EUR/USD is trading at 1.1372, up 0.0088. The pair is trading near the highs of the session during afternoon U.S. forex trading.

Market chatter about various comments made by both U.S. and European policy makers are making the rounds. Tuesday morning at 5:00 AM, the Euro Area ZEW Economic Sentiment Index for October is due out. German September inflation data and the German ZEW surveys are also due out Tuesday morning.