News: FOREX-Euro rebounds from more than two-year low

• Weak eurozone growth outlook weighs on euro
• Loose monetary policy also weighs on single currency

(Adds Chinese yuan, Bloomberg report, updates prices)

The euro fell to more than two-year lows against the U.S. dollar on Friday as a weak growth outlook weighed on the single currency, though it rebounded after testing technical support levels.

Dismal business activity data from the euro area, especially powerhouse economy Germany, has pushed European bond yields lower across the board this week, with further pressure coming from concern over economic weakness in Britain.

"We have had a steady drip of weak data from the euro zone this week and that is highlighting the differences between the U.S. and Europe," said Commerzbank analyst Thu Lan Nguyen, adding that the United States is still showing signs of strength.

Negative interest rates, quantitative easing and other attempts by the European Central Bank (ECB) to stimulate the euro zone economy are also making investment in U.S. government debt more attractive and boosting the greenback against the euro.

“The more recent drift lower in the euro seems to be perpetuated by the continued grind lower in growth expectations, and certainly in realized growth in the euro zone," said Mazen Issa, senior FX strategist at TD Securities in New York.

Further ECB stimulus, negative rates and bond buying are also exerting a pull on the euro, he added. The euro EUR= dropped as low as $1.0903, its lowest since May 2017, in overnight trading before rising back to $1.0938.

The single currency has technical support around $1.0925, which could provide a floor for the time being.

“We did break below that briefly yesterday, but that was late trading in New York, and so I think there is going to be quite a bit of hesitance to try to push it below that on a sustainable basis,” Issa said, noting that quarter-end rebalancing is also limiting risk taking.

Sterling GBP= also fell weakened to a two-week low of $1.2269 after Bank of England policymaker Michael Saunders hinted at looser monetary policy if Brexit uncertainty remained prolonged against a backdrop of disappointing global growth.

The currency later rose back to $1.2291. The Chinese yuan weakened after Bloomberg reported that White House officials are discussing ways to limit U.S. portfolio flows into China.

The greenback gained %0.31 on the day to 7.1451 yuan CNH= .

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	Currency bid prices at 2:31PM (1831 GMT) 

 Description	  RIC		 Last		   U.S. Close  Pct Change	 YTD Pct	 High Bid	Low Bid 
											  Previous				   Change				  
											  Session											
 Euro/Dollar	  EUR=		$1.0938		$1.0921	 +0.16%		 -4.63%	  +1.0958	 +1.0906 
 Dollar/Yen	   JPY=		107.8800	   107.8200	+0.06%		 -2.16%	  +108.1700   +107.6700 
 Euro/Yen		 EURJPY=	 118.00		 117.74	  +0.22%		 -6.51%	  +118.4600   +117.4700 
 Dollar/Swiss	 CHF=		0.9902		 0.9935	  -0.33%		 +0.90%	  +0.9948	 +0.9898 
 Sterling/Dollar  GBP=		1.2291		 1.2322	  -0.25%		 -3.65%	  +1.2336	 +1.2272 
 Dollar/Canadian  CAD=		1.3252		 1.3268	  -0.12%		 -2.85%	  +1.3278	 +1.3213 
 Australian/Doll  AUD=		0.6759		 0.6748	  +0.16%		 -4.11%	  +0.6779	 +0.6744 
 ar																							  

 Euro/Swiss	   EURCHF=	 1.0831		 1.0850	  -0.18%		 -3.76%	  +1.0865	 +1.0833 
 Euro/Sterling	EURGBP=	 0.8898		 0.8861	  +0.42%		 -0.97%	  +0.8903	 +0.8847 
 NZ			   NZD=		0.6288		 0.6297	  -0.14%		 -6.39%	  +0.6309	 +0.6280 
 Dollar/Dollar																				   

 Dollar/Norway	NOK=		9.0842		 9.0797	  +0.05%		 +5.16%	  +9.1007	 +9.0638 
 Euro/Norway	  EURNOK=	 9.9345		 9.9178	  +0.17%		 +0.31%	  +9.9500	 +9.9102 
 Dollar/Sweden	SEK=		9.7976		 9.7635	  +0.52%		 +9.30%	  +9.8155	 +9.7531 
 Euro/Sweden	  EURSEK=	 10.7199		10.6642	 +0.52%		 +4.44%	  +10.7351	+10.6524