EUR/USD within range on NFP

FXStreet (Edinburgh) - The single currency keeps the composure following the US docket, with EUR/USD hovering over 1.0880/70.

EUR/USD coming down from 1.0980

The pair keeps the daily range after the US economy has created 211K jobs during November, missing estimates at 290K and down from October’s 298K (revised from 271K).

Further data showed the jobless rate stayed put at 5.0%, in line with prior estimates, and Average Hourly Earnings have gained 0.2% on a monthly basis.

EUR/USD levels to consider

At the moment the pair is losing 0.52% at 1.0893 facing the next support at 1.0753 (23.6% Fibo of 1.1496-1.0524) followed by 1.0524 (low Dec.3) and then 1.0519 (low Apr.13). On the upside, a breakout of 1.1036 (200-day sma) would target 1.1096 (high Oct.28) en route to 1.1124 (61.8% Fibo of 1.1496-1.0524).

Dec US Non-Farm Payrolls beats expectations

Details of the December 2015 US Non-Farm Payrolls report are out, with the headline number beating market expectations, coming at 211k vs 200k exp and 271k prior, with the unemployment rate unchanged at 5.0 percent.Job gains occurred in construction, professional and technical services, and health care, while mining and information lost jobs.
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