Euro-Dollar increases slightly to 1.0017 (a 0% gain) after closing the previous session at zero .
A good end to the trading week, EUR/USD is up to 1.0017, after closing yesterday at zero. Overall, a 0% move or 10,017 pips this week. (Start trading the Euro at FXTM today).
Euro-Dollar upside coincides with further encouraging market factors as highly important Core Retail Sales data from United States beat analyst expectations of 0.1% with a reading of -0.3%.
Nevertheless, United States Retail Sales beat analyst expectations of 0.2% and the previous reading of -0.4% with new data of 0.3%.
Meanwhile, Germany ZEW Economic Sentiment Index released Tuesday with a figure of -61.9, while the previous figure was -55.3. Euro Zone CFTC EUR speculative net positions released today at 19:30 UTC with a figure of -11,800, while the previous figure was -36,300. United States Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index (Sep) came out at -9.9, while a consensus of analysts was expecting 2.8.
Elsewhere, Germany Producer Price Index projected to decline to 1.5% while previous data was 5.3%; data will be released Tuesday. France Services PMI is expected Friday. Euro Zone Composite PMI figure is projected at 48.2. It previously stood at 48.9; data will be released Friday.