Foreign exchange market. European session: the British pound increased against the U.S. dollar after the better-than-expected U.K. manufacturing purchase managers' index

Economic calendar (GMT0):

01:00 China Manufacturing PMI June 50.8 51.0 51.0

01:30 Japan Labor Cash Earnings, YoY May +0.7% +0.8% +0.8%

01:35 Japan Manufacturing PMI June 51.1 51.5

01:45 China HSBC Manufacturing PMI (Finally) June 50.8 50.8 50.7

04:30 Australia Announcement of the RBA decision on the discount rate 2.50% 2.50% 2.50%

04:30 Australia RBA Rate Statement

06:30 Australia RBA Commodity prices, y/y June -12.8% -9.6%

07:30 Switzerland Manufacturing PMI June 52.5 52.6 54.0

07:48 France Manufacturing PMI (Finally) June 49.6 47.8 48.2

07:53 Germany Manufacturing PMI (Finally) June 52.3 52.4 52.0

07:55 Germany Unemployment Change June 24 -9 9

07:55 Germany Unemployment Rate s.a. June 6.7% 6.7% 6.7%

07:58 Eurozone Manufacturing PMI (Finally) June 52.2 51.9 51.8

08:30 United Kingdom Purchasing Manager Index Manufacturing June 57.0 56.7 57.5

09:00 Eurozone Unemployment Rate May 11.6% 11.7% 11.6%

12:00 Canada Bank holiday

12:00 U.S. Treasury Sec Lew Speaks

The U.S. dollar traded mixed against the most major currencies ahead of the U.S. economic data. U.S. final manufacturing purchasing managers' index should remain unchanged at 57.5 in June.

ISM manufacturing PMI in the U.S. should climb to 55.6 in June from 55.4 in May.

The euro traded mixed against the U.S. dollar after mixed economic data from Eurozone. Eurozone's unemployment rate remained unchanged at 11.6% in May. Analysts had expected an increase to 11.7%.

German unemployment rate remained unchanged at 6.7% in June, in line with expectations.

The German economy lost 9,000 jobs in June. Analysts had expected the economy to add 9,000 jobs.

German final manufacturing purchase managers' index declined to 52.0 in June from 52.3 in May, missing expectations for a rise to 52.4.

French final manufacturing purchase managers' index decreased to 48.2 in June from 49.6 in May, beating expectations for a drop to 47.8.

The British pound increased against the U.S. dollar after the better-than-expected U.K. manufacturing purchase managers' index. The U.K. manufacturing purchase managers' index rose to 57.5 in June from 57.0 in May, beating forecasts of a decline to 56.7.

The Swiss franc traded mixed against the U.S. dollar after the better-than-expected manufacturing purchase managers' index from Switzerland. The manufacturing purchase managers' index in Switzerland gained to 54.0 in June from 52.5 in May, beating expectations for a rise to 52.6.

EUR/USD: the currency pair traded mixed

GBP/USD: the currency pair was up to $1.7153

USD/JPY: the currency pair increased to Y101.60

The most important news that are expected (GMT0):

13:45 U.S. Manufacturing PMI (Finally) June 57.5 57.5

14:00 U.S. Construction Spending, m/m May +0.2% +0.5%

14:00 U.S. ISM Manufacturing June 55.4 55.6

23:50 Japan Monetary Base, y/y June +45.6% +48.3%