As markets rallied overnight, traders will look keenly towards data from the US to see if the rally continues.

Major currencies were relatively flat overnight, trading in a tight range for most of the day. The EURUSD began the day at $1.10577 and ticked up to a high of $1.10637 early in the day. It started its slide shortly afterwards and continued until it hit lows of $1.10321 late in the day. It has come off those lows and is now trading at $1.10443. The GBPUSD stemmed the losses from the previous session and made some slight gains overnight. The pair opened at $1.29918 and slipped to lows of $1.29392 mid-session. The pound bounced off those lows, peaking at a high of $1.30458 a few hours later. It is not far off those highs and is currently trading at $1.30314.

The Dow went off to the races overnight, regaining the losses it suffered during last Friday’s sell-off. the index opened the day at 28,387.89 and dipped to lows of 28,3543.02 in the first hour of trade. It was basically one way from there – up. The Dow surged to highs of 28,902.53 late in the day and is currently trading at 28,826.00. The Dax was a major beneficiary of the rallying Dow as it also posted big gains overnight. The German index started the day at 13,042.40 and slipped to an opening-hour low of 13,017.68. Like the Dow, the Dax powered off those lows, climbing to a high of 13,297.52 before closing at 13,284.00.

The day ahead sees the release of some important economic data, headlined by the ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI figures from the US. The Non-Manufacturing PMI is expected to show expansion of 55.1 (up from 55.0 from the last reading).

Other data published today includes:

Canada – Trade Balance

NZ – ANZ Commodity Prices

China – Caixin Services PMI

UK – Final Services PMI

Australia – RBA Governor Philip Lowe speaks

US – Trade Balance, ADP Non-Farm Employment Change, Final Services PMI, Crude Oil Inventories, FOMC Member Lael Brainard speaks

Europe – European, German and French Final Services PMIs, Italian and Spanish Services PMIs, European Retail Sales, Swiss SECO Consumer Climate, ECB President Christine Legarde speaks

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