Market Patrol 17 December 2021

What seems too high and risky to the majority generally goes higher and what seems low and cheap generally goes lower.

William O'Neil

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

U.S dollar down on BOE hike and ECB hawkish stance.

Fundamental News

EUR/USD
The Shared currency surged to $1.3141 after the ECB outlined plans toward removing stimulus over coming quarters, although it also emphasized policy flexibility.

GBP/USD
The Cable rocketed to $1.3329 following a surprise interest rate hike from the Bank of England to 0.25% from 0.1%.

USD/JPY
The Japanese yen jumped out of the blocks to 113.52 per U.S dollar as the Bank of Japan left its policy settings unadjusted once again but decided to scale back pandemic stimulus upon reaching March 2022 deadline.

AUD/USD
The Aussie dollar sailed higher to $0.7163 despite a recent jump in virus variant, pushing authorities to introduce stricter activity restrictions in Queensland.

USD/CAD
The Loonie gained to 1.2797 against the U.S dollar on sentiment lurking around prospects of hawkish BoC 2022.

USD/ZAR
South African rand rose to 15.94 against the greenback on a weaker U.S dollar and a closed South African market.

USD/MUR
The dollar-rupee leapt by 5 cents to 43.60(selling).

Fundamental & Technical Data

Economic Indicators-Local Time

11:00 - GBP - Retail Sales (MoM) (Nov)

13:00 - EUR - German Ifo Business Climate Index

14:00 - EUR - CPI (YoY)(Nov)

Central Bank Interest Rates

Last Change

New Meeting

Federal Bank of U.S

0.00%-0.25%

16-Mar-2020

European Central Bank

0.00%

10-Mar-2016

16-Dec-2021

Bank of England

0.25%

16-Dec-2021

Bank of Japan

-0.10%

28-Jan-2016

17-Dec-2021

Reserve Bank of Australia

0.10%

03-Nov-2020

05-Jan-2022

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

1.1447

1.3516

114.80

16.13

1.1403

1.3445

114.52

15.90

1.1368

1.3384

114.11

15.78

1.1324

1.3313

113.83

15.67

1.1289

1.3252

113.42

15.43

1.1245

1.3181

113.14

15.21

1.1210

1.3120

112.73

14.85

Technical Analysis - Forex Charts

The dollar Index extends its intense rebound near one year high

Chart updated on 30.09.2021

GBPUSD riding wave C after completion of triangular retracement of wave B

Chart posted on 30.09.2021

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