Market Patrol 16 February 2021

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Indicative Selling Rates
against MUR
USD

20 Dec 2024

AUD
30.10
0.6322

BWP
3.54
0.0745

CAD
33.29
1.4301

CNY
6.72
7.0815

DKK
6.71
7.0904

EUR
49.58
1.0414

HKD
6.22
7.6568

INR
0.57
83.7507

JPY
31.08
153.1735

KES
37.41
127.2757

NZD
27.03
0.5677

NOK
4.24
11.2216

SGD
35.54
1.3396

ZAR
2.68
17.7715

SEK
4.37
10.8960

CHF
53.34
1.1203

GBP
59.72
1.2543

USD
47.61
1.0000

AED
13.26
3.5895

Cable spiked to $1.3950 powered by good Covid-19 vaccines.

Fundamental News

EUR/USD
The single currency retreated from yesterday's high at $1.2150 to $1.2135, amid market is eyeing for eurozone growth estimates and German sentiment survey today.

GBP/USD
The cable spiked to $1.3950 buoyed by good covid results, which in turn renewed chatters over easing virus-led activity restrictions.

USD/JPY
The Japanese Yen plummeted to 105.54 per dollar on reports that China is looking into curbing the exports of rare earth minerals that are crucial to U.S. defence contractors for the manufacture of sophisticated weaponry and F-35 fighter jets.

AUD/USD
The commodity-linked Australian dollar soared to $0.8890, driven by higher oil prices on Tuesday, as a cold front shut wells and refineries in Texas, the biggest crude producing state in the United States.

USD/ZAR
Rand rocketed to 14.42 per dollar, as Finance Minister Tito Mboweni is set to deliver the 2021 budget on Feb. 24, showing better-than-forecast revenue collection.

USD/MUR
The dollar-rupee lingered at 40.20(selling) on the domestic market.

Fundamental & Technical Data

Economic Indicators-Local Time

14:00 - EUR - German ZEW Economic Sentiment (Feb)

Central Bank Interest Rates

Last Change

New Meeting

Federal Bank of U.S

0.00-0.25%

16-Mar-2020

17-Mar-2021

European Central Bank

0.00%

10-Mar-2016

03-Mar-2021

Bank of England

0.10%

19-May-2020

04-Feb-2021

Bank of Japan

-0.10%

28-Jan-2016

18-Mar-2021

Reserve Bank of Australia

0.10%

03-Nov-2020

02-Mar-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

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Bulls & Bears Levels

Resistance and Support

Levels

EUR/USD

GBP/USD

USD/JPY

USD/ZAR

1.2173

1.023

106.03

15.37

1.2159

1.3971

105.72

14.88

1.2145

1.3939

105.53

14.50

1.2131

1.3887

105.22

14.40

1.2117

1.3854

105.03

14.26

1.2103

1.3802

104.72

14.01

1.2089

1.3769

104.52

13.41

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