EUR/USD down at 1.3672 from a North American close Friday up around 1.3690. The plight of the euro zone pheriphery countries still very much to the fore, with Ireland resisting pressure from ECB and other euro zone governments to seek a bailout.
Not much in the way of euro zone data today:
07:45 GMT: French current account for September
09:00 GMT: Italian trade for September
10:00 GMT: Euro zone govt debt/gdp ratio
10:00 GMT: Euro zone trade for September
European stockmarkets look set to open lower, FTSE and DAX down around 0.2%, France’s CAC 40 down around 0.5%.
