EUR-USD traded moderately lower on a generally firm dollar, with the market largely ignoring rise in the Eurozone March ESI economic confidence to 103.9 from 103.2, and signs of perkiness in Spanish and German state inflation numbers. An intraday low of 1.0819 was posted, finding a footing just above the 20-day moving average at 1.0817. The dollar’s yield advantage over the euro has firmed slightly to around 177 bp at the 10-day T-bond over Bund yield comparison. USD-JPY rallied from the low 119s to a five-day peak at 119.81.