Final French, German, Euro zone PMI data all better than expected

French German and Euro zone final manufacturing PMI reads have all come in better than the flash numbers and median forecasts.

French came in at 43.3 vs 43.1 flash/median forecast, German at 39.6 vs 39.1 flash/median forecast, and finally euro zone at 40.7 vs 40.5 flash/median forecast.

EUR/USD has extended rally to 1.4233 session high at writing. Cable is up at 1.6400, just off it’s session high of 1.6411.