EUR/USD jumps above 1.09 as ECB QE officially kicked-off

FXStreet (Mumbai) - EUR/USD extended gains and broke above 1.09 threshold during the European, after ECB and the national central banks officially announced commencement of QE purchases.

Euro group meetings in focus

The EUR/USD now trades higher by 0.48% at 1.0895 levels, quickly retreating from fresh session highs posted at 1.0906. EUR/USD rallied to fresh highs above 1.0900 levels as the announcement of QE purchases commencement pushed the shared currency higher.

Moreover, a broadly weaker US dollar on a round of profit-taking after US data backed rally on Friday also supports the upside in EUR/USD.

Meanwhile, traders now eye the renegotiations over Greece debt repayments today between the Greek government and EU finance ministers for further direction on the major.

EUR/USD Technical Levels

The pair has an immediate resistance at 1.0910 levels, above which gains could be extended to 1.0950 levels. On the flip side, support is seen at 1.0836 levels, below which it could extend losses to 1.0800 levels.

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EUR/USD consolidation expected below 1.0900 – FXStreet

Valeria Bednarik, Chief Analyst at FXStreet, notes that with EUR/USD bouncing off its lows, some consolidation below 1.0900 might be seen in the pair, and expects any further recovery to meet selling interest at 1.0950 levels.
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