Market Patrol 17 August 2020

If you are not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary

Jim Rohn

Indicative Selling Rates
against MUR
USD

23 Dec 2024

AUD
30.07
0.6355

BWP
3.51
0.0742

CAD
33.24
1.4232

CNY
6.68
7.0797

DKK
6.72
7.0362

EUR
49.65
1.0494

HKD
6.18
7.6570

INR
0.57
83.7046

JPY
31.01
152.5601

KES
37.32
126.7783

NZD
27.02
0.5712

NOK
4.28
11.0662

SGD
35.48
1.3335

ZAR
2.68
17.6547

SEK
4.36
10.8593

CHF
53.28
1.1261

GBP
59.82
1.2645

USD
47.31
1.0000

AED
13.18
3.5893

The Cable cheered the US dollar’s decline to $1.3100 ahead of the key Brexit talks, starting from tomorrow.

Fundamental News

EUR/USD
The Shared currency meandered around $1.1864 caught between pressure from worries about the lagging U.S. economic recovery and support from rising U.S. bond yields and safe-harbour demand.

GBP/USD
The Cable cheered the US dollar’s decline to $1.3100 ahead of the key Brexit talks, starting from tomorrow.

USD/JPY
The Japanese Yen slightly gained to 106.57 against the U.S dollar after Japan’s Q2 Preliminary GDP drops below -7.6% forecast to -7.8%.

AUD/USD
The risk-sensitive Australian dollar inched up to $0.7182 after a meeting between U.S. and Chinese officials, originally scheduled for Saturday, was delayed.

USD/ZAR
The South African rand rose to 17.34/dlr despite the return of rolling nationwide power cuts and more signs that the domestic economy remains under pressure.

USD/MUR
The dollar-rupee stayed put at 40.10(selling) on the domestic market.

Fundamental & Technical Data

Economic Indicators-Local Time

16:30 - CAD - Foreign Securities purchases (Jun)

Central Bank Interest Rates

Last Change

New Meeting

Federal Bank of U.S

0.00-0.25%

16-Mar-2020

14-Sep-2020

European Central Bank

0.00%

10-Mar-2016

10-Sep-2020

Bank of England

0.10%

19-May-2020

17-Sep-2020

Bank of Japan

-0.10%

28-Jan-2016

17-Sep-2020

Reserve Bank of Australia

0.25%

18-Mar-2020

01-Sep-2020

S.Africa Reserve Bank

3.50%

23-Jul-2020

17-Sep-2020

Reserve Bank of India

4.00%

22-May-2020

01-Oct-2020

Bank of Mauritius

1.85%

16-Apr-2020

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Market Correlation is a measure, statistical or observational, that gives a positive or negative link between the pricing of multiple currencies.

Bulls & Bears Levels

Resistance and Support

Levels

EUR/USD

GBP/USD

USD/JPY

USD/ZAR

1.1935

1.3231

107.62

18.25

1.1892

1.3187

107.34

17.85

1.1867

1.3137

107.13

17.67

1.1824

1.3093

106.85

17.00

1.1799

1.3043

106.65

16.32

1.1756

1.2999

106.36

16.17

1.1731

1.2949

106.16

16.00

Technical Analysis - Forex Charts

Japanese Yen may flirt to 105.30/19/dlr, further underscoring what may appear to be a buoyant month.

Chart updated on 24.07.2020

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