Forex news from the European trading session – 2 July 2020
Headlines:
Markets:
– NZD leads, CAD lags on the day
– European equities higher; E-minis up 0.8%

UK prime minister, Boris Johnson, remarks in the Evening Standard
The current scheme will run through until October and the government has been firm that it will not be extended beyond that.

Russian energy minister, Alexander Novak, comments
– OPEC+ has shown efficiency amid current market volatility
– It would be good if we changed our decisions as little as possible for several months
Russia continues to play it coy with the current agreement only to last through July at the moment. At the end of the day, it will

European equities and US futures are higher as focus turns towards the non-farm payrolls report later today
European equities are maintaining gains of over 1% for the most part, with the DAX up by 1.6% currently as investors are keeping more optimistic to start the day. The UK FTSE is lagging a little – due to