Market Patrol 7 August 2020

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Indicative Selling Rates
against MUR
USD

26 Dec 2024

AUD
30.13
0.6344

BWP
3.49
0.0735

CAD
33.37
1.4235

CNY
6.71
7.0813

DKK
6.72
7.0673

EUR
49.65
1.0453

HKD
6.21
7.6549

INR
0.57
83.8823

JPY
30.98
153.3162

KES
37.32
127.2718

NZD
27.11
0.5707

NOK
4.28
11.1070

SGD
35.54
1.3364

ZAR
2.63
18.0690

SEK
4.34
10.9331

CHF
53.12
1.1182

GBP
59.89
1.2609

USD
47.50
1.0000

AED
13.23
3.5896

The Pound Sterling off 5-Month highs despite Bank of England's cheery tone.

Fundamental News

EUR/USD
The Shared currency played defense to $1.1840 after an upbeat U.S jobless claims report inspired the greenback strength ahead of Today's non-farm payrolls report.

GBP/USD
The Cable slipped to $1.3131 despite the Bank of England's governor Andrew Bailey backed the central bank's optimistic tone on the U.K. economic recovery.

USD/JPY
The Japanese yen ticked down to 105.57 against the U.S dollar, despite positive Japan's Household spending.

AUD/USD
The Aussie dollar edged lower to $0.7200 on concerns about worsening U.S.-China relations, coupled with the Reserve Bank of Australia's downbeat assessment of the local economy.

USD/ZAR
South Africa's rand fell to its lowest in 10 weeks at 17.52/dlr as investors' risk appetite dwindled.

USD/MUR
The Mauritian rupee surged by 10 cents to 40.25(Selling) on the domestic market.

Fundamental & Technical Data

Economic Indicators-Local Time

16:30 - USD - Nonfarm payrolls (Jul)

16:30 - USD - Unemployment Rate (Jul)

16:30 - CAD - Employment Change (Jul)

18:00 - CAD - Ivey PMI (Jul)

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

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

Bank of Mauritius

1.85%

16-Apr-2020

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Bulls & Bears Levels

Resistance and Support

Levels

EUR/USD

GBP/USD

USD/JPY

USD/ZAR

1.2028

1.3255

106.42

18.25

1.1966

1.3220

106.14

17.85

1.1916

1.3182

105.87

17.67

1.1854

1.3147

105.59

17.00

1.1804

1.3109

105.32

16.32

1.1742

1.3074

105.04

16.17

1.1692

1.3036

104.77

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

USD/CAD - Early stage of a bullish run.

Chart posted on 24.07.2020

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