Some appetite coming in for the buck right now as it rises towards Friday’s closing levels around 114.65.

EUR/USD has been helped lower by the ECB’s latest covered bond purchase numbers. Purchases so far total €7.4bn to Friday and the market looks to be a little disappointed with the numbers particularly after Draghi soothed the doves after the ECB meeting last week.

EUR/USD is down at session lows of 1.2444