Euro Mixed Ahead Of Eurozone CPI, Unemployment Rate

04:55, 31st July 2014

(RTTNews) - Eurostat is scheduled to release Eurozone consumer price index for July and unemployment report for June at 5:00 am ET Thursday. The index is expected to rise 0.5 percent year-over-year in July, the same rate as in June. The core index is also estimated to grow at a steady rate of 0.8 percent year-on-year in July. The jobless rate is forecast to remain unchanged at 11.6 percent in June.

Ahead of these data, the Euro showed mixed trading against its major rivals. While the euro rose against the pound, it held steady against the greenback. Against the Swiss franc and the yen, the euro retreats.

As of 4:55 am ET, the Euro was trading at 0.7934 against the Pound, 1.2165 against the Swiss franc, 1.3398 against the U.S. dollar and 137.67 against the Yen.