27 August 2001, 12:22 Forex - Major currencies rangebound in quiet early trade with London closed
LONDON (AFX) - The major currencies were little changed and largely
rangebound in early trade with the market lacking direction due to the
closure of the London market for a national holiday, dealers said.
"It has been very quiet and the euro has been trading around 0.91
for most of the morning," a currency trader at Deutsche Bank said.
"With the London market closed it looks to be a quiet day," he
added.
Dealers said the market was looking ahead to the release of US
second-quarter revised GDP data Wednesday, and the European Central
Bank governing council meeting and rate decision on Thursday, for
further leads.
"There are no tangible signs of recovery yet (in the US) and the
economy remains fragile," Marion Girard-Vasseur, an economist at BNP
Paribas, said.
"A further 25 basis points monetary easing is likely to be
implemented at the next FOMC meeting on Oct 2, in both the Fed funds
and the discount rate," she added.
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