The U.S. Commerce Department released construction spending data on Monday. The U.S. construction spending rose 0.4% in December, missing expectations for a 0.9% gain, after a 0.2% decline in November. November's figure was revised up from a 0.3% drop.

Private construction spending increased in December, while spending in power and transportation projects declined.

Private construction spending was up 0.1% in December, spending in power projects fell 1.0%, while spending on transportation declined 1.4%.

EUR/USD: $1.2100(E922mn), $1.2200(E845mn), $1.2278(E702mn), $1.2300(E2.6bn

USD/JPY: Y119.00($892mn), Y119.50($1.1bn), Y120.00($2.38bn)

AUD/USD: $0.8175(A$587mn), $0.8240(A$776mn)

USD/CAD: Cad1.1500($400mn)

USD/CHF: Chf0.9800, Chf0.9850($500mn)

EUR/USD

Offers $1.2200, $1.2150, $1.2080/00

Bids $1.2020, $1.2000, $1.1950

GBP/USD

Offers $1.5600/10, $1.5550, $1.5480/00

Bids $1.5420, $1.5400, $1.5350, $1.5300

AUD/USD

Offers $0.8250, $0.8200

Bids $0.8100, $0.8060/50, $0.8000, $0.7950

EUR/JPY

Offers Y146.00, Y145.50

Bids Y144.50, Y144.20, Y144.00, Y143.60/50

USD/JPY

Offers Y121.50, Y121.20, Y120.90/00

Bids Y120.00, Y119.50, Y119.20, Y119.00

EUR/GBP

Offers stg0.7900, stg0.7880/85, stg0.7860-70

Bids stg0.7755/50, stg0.7745, stg0.7720, stg0.7700, stg0.7680

EUR/USD: $1.2100(E922mn), $1.2200(E845mn), $1.2278(E702mn), $1.2300(E2.6bn

USD/JPY: Y119.00($892mn), Y119.50($1.1bn), Y120.00($2.38bn)

AUD/USD: $0.8175(A$587mn), $0.8240(A$776mn)

USD/CAD: Cad1.1500($400mn)

USD/CHF: Chf0.9800, Chf0.9850($500mn)

EUR / USD

Resistance levels (open interest**, contracts)

$1.2235 (1662)

$1.2177 (257)

$1.2140 (451)

Price at time of writing this review: $ 1.2052

Support levels (open interest**, contracts):

$1.2030 (4266)

$1.2001 (2439)

$1.1967 (7409)

Comments:

- Overall open interest on the CALL options with the expiration date January, 9 is 58593 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,2500 (6363);

- Overall open interest on the PUT options with the expiration date January, 9 is 63283 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,2000 (7409);

- The ratio of PUT/CALL was 1.08 versus 1.08 from the previous trading day according to data from December, 31

GBP/USD

Resistance levels (open interest**, contracts)

$1.5801 (2065)

$1.5702 (2761)

$1.5605 (1397)

Price at time of writing this review: $1.5546

Support levels (open interest**, contracts):

$1.5496 (2233)

$1.5398 (1186)

$1.5299 (1290)

Comments:

- Overall open interest on the CALL options with the expiration date January, 9 is 25769 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,5850 (4020);

- Overall open interest on the PUT options with the expiration date January, 9 is 20449 contracts, with the maximum number of contracts with strike price $1,5500 (2233);

- The ratio of PUT/CALL was 0.79 versus 0.80 from the previous trading day according to data from December, 31

* - The Chicago Mercantile Exchange bulletin (CME) is used for the calculation.

** - Open interest takes into account the total number of option contracts that are open at the moment.