France data miss no help to Euro...Italian retail sales next

Euro weighed down

With USD yields up and dollar strength continuing, the poor data out of France has not helped EUR/USD at all. Although the data was for the already soft Q1, it will only weigh on the Euro now. Next bit of data for the Eurozone is Italy March retail sales. This is not an important release, but all adds to the euro sentiment at the moment. Out at 0800GMT...