*Aug22 Euro-dollar open $1.1815,.......>

EURO SUMMARY: *Aug22 Euro-dollar open $1.1815, range $1.1803 to $1.1824

*Euro opened in Asia toward the upper side of yesterday's $1.1731 to $1.1828

range, where softer US rate yields placed the euro on the front foot.

*Euro-dollar rose from $1.1809 to $1.1824 largely on Euro-yen demand from

Japanese investors

*Firmer UST yields then sees the Euro inch lower from around $1.1820 to $1.1803

*Option expiries for today include; $1.1800(E455m), $1.1825(E602mn) and

$1.1850(E2.26bn)

*Resistance is noted at $1.1838/47 (Aug14-11 highs), while Aug 17 high of

$1.1790 should now act as support.

*German and Eurozone ZEW (0900GMT) data provides the event risk for the session

ahead, which also includes a speech from ECB's Constancio (1200GMT)