US recap: EUR/USD down as dollar trades mixed
Sept 23 (Reuters) -The euro fell against a mixed greenback Monday amid fears of sluggish growth in Europe.
The common currency dropped to a 25-month low versus the pound after the composite HCOB flash PMI for September showed euro zone business activity unexpectedly contracting.
Treasury 10-year yields pared early gains amid lower oil prices and after three regional Federal Reserve bank presidents said they supported the U.S. central bank’s half point cut last week.
Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee noted that official rates “are the highest they’ve been in decades” while Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic said the economy was closing in on its "normal" level faster than he expected.
Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari said the risks have shifted toward a further weakening of the labor market.
The S&P U.S. flash PMI report for September was mixed with service activity exceeding expectations.
The Pentagon said on Monday that the United States is sending a small number of additional troops to the Middle East given escalating tensions between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah.
The Israeli military said it had struck around 800 targets connected to the Iranian-backed Hezbollah group.
The Aussie dollar rose ahead of an expected hawkish hold by the Reserve Bank of Australia on Tuesday.
Japan returns from holiday to eye a flash PMI report for September and comments from central bank governor Kazuo Ueda.
Treasury yields were mixed as curve steepened. The 2s-10s curve was up about 2 basis points to +16.5bp.
The S&P 500 rose 0.19% following the dovish Fed comments.
WTI fell 0.86% amid expectations of soft demand after disappointing economic data in China and Europe. Gold rose 0.23%, touching a fresh record,helped by Middle East tensions and the Fed easing outlook.
Copper edged up 0.24%, reversing an earlier drop as the risk tone improved and dollar weakened.
Heading toward the close: EUR/USD -0.38%, USD/JPY +0.34%, GBP/USD +0.20%, AUD/USD +0.54%, DXY +0.09%, EUR/JPY -0.74%, GBP/JPY -0.29%, AUD/JPY +0.19%.
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Editing by Burton Frierson
Robert Fullem is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own.
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