The Canadian dollar and Mexican peso went in opposite directions after the USA said it would not scrap the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
Draghi did offer a concession to the improving economic outlook, listing a series of better data. On Thursday, the European Central Bank repeated its standard guidance that it expects its key interest rate to remain at present or lower levels for an extended period of time and well past the horizon of its asset purchases.
In his press conference following the European Central Bank policy meeting, President Draghi was generally more optimistic surrounding the outlook for growth and he stated that the risks to the outlook had moved closer to balance while the downside risks have diminished.
Currently, in currency markets, euro built a strong foothold and was steady at $1.09480, after business-friendly centrist Emmanuel Macron won the first round of French elections.
U.S. President Donald Trump proposed slashing tax rates for businesses to 15 percent from the current 35 percent for public corporations and 39.6 percent for small businesses, and on overseas corporate profits returned to the country.
Billed beforehand as the biggest tax cut in history, it amounted to little more than a one-page plan and fuelled the suspicion that it could run into opposition from US lawmakers anxious about increasing the country's debt levels.
US lawmakers look to Trump administration briefing for clear North Korea strategy
President Trump invited the entire US Senate to the White House grounds for a classified briefing on North Korea Wednesday. Chinese President Xi Jinping, who spoke to Trump on Monday, is urging restraint from both North Korea and the U.S.
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European stocks also look set for a strong start, with financial spreadbetter CMC Markets expecting Britain's FTSE 100 to open up 0.2 percent and Germany's DAX to start the day 0.3 percent higher. In its monthly survey of the region, it said its economic sentiment indicator rose by 1.6 points in April to 109.6, the highest since August 2007, when early signs of the global financial crisis were emerging.
Now attention moves to the United States where Trump is due to unveil his much-vaunted tax overhaul Wednesday, which will call for cuts to personal and corporate rates, Bloomberg News quoted a White House official as saying.
Weekly U.S. jobless claims data and a report on durable goods are expected at 8:30 a.m. ET (1230 GMT) and Microsoft, Amazon.com and Google parent Alphabet are scheduled to report results after the bell. France's CAC 40, which jumped 4.1 percent to post its biggest one-day gain in nearly five years on Monday, is set to open up 0.4 percent. First quarter earnings are expected to show growth of 12.4 percent, according to Thomson Reuters data, those most since 2011.
Brent futures LCOc1 dropped to $51.60 per barrel, down 22 cents, or 0.42 percent, from their last close.
The euro weakened slightly against the dollar following the rates decision after trading near six-month highs, aided by expectations that Macron would win the French presidential vote on May 7.
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