Europe Summary and Highlights 21 August

August 21, 2025 10:17 AM UTC

European currencies were generally slightly firmer through the European morning, helped by better than expected PMIs. 

Europe Summary and Highlights 20 August

August 20, 2025 10:06 AM UTC

EUR/GBP fell 10 pips following the stronger than expected UK July CPI data, which showed both headline and core inflation rising to 3.8% y/y.

Europe Summary and Highlights 19 August

August 19, 2025 10:17 AM UTC

A quiet European morning saw EUR/USD gain a modest 20 pips to 1.1680, while USD/JPY and USD/CAD both edged slightly higher, as did both GBP/USD and EUR/GBP. EUR/SEK fell 3 figures to 11.13.

Europe Summary and Highlights 18 August

August 18, 2025 9:59 AM UTC

The USD was mixed through the European morning, gaining ground against the EUR, with EUR/USD dropping 30 pips to 1.1675, but unchanged against the JPY. 

Europe Summary and Highlights 15 August

August 15, 2025 10:19 AM UTC

The USD moved lower through the European morning.

Europe Summary and Highlights 14 August

August 14, 2025 10:13 AM UTC

GBP and the USD made gains through the European morning.

Europe Summary and Highlights 12 August

August 12, 2025 10:13 AM UTC

GBP gained ground through the European morning, with EUR/GBP down 30 pips to near 0.8620 following the UK labour market data.

Europe Summary and Highlights 11 August

August 11, 2025 10:32 AM UTC

The USD was generally stronger through the European morning, with EUR/USD down 30 pips to 1.1640 and USD/JPY up 20 pips to 147.70.

Europe Summary and Highlights 8 August

August 8, 2025 10:10 AM UTC

The USD was mixed through the European morning. 

Europe Summary and Highlights 4 August

August 4, 2025 9:58 AM UTC

The USD was mostly little changed through the European morning. 

Europe Summary and Highlights 1 August

August 1, 2025 10:06 AM UTC

EUR/USD dropped 35 pips through the European morning, dipping below 1.14 for the first time since early June. 

Europe Summary and Highlights 31 July

July 31, 2025 10:05 AM UTC

The USD gained strongly through the European morning, particularly against the JPY. 

Europe Summary and Highlights 30 July

July 30, 2025 10:12 AM UTC

The USD was little changed through the European morning.

Europe Summary and Highlights 28 July

July 28, 2025 10:17 AM UTC

The USD gained ground across the board in the European morning.

Europe Summary and Highlights 25 July

July 25, 2025 10:16 AM UTC

The USD gained ground through the European morning, primarily against the JPY, with USD/JPY rising nearly a big figure to 147.85. 

Europe Summary and Highlights 24 July

July 24, 2025 10:17 AM UTC

The USD gained ground through the European morning.

Europe Summary and Highlights 23 July

July 23, 2025 10:14 AM UTC

The USD was generally softer through the European morning, with the JPY and AUD leading the way, gaining around 0.3%.

Europe Summary and Highlights 22 July

July 22, 2025 10:10 AM UTC

The USD was generally softer through the European morning, with the JPY leading the way once again.

Europe Summary and Highlights 21 July

July 21, 2025 10:10 AM UTC

The USD was generally softer through the European morning, with the JPY leading the way.

Europe Summary and Highlights 18 July

July 18, 2025 10:15 AM UTC

Riskier currencies were generally firmer through a quiet European morning.

Europe Summary and Highlights 16 July

July 16, 2025 10:05 AM UTC

A generally quiet European morning session saw the USD very little changed, just gaining slightly against the commodity currencies and edging marginally lower against the JPY, with EUR/USD essentially unchanged.

Europe Summary and Highlights 15 July

July 15, 2025 10:01 AM UTC

A quiet European morning session saw EUR/USD little changed around 1.1680/85 and USD/JPY at 147.65/70.

Europe Summary and Highlights 14 July

July 14, 2025 10:10 AM UTC

EUR/USD gained 20 pips in the European morning to 1.1691, reversing the losses seen in late Asia.

Europe Summary and Highlights 11 July

July 11, 2025 9:58 AM UTC

EUR/USD edged 105pips higher to 1.1690 but USD/JPY gained 10 pips to 147 in the European morning.

Europe Summary and Highlights 10 July

July 10, 2025 10:03 AM UTC

 A quiet European morning session saw little change in the majors, with EUR/USD and USD/JPY steady.

Europe Summary and Highlights 9 July

July 9, 2025 10:09 AM UTC

USD/JPY dropped 40 pips and the CHF was also a little firmer, with USD/CHF down 10 pips to 0.7960, and GBP/USD also gaining around 15 pips to 1.36, but other pairs were not much changed in the European morning. 

