Consumer sentiment in the Euro area improved modestly in June with the Consumer Confidence Indicator edging higher to -16.1 from -17.4 in May, the European Commission reported on Thursday. This reading came in better than the market expectation of -17.
For the EU, the Consumer Confidence Indicator rose by 1.1 percentage point to -17.2.
EUR/USD inched higher with the initial reaction to this report and was last seen trading virtually unchanged on the day at 1.0990.