Market Patrol 17 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

The U.S dollar bolstered across the board, powered by upbeat U.S. Empire State manufacturing report

Fundamental News

EUR/USD
The common currency slammed to $1.2085, failing to benefit from the upbeat Eurozone Q4 GDP data and German ZEW Economic Sentiment Index yesterday.

GBP/USD
The cable receded to $1.3880 amid market is waiting for UK CPIs at 11:00 (local time).

USD/JPY
Yen cascaded to 106 per dollar on comments from Japanese PM Suga on Wednesday that the Bank of Japan is expected to guide the monetary policy appropriately.

AUD/USD
The Aussie plunged to a daily low of $0.7728 as RBA Assistant Governor Christopher Kent on Wednesday estimated the Aussie would have been 5% higher without those policies.

USD/ZAR
South African rand nosedived to 14.73 smacked by a rise in "prices paid index" in NY Fed Reserve's Empire State manufacturing report.

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

Fundamental & Technical Data

Economic Indicators-Local Time

11:00 - GBP - CPI (YoY)(Jan)

13:00 - EUR - ECB Monetary Policy Statement

18:30 - USD - Core Retail Sales (MoM)(Jan)

18:30 - USD - Retail Sales (MoM)(Jan)

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

1.2230

1.4032

106.98

15.37

1.2200

1.3992

106.48

14.88

1.2156

1.3950

106.20

14.50

1.2125

1.3910

105.69

14.40

1.2081

1.3867

105.41

14.26

1.2051

1.3827

104.90

14.01

1.2007

1.3785

104.63

13.41

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