*Oct23 Euro-dollar open $1.1775,.......>

EURO SUMMARY: *Oct23 Euro-dollar open $1.1775, range $1.1751-$1.1777

*Euro-dollar opened in Asia toward the lower side of Friday's $1.1763 to $1.1858

range, where raised prospects of US tax reform underpinned both the US dollar

and US rate yields

*Euro came under early pressure, with Catalan/Spain concerns are weighing.

Catalan's parliament is said to convene in the comings days and discuss how to

respond to the Spanish government's decision to impose direct rule. Euro dropped

from near $1.1775 to $1.1751

*As UST yields began to slip into negative territory broad-based dollar strength

started to dissipate, Euro recovered from around $1.1755 to $1.1773. Heading

toward the European open Euro trades at $1.1770, not too far from this morning's

open.

*Hourly resistance lies at $1.1788-90, while hourly support from Friday remains

at $1.1750.