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The Euro<\/a> post gains of over 0.39% on Monday as the Greenback weakens, following a sell-off sponsored by US geopolitical jitters and speculation of a coordinated intervention in the FX markets by the US and Japan. The EUR\/USD trades at 1.1872, after bouncing off daily lows of 1.1835.<\/p>\n

Euro strengthens as US geopolitical tensions and FX intervention speculation trigger broad Dollar selling<\/h2>\n

Trade-war woes sponsored the advance of the EUR\/USD pair last week. Although US President Donald Trump dropped tariffs of 10% to European countries over Greenland, he escalated tensions with Canada, threatening to impose 100% duties if they negotiate a trade deal with Beijing.<\/p>\n

The US economic schedule will feature the Federal Reserve\u2019s monetary policy meeting, as the most important macroeconomic event, on Wednesday January 28. Money markets seem confident that the central bank will keep rates<\/a> unchanged, but the main event would be the Fed<\/a> Chair Jerome Powell press conference, following the Department of Justice indictment.<\/p>\n

Earlier, Durable Goods Orders exceeded estimates and traders will eye the ADP Employment Change 4-week average, housing data and Consumer Confidence data on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The US Dollar Index (DXY), which measures the performance of the buck\u2019s value against six currencies, is down 0.41% at 97.05.<\/p>\n

In the Eurozone<\/a>, the Ifo Business Climate Index for Germany was unchanged in January from a previous month. The Ifo President Clemens Fuest said that the German economy is starting the new year with little momentum.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s in the Eurozone and US economic calendar<\/a> on January 27?<\/p>\n

On Tuesday\u2019 the EU docket will feature speeches by members of the European Central Bank Joachim Nagel and the ECB President Christine Lagarde<\/a>. In the US, jobs, housing and consumer confidence data would be released.<\/p>\n

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Euro Price This Month<\/h2>\n

The table below shows the percentage change of Euro (EUR) against listed major currencies this month. Euro was the strongest against the Canadian Dollar.<\/p>\n

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<\/th>\nUSD<\/th>\nEUR<\/th>\nGBP<\/th>\nJPY<\/th>\nCAD<\/th>\nAUD<\/th>\nNZD<\/th>\nCHF<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
USD<\/th>\n<\/td>\n-1.06%<\/td>\n-1.42%<\/td>\n-1.45%<\/td>\n0.10%<\/td>\n-3.44%<\/td>\n-3.00%<\/td>\n-1.93%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
EUR<\/th>\n1.06%<\/td>\n<\/td>\n-0.42%<\/td>\n-0.35%<\/td>\n1.24%<\/td>\n-2.06%<\/td>\n-1.88%<\/td>\n-0.79%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GBP<\/th>\n1.42%<\/td>\n0.42%<\/td>\n<\/td>\n0.08%<\/td>\n1.67%<\/td>\n-1.62%<\/td>\n-1.47%<\/td>\n-0.37%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
JPY<\/th>\n1.45%<\/td>\n0.35%<\/td>\n-0.08%<\/td>\n<\/td>\n1.50%<\/td>\n-1.91%<\/td>\n-2.01%<\/td>\n-0.34%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CAD<\/th>\n-0.10%<\/td>\n-1.24%<\/td>\n-1.67%<\/td>\n-1.50%<\/td>\n<\/td>\n-3.35%<\/td>\n-3.45%<\/td>\n-2.01%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AUD<\/th>\n3.44%<\/td>\n2.06%<\/td>\n1.62%<\/td>\n1.91%<\/td>\n3.35%<\/td>\n<\/td>\n0.16%<\/td>\n1.27%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NZD<\/th>\n3.00%<\/td>\n1.88%<\/td>\n1.47%<\/td>\n2.01%<\/td>\n3.45%<\/td>\n-0.16%<\/td>\n<\/td>\n1.08%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CHF<\/th>\n1.93%<\/td>\n0.79%<\/td>\n0.37%<\/td>\n0.34%<\/td>\n2.01%<\/td>\n-1.27%<\/td>\n-1.08%<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

The heat map shows percentage changes of major currencies against each other. The base currency is picked from the left column, while the quote currency is picked from the top row. For example, if you pick the Euro from the left column and move along the horizontal line to the US Dollar, the percentage change displayed in the box will represent EUR (base)\/USD (quote).<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

Daily digest market movers: Euro’s benefits from soft US Dollar<\/h2>\n