Europe Summary and Highlights 7 July

July 7, 2025 10:06 AM UTC

The USD made general gains through the European morning.

Europe Summary and Highlights 4 July

July 4, 2025 10:08 AM UTC

A quiet session saw GBP move slightly lower, with EUR/GBP gaining 10 pips to 0.8625.

Europe Summary and Highlights 2 July

July 2, 2025 10:14 AM UTC

The USD was generally stronger through the European morning, with USD/JPY and GBP/USD leading the way. 

Europe Summary and Highlights 1 July

July 1, 2025 10:14 AM UTC

The USD weakened across the board through the European morning, with the JPY and CHF the best performers, both gaining around 0.5%, while riskier currencies were generally up around 0.3%, although the NOK matched CHF and JPY gains, and the SEK also slightly outperformed the EUR.

Europe Summary and Highlights 30 June

June 30, 2025 10:03 AM UTC

EUR/USD was not much changed but USD/JPY was slightly higher, gaining 20 pips to 144.20, and USD/CHF slightly lower, falling 15 pips to 0.7970. 

Europe Summary and Highlights 27 June

June 27, 2025 10:16 AM UTC

EUR/USD gained 20 pips to 1.1710 in the European morning, while the CHF and scandis made even larger gains, with EUR/CHF and EUR/NOK dropping around 0.25%, and EUR/SEK down 0.5%. 

Europe Summary and Highlights 26 June

June 26, 2025 10:11 AM UTC

The USD weakened in the European morning falling around 0.5% against the EUR and JPY and 0.25% against the AUD and CAD.

Europe Summary and Highlights 25 June

June 25, 2025 10:17 AM UTC

The USD was firmer through the European morning, primarily against the JPY, with USD/JPY rising 50 pips to 145.65. 

Europe Summary and Highlights 24 June

June 24, 2025 9:53 AM UTC

The USD sell off in Asia with the decline in oil prices and reduction in global risk, has not followed through in Europe with the USD consolidating.

Europe Summary and Highlights 23 June

June 23, 2025 10:06 AM UTC

The USD made general gains through the European morning, rising around 0.3-0.4% against the EUR, JPY and most of the other G10 currencies, but the CHF outperformed with USD/CHF little changed. 

Europe Summary and Highlights 19 June

June 19, 2025 10:21 AM UTC

EUR/USD and USD/JPY both rose around 20 pips in the European morning, to 145.35 and 1.1475 respectively. Normally, this would reflect some improvement in risk sentiment, but most markets were fairly steady on this US holiday.

Europe Summary and Highlights 18 June

June 18, 2025 10:32 AM UTC

EUR/USD and USD/JPY were both unchanged through the European morning, but there were some gains for GBP and some losses for the SEK after UK CPI and the Riksbank rate cut respectively.

Europe Summary and Highlights 17 June

June 17, 2025 10:56 AM UTC

A generally quiet European morning saw little change in most FX pairs. 

Europe Summary and Highlights 16 June

June 16, 2025 10:05 AM UTC

The USD was mixed through the European morning, gaining modestly against the safer havens but losing ground to the riskier currencies.

Europe Summary and Highlights 6 June

June 6, 2025 10:18 AM UTC

The USD was generally firmer through the European morning, gaining around 0.2% across the board, with the exception of USD/CAD, which gained just 0.1%.

Europe Summary and Highlights 5 June

June 5, 2025 10:15 AM UTC

EUR/USD and USD/JPY were little changed through the European morning, but commodity currencies were better bid.

Europe Summary and Highlights 4 June

June 4, 2025 10:06 AM UTC

The USD fell modestly through the European morning. 

Europe Summary and Highlights 3 June

June 3, 2025 10:09 AM UTC

EUR/USD dropped 10 pips and USD/JPY 15 pips in a fairly quiet European morning. 

Europe Summary and Highlights 2 June

June 2, 2025 10:07 AM UTC

The USD continued to decline through the European morning session.

Europe Summary and Highlights 30 May

May 30, 2025 10:08 AM UTC

The USD edged slightly higher against the EUR and AUD in the European morning, but was otherwise little changed.

Europe Summary and Highlights 29 May

May 29, 2025 10:11 AM UTC

The USD reversed most of its overnight gains through the European morning.

Europe Summary and Highlights 28 May

May 28, 2025 10:04 AM UTC

The USD was softer in a quiet European morning session. 

Europe Summary and Highlights 27 May

May 27, 2025 10:06 AM UTC

The European morning saw the USD recover the ground lost on Monday with the JPY seeing the most pronounced decline helped by a positive tone to equities.