The Euro is available to trade 24 hours a day, five days a week – from 10pm (GMT) or 11pm (BST) on Sunday evening to 9pm or 10pm Friday night.
The best time of day to trade EUR will depend on which pairing you decide to focus on. As a rule, each pair will see the most movement when its sessions overlap. For example, the EUR/JPY pair would be more highly traded when both the European (London) and Tokyo forex sessions overlap.
You can trade the euro against other major currencies such as the US dollar, British pound and Japanese yen, as well as 80+ other pairs, via CFDs. Take your position on whether forex prices will rise or fall in the future, without having to buy the underlying asset.
There are a variety of factors that influence the price of EUR against other currencies. These include monetary policy decisions from the ECB, economic data, as well as balance of payments (export and import values). Traders should be aware of ECB meeting dates and the release dates of key reports to help them keep on top…
EUR/USD EUR/USD is the forex ticker for the exchange rate between the euro and the US dollar. It tells traders how many dollars are needed to buy one euro in real time. The pair is the world’s most traded, accounting for around 24% of all currency trades, according to 2019 figures from the Bank for International…
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The economic history of the Eurozone goes back to 1991 with the signing of the Maastricht Treaty, an agreement between 12 countries of the-then European Community (now EU) to initiate a monetary and economic union. The European Central Bank (ECB) was established in 1998 as the central bank of the 19 EU countries that have the euro…
With a projected GDP of 12.7 trillion for 2021, the Eurozone collectively would have the third-largest global economy, after the US and China, according to statistics from Trading Economics. Today, the Eurozone’s strongest economies are Germany, France, and Italy. While the range of industries across the Eurozone is diverse, there is considerable crossover between countries….
