{"id":21228,"date":"2025-04-28T09:03:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T09:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/?p=21228"},"modified":"2025-04-28T09:03:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T09:03:12","slug":"euro-stuck-in-range-as-traders-await-key-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-asia\/analysis\/euro-stuck-in-range-as-traders-await-key-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Euro Stuck in Range as Traders Await Key Data"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"559\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/03\/image_fx-80-1024x559.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20946\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Points:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>EUR\/USD fell 0.2%<\/strong> to <strong>$1.1344<\/strong>, confined within a <strong>$1.13\u2013$1.14 range<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Traders are awaiting <strong>Eurozone April inflation and Q1 GDP data<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>ECB\u2019s inflation survey<\/strong> could ease price pressure concerns.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Big tech earnings (Amazon, Microsoft, Apple, Meta)<\/strong> could sway U.S. equities and dollar correlation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>U.S. equities and the dollar <strong>continue to move together<\/strong>, tightening FX market conditions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The euro stayed pinned within tight boundaries on Monday, as currency traders braced for a busy macro and earnings week. <strong>EUR\/USD slipped to $1.1344<\/strong>, continuing to hover around key technical levels without strong directional bias.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ING\u2019s Chris Turner<\/strong> noted that the European Central Bank\u2019s <strong>inflation expectation survey<\/strong>, due Tuesday, could hint at <strong>cooling price pressures<\/strong>. However, Friday\u2019s <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/think.ing.com\/snaps\/eurozone-inflation-drops-further-ahead-of-trade-turmoil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">core inflation print for April<\/a><\/strong> may show a fresh uptick, complicating the monetary policy outlook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Euro-zone banks appear to be understating potential loan losses in the automotive sector, a senior ECB official warns <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2lO5sSQJYG\">https:\/\/t.co\/2lO5sSQJYG<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Bloomberg (@business) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/business\/status\/1915453335655624769?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Adding to the cautious tone, <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/eurostat\/statistics-explained\/index.php\/Government_finance_statistics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">eurozone first-quarter GDP numbers<\/a> are expected on Wednesday, offering a critical gauge of the bloc\u2019s economic resilience amid global uncertainty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beyond European data, U.S. corporate earnings will dominate headlines. Heavyweights like <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/amazon-apple-meta-microsoft-berkshire-090000662.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Amazon, Microsoft, Apple, and Meta<\/a><\/strong> are all due to report, and any sharp moves in equities could spill over into FX markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Turner highlighted that U.S. equities and the dollar have <strong>traded with a positive correlation recently<\/strong>, meaning strong tech earnings could ironically <strong>boost the greenback<\/strong>, even at the euro\u2019s expense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Technical Analysis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>EURUSD<\/strong> continues to drift within a <strong>tight range<\/strong>, with price action capped between <strong>1.13808<\/strong> and <strong>1.13156<\/strong> over the past sessions. The pair is currently trading near <strong>1.13436<\/strong>, after a sharp drop toward the lower end of the range. <strong>MACD momentum<\/strong> is slipping into bearish territory, and the <strong>moving averages (5, 10, 30)<\/strong> are beginning to slope downwards, indicating <strong>building downside pressure<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/03\/1_image-32-1024x446.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21230\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Picture: EURUSD struggles to hold ground as downside pressure builds, with sellers testing key range support, as seen on the VT Markets app<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite several attempts to break higher, <strong>sellers remain active<\/strong> around the 1.1380 mark. The failure to hold gains and the steady compression around the mid-point of the range suggest that <strong>a breakout may soon emerge<\/strong>. If the <strong>1.1315<\/strong> support fails, <strong>further downside toward 1.1290<\/strong> could materialize quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Short-term bias is <strong>neutral to bearish<\/strong> unless buyers reclaim <strong>1.1360<\/strong> with strong momentum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/trade-now\/\">Create your live VT Markets account<\/a><\/strong><strong> and <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/myaccount.vtmarkets.com\/login?_gl=1*1azgbap*_gcl_au*NjE5NTE3MjY4LjE3NDQ2MDA3NDI.*_ga*MTY4OTgwNTU5Mi4xNzM2NzQ2MTgy*_ga_J26NL1ZVX7*czE3NDQ5NDQ0NTYkbzEyMCRnMCR0MTc0NDk0NDQ1NiRqNjAkbDAkaDA.\">start trading<\/a><\/strong><strong> now.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EUR\/USD continues to trade narrowly between $1.13 and $1.14 ahead of crucial eurozone inflation and GDP data. &#8211; vtmarkets.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":20946,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[56,10],"class_list":["post-21228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-analysis","tag-euro","tag-forex"],"acf":{"acf_article_selection_author":""},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}