Foreign Exchange Daily Market Update 04/10/2017

Wed, October 04, 2017

Pound Rises After UK Services PMI

The Pound rose across the board this morning after UK services PMI exceeded expectations. Economists had expected no change at 53.2 however the result was 53.6 which is easily above the 50.0 growth level.

This left the pound 0.3% higher versus the Dollar at 1.3284 and higher against the Euro to a high of 1.1286.

New business volumes grew at its lowest pace in over a year.

The Pound is now trading at 1.3259 against the Dollar and 1.1281 versus the Euro.

Data to look out for today.

09:30: GBP: UK Services PMI

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Data Releases

Day Time Currency Event
WED 07:45 EUR EUR Markit/ADACI Italy Services PMI
WED 07:45 EUR EUR Markit/ADACI Italy Composite PMI
WED 07:50 EUR EUR Markit France Services PMI
WED 07:50 EUR EUR Markit France Composite PMI
WED 07:55 EUR EUR Markit Germany Services PMI
WED 07:55 EUR EUR Markit/BME Germany Composite PMI
WED 08:00 EUR EUR Markit Eurozone Services PMI
WED 08:00 EUR EUR Markit Eurozone Composite PMI
WED 08:30 GBP GBP Markit/CIPS UK Services PMI
WED 08:30 GBP GBP Markit/CIPS UK Composite PMI
WED 08:30 GBP GBP Official Reserves (Changes)
WED 09:00 EUR EUR Euro-Zone Retail Sales (MoM)
WED 09:00 EUR EUR Euro-Zone Retail Sales (YoY)
WED 11:00 USD USD MBA Mortgage Applications
WED 12:15 USD USD ADP Employment Change
WED 13:45 USD USD Markit US Services PMI
WED 13:45 USD USD Markit US Composite PMI
WED 14:00 USD USD ISM Services/Non-Manufacturing Composite
WED 14:30 USD USD DOE U.S. Crude Oil Inventories
WED 14:30 USD USD DOE Cushing OK Crude Inventory
WED 14:30 USD USD DOE U.S. Gasoline Inventories
WED 14:30 USD USD DOE U.S. Distillate Inventory
WED 19:15 USD USD Yellen Gives Welcoming Remarks at Community Banking Event

Foreign Exchange Rates

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