* Graphic: World FX rates in 2019 http://tmsnrt.rs/2egbfVh
By Saikat Chatterjee
LONDON, Sept 24 (Reuters) - The euro nursed losses below the
$1.10 line on Tuesday after weak eurozone survey data the day
before raised concerns the economy was struggling to gain
traction despite another dose of stimulus by the European
Central Bank earlier this month.
But with net positions broadly bearish on the single
currency, traders are wary of selling the euro aggressively
before German IFO data that will provide more clues on how well
Europe's economic powerhouse is coping with the economic
slowdown.
"The hope of a stabilisation has been squashed for now and
as a result fears of a recession are rising," Ulrich Leuchtmann,
head of FX and commodity research at Commerzbank AG, said.
Against the dollar EUR=EBS , the single currency drifted
lower to $1.09984 and not far away from a September low of
$1.0926 hit on Sept. 3
IHS Markit's Euro Zone Composite Flash Purchasing Managers'
Index (PMI), sank to 50.4 in September from 51.9 in August and
was below all forecasts in a Reuters poll that had predicted a
reading of 51.9. Monday's downbeat survey results come less than two weeks
after the ECB pledged indefinite stimulus to revive the
19-country currency bloc's ailing economy.
Though employment data in the U.S. services sector also
painted a slowing picture of the world's biggest economy, the
underperformance of the European economy relative to its U.S.
counterpart, according to the Citigroup' economic surprise
index, increased.
The dollar rose slightly against the yen JPY= to 107.59
and inched higher against a basket of currencies .DXY to
98.664.
Sterling was also under the gun, wallowing at $1.2429, near
a one-week low, ahead of a UK Supreme Court ruling related to
the suspension of Britain's parliament due around 0930 GMT.
The court will rule on whether Prime Minister Boris Johnson
acted unlawfully when he suspended parliament just weeks before
Brexit, with the case's outcome potentially complicating his
plans to lead his country out of the European Union next month.
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