Wednesday, 4 April 2012

EUR/USD trade down Draghi speech april 4 2012

forex trading outlook today - EUR/USD trade down Draghi speech april 4 2012 : The euro stayed down at the 1.3150 area against the dollar after the European Central Bank decided to keep the interest rate on the main refinancing operations unchanged at 1.00%.

EUR/USD has been under strong selling pressure since the FOMC minutes on Tuesday, also weighed by renewed euro zone concerns. At time of writing, the cross is quoting at 1.3150, where it records a 0.6% loss on the day, having hit a 2-week low of 1.3141.

From a technical view, the Mataf.net team locates immediate supports at 1.3100, 1.3050 and 1.3015, while they see resistances at 1.3175, 1.3210 and 1.3235.

Investors will now be closely watching ECB President's comments on the decision at a press conference starting at 12:30GMT.

In the US, the ADP employment report will be released at 12:15GMT, which could also affect the dollar behavior.

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