Eurozone Economic Sentiment Indicator dropped from 96.4 to 95.3 in June, slightly below expectation of 96.0. Employment Expectations Indicator rose from 104.6 to 105.0. Economic Uncertainty Indicator dropped from 21.6 to 20.4. Industry confidence fell from -5.3 to -7.2. Services confidence fell from 7.1 to 5.7. Retail trade confidence fell from -5.3 to -6.0. Construction confidence fell from -0.3 to -2.0. Consumer confidence improved from -17.4 to -16.1.
In the currency trading arena, there's been a notable lack of movement today. Gold has caught the market's attention, sliding past the 1900 psychological level. Yet Dollar remains relatively undisturbed, also showing no significant response to the latest jobless claim data and Q1 GDP final figures. Likewise, the release of higher-than-anticipated German CPI data sparked only a fleeting and mild rally in Euro, lacking subsequent follow-through. Despite today's tranquil conditions, market participants are bracing for potential turbulence tomorrow, as data releases including China's PMIs, Eurozone's CPI flash, and US PCE inflation data are slated.
Eurozone Economic Sentiment Indicator ticked up from 99.2 to 99.3 in April, below expectation of 99.9. This is the third month of a general sideways movement of the indicator. Industry confidence dropped from -0.5 to -2.6. Services confidence rose from 9.6 to 10.5. Consumer confidence rose from -19.1 to -17.5. Retail trade confidence rose from -1.5 to -1.0. Construction confidence was unchanged at 1.0. Employment Expectation Indicator dropped from 108.9 to 107.4. Economic Uncertainty Indicator dropped from 22.4 to 22.2.
Dollar shrugs off worse than expected Q1 GDP data and recovers against European majors in early US session. But momentum is so far weak except versus Swiss Franc, which happens to be the worst performer for the day. Australian Dollar and other commodity currencies turned into consolidation, digesting this week's losses. Meanwhile, Euro and Sterling are losing much momentum for now, and turned mixed. Yen is also engaging in range trading, awaiting tomorrow's first BoJ announcement by new governor Kazuo Ueda.
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