May 19, 2014: % change on the day for the major currencies
The USD rallied in trading today on the back of the better than expected US housing data with some help from technicals as well. The greenback rose against all the major currency pairs – gain the most against the EUR.
On the other extreme was the EUR which fell against all the major currency pairs. Lower ZEW survey data, dovish comments by ECB officials helped contribute to the common currencies weakness.
Below is a look at the % changes of the major currencies vs each other near the NY end of day.
