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EUR/USD advances to 1.0740 in Friday’s European session. The major currency pair strengthens as the US Dollar (USD) is under pressure due to weak Q1 Nonfarm productivity growth and as the Federal Reserve (Fed) delivered less hawkish guidance on interest rates than feared.
The Japanese Yen (JPY) strengthens against its American counterpart for the third successive day on Friday, marking the fifth day of a positive move in the previous six, and climbs to a nearly three-week high during the Asian session.
The NZD/USD pair extends its two-day winning spell on Friday as the US Dollar hits a fresh three-week low ahead of the United States Nonfarm Payrolls (NFP) and the ISM Services PMI report for April, which will be published in the New York session.
FX option expiries for May 3 NY cut at 10:00 Eastern Time, via DTCC, can be found below - EUR/USD: EUR amounts 1.0500 1.1b 1.0550 714m 1.0600 899m 1.0650 618m 1.0675 1.4b 1.0700 1.2b 1.0705 741m 1.0730 460m 1.0735 480m 1.0750 1.1b 1.0785 442m 1.0795 606m 1.0800 745m 1.0810 447m 1.0815 553m - GBP/USD: GBP amounts 1.2500 450m - USD/JPY: USD amounts 154.00 969m 154.15 515m 1550.00 531m 155.75 510m 156.50 651m 157.00 896m 158.00 462m - USD/CHF: USD amounts 0.9100 402m - AUD/USD: AUD amounts 0.6300 1.2b 0.6400
FX option expiries for May 2 NY cut at 10:00 Eastern Time, via DTCC, can be found below - EUR/USD: EUR amounts 1.0600 990m 1.0670 1.2b 1.0675 881m 1.0700 1.5b 1.0745 969m 1.0750 1.9b 1.0785 1.5b - GBP/USD: GBP amounts 1.2425 340m 1.2575 322m - USD/JPY: USD amounts 154.00 1.3b 154.50 570m 155.75 671m - USD/CHF: USD amounts 0.9225 1.3b - AUD/USD: AUD amounts 0.6400 1b 0.6450 433m 0.6475 642m 0.6490 726m 0.6550 501m - USD/CAD: USD amounts 1.3740 409m 1.3850 1.2b - NZD/USD: NZD amounts 0.5960 781m .
Here is what you need to know on Thursday, May 2: The US Dollar (USD) suffered large losses against its major rivals in the late American session on Wednesday as the Federal Reserve's (Fed) statement language and Chairman Jerome Powell's comments turned out to be not as hawkish as feared.