Market Patrol 30 December 2020

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Indicative Selling Rates
against MUR
USD

15 Jan 2025

AUD
29.79
0.6292

BWP
3.43
0.0726

CAD
33.27
1.4229

CNY
6.66
7.1114

DKK
6.64
7.1328

EUR
49.01
1.0354

HKD
6.17
7.6752

INR
0.56
85.1083

JPY
30.82
153.5780

KES
37.13
127.5093

NZD
26.80
0.5661

NOK
4.25
11.1335

SGD
35.15
1.3467

ZAR
2.59
18.2579

SEK
4.30
11.0196

CHF
52.22
1.1031

GBP
58.07
1.2267

USD
47.34
1.0000

AED
13.19
3.5889

The Cable surged to $1.3545 on hopes that the Brexit deal will have smooth sailing through the UK Parliament.

Fundamental News

EUR/USD
The Shared currency gained traction to $1.2286 with investors looking past a Senate delay in U.S. stimulus checks and continuing to bet that additional financial aid is still likely.

GBP/USD
The Cable surged to $1.3545 on hopes that the Brexit deal will have smooth sailing through the UK Parliament where it will be voted today.

USD/JPY
The Japanese yen gained to 103.30 against the greenback in the absence of significant macroeconomic data releases and U.S dollar weakness.

AUD/USD
The Aussie dollar climbed to $0.7657 while investors wagered the widening rollout of vaccines would bolster global growth and commodities next year.

USD/ZAR
South African rand held its ground against the U.S dollar at 14.65 as expectations of an expanded U.S. stimulus package offset negative sentiment stemming from tighter coronavirus restrictions after the number of infections in the country surpassed the 1-million mark.

USD/MUR
The dollar-rupee unchanged at 39.83 (selling) on the domestic market.

Fundamental & Technical Data

Economic Indicators-Local Time

19:00 - USD - Pending Home Sales (MoM) (Nov)

19:30 - USD - Crude oil inventories

Central Bank Interest Rates

Last Change

New Meeting

Federal Bank of U.S

0.00-0.25%

16-Mar-2020

28-Jan-2021

European Central Bank

0.00%

10-Mar-2016

21-Jan-2021

Bank of England

0.10%

19-May-2020

04-Feb-2021

Bank of Japan

-0.10%

28-Jan-2016

Reserve Bank of Australia

0.10%

03-Nov-2020

02-Feb-2021

S.Africa Reserve Bank

3.50%

23-Jul-2020

Reserve Bank of India

4.00%

22-May-2020

Bank of Mauritius

1.85%

16-Apr-2020

Looking for Markets correlation?

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

1.2348

1.3613

104.11

15.50

1.2312

1.3568

103.97

15.35

1.2281

1.3536

103.75

15.26

1.2245

1.3491

103.61

15.22

1.2214

1.3459

103.39

14.55

1.2178

1.3414

103.25

14.50

1.2147

1.3382

103.03

13.90

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