Asian session review: the US dollar declined against the euro

During today's Asian trading, the US dollar continued to decline against the euro and was almost unchanged against the yen.

Traders are waiting for the results of the US Senate election in Georgia. According to Fox News, after counting 77% of the vote, Democrat Jon Ossoff trails Republican David Perdue with 49% of the vote to 51%. Republican Kelly Leffler wins 50.6% of the vote. Her opponent, Raphael Warnock, has 49.5%.

In addition, on Wednesday, the final data on the PMI indices of Germany, the eurozone and Britain for December will be published, as well as the report on the German consumer price index for December.

The Chinese yuan traded steadily against the US dollar, despite the data on China. The purchasing managers ' index (PMI) for services in China, calculated by Caixin Media Co. and Markit, fell to 56.3 points in December from 57.8 points in November.

Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order banning transactions with Chinese payment apps including Alipay, WeChat Pay and QQ Wallet.

The ICE index, which tracks the dollar's performance against six currencies (euro, swiss franc, yen, canadian dollar, pound sterling and swedish krona), fell 0.21%.