US equities have traded lower all day but are rebounding nicely late in the session, down only 0.3% after being down over 1% most of the day. Oil prices have turned up as well, helping undermine the grrnback a bit. EUR/USD has bounced to the 1.39 level once again.
Stocks staging late day rebound
Source: www.forexlive.com
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