*Sep28 Euro-dollar open $1.1745,.......>

EURO SUMMARY: *Sep28 Euro-dollar open $1.1745, range $1.1727 to $1.1756

*Euro opened in Asia toward the lower side of yesterday's $1.1717 to $1.1795

range, where firmer US rate yields underpinned the greenback.

*Euro-dollar traded sideways within a $1.1741 to $1.1756 in early trading

*As UST yields moved higher the US dollar was broadly bid, Euro eased lower from

around $1.1750 to $1.1733

*Pullback were limited to $1.1743, as the benchmark 10-year yield jumped over

the 200-dma the euro pushed lower to $1.1727

*In option space, large expiries for today at $1.1725(E1.04bn) and

$1.1750-55(E1.51bn) have managed to contain the range, so far.

*Support lies at $1.1717 (sep27 low), while Asia's high of $1.1756 provides

resistance.

*German Gfk consumer confidence (0600GMT) and CPI (1200GMT) provides the event

risk for the session ahead, which also includes US jobless claims (1230GMT)