Thread: The dollar fall after taking profits on the stock markets.

The day was marked by the announcement of the U.S. unemployment rate to 8.5% as expected, and the change in non-farm employment to -663 000 to -660 instead of 000 expected. In recent ads have pushed the U.S. indices in the red at the opening, plus a profit for investors on Friday. At 18:00 (French time), marked the Dow -0.80% to 2900 points. The Nasdaq and the S & P500 gave respectively -0.16% and -0.38%. In Europe, the CAC40 closed the meeting at -1.11%, the Dax to -0.02% and -2.31% Footsie.

On the currency markets, the euro rebounded to 1.3370 on a half-hour before announcements relating to employment in the United States and currently trades at 1.3450. The volatility was also high on the cross USD / JPY. The course is spent several times over the 100 yen, but then declined to 99.60 following economic announcements.

This afternoon, the course GBP / USD has stabilized in a range between 1.4775 and 1.4885. The cable just now moving above $ 1.48. Against the Swiss franc, the greenback fell from 1.1380 to 1.1320 to the support and continued its bearish trend towards 1.1300.

Next week we will follow the decision of the Bank of England on its rate to 0.50% expected, and the Bank of Japan to 0.10%, or below historical levels.

quite interesting...update please?