and +3,573 million Euros for non EU countries), beating forecasts on 2.8 billion Euros of surplus. Trade increased for both flows: exports (+9.2%) and imports (+9.7%). Outgoing flows increased by 6.1 for EU countries and 13.2 for non EU countries. Incoming flows increased by 10.1 for EU area and by 9.1 for non EU area.
Euro is currently being traded few points above 1.1380 level. Pair is likely to find support around 1.1350 area and resistance above 1.1450 level. There will be no major data releases in the rest of the session.