The EUR/USD currency pair was not exposed strongly to the influence of fundamentals on Monday. The Greenback weakened against the European single currency 7 base points to near the 1.2400 level.
Economic activity in the US services sector was the strongest in more than 12 years, supported by rising new orders, suggesting that the economy sustained the strong momentum in the beginning of the year. The ISM survey showed that its non-manufacturing PMI jumped to 59.9 in January, from 55.9 in the prior month. The US economy kept expanding even before the stimulus from a $1.5T tax cut program has begun to filter through. However, that is likely to cause some concerns that the country’s economy could overheat.
