Earlier, the Dallas Fed Texas manufacturing index slumped to -8.0 in Sept from -0.5% in August.

EUR/USD is paying little attention to data at the moment, fighting off its first decent correction in weeks. It trades now at 1.4918 after triggering stops below 1.4940. 1.4900 is the target of the double-top pattern triggered a short while ago.

1.4880/85 is solid support as prices spiral lower.