Today, the Asian trading session is not as favorable to the stock exchanges. Nikkei 225 index ended the morning session lower at 1.11% and fell to 1.5% in the second half of trading. Investors fix the position before the publication of a report on the labor market in the U.S. in August. Avoiding the risk of supporting a safe haven currencies: U.S. dollar, yen, Swiss franc. Trading activity is not very high. Dealers reported selling in the euro / dollar from one of the major Japanese banks, but they say that the bank's actions also apply to the positioning of its portfolio under the forthcoming publication of an important U.S. statistics. In the absence of important information until the release of a report on the U.S. labor market, speculators during the European trading will be a short-term buy euros on the way to yesterday's low of 1.4220/25 area.
