Market Patrol 23 April 2021

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Dalai Lama

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

U.S dollar perked higher against a basket of currencies on fears of U.S. capital gains tax hike.

Fundamental News

EUR/USD
The euro initially toyed with a gain to $1.2070 before turning its tail to $1.2020 after ECB President Christine Lagarde squashed expectations that policymakers will start to consider a tapering of bond purchase due to an improving economic outlook.

GBP/USD
Sterling fell to $1.3850, undermined by an intrepid U.S. dollar after a report from the U.S. government that weekly jobless claims declined further, boosting expectations for blockbuster U.S. job growth in April.

USD/JPY
The Yen tiptoed higher to 107.89 versus the greenback, unfazed by comments from BoJ's Kuroda that Japan's economy is expanding gradually due to aggressive monetary easing, benefiting banks.

AUD/USD
Aussie went as low as $0.7693 before recovering to $0.7732 in sympathy after Biden announced plans to double capital gains tax for people on incomes of more than $1 million.

USD/ZAR
South Africa's rand weakened marginally to 14.28 per dollar, weighed by the impact on economic recovery of delayed vaccine rollouts.

USD/MUR
The local currency oscillated at 40.80(selling) on the local market.

Fundamental & Technical Data

Economic Indicators-Local Time

10:00 - GBP - Retail Sales (MoM)(Mar)

11:30 - EUR - German Manufacturing PMI (Apr)

12:30 - GBP - Composite, Manufacturing, Services PMI

18:00 - USD - New Home Sales (Mar)

18:30 - EUR - ECB President Lagarde Speaks

Central Bank Interest Rates

Last Change

New Meeting

Federal Bank of U.S

0.00-0.25%

16-Mar-2020

28-Apr-2021

European Central Bank

0.00%

10-Mar-2016

22-Apr-2021

Bank of England

0.10%

19-May-2020

06-May-2021

Bank of Japan

-0.10%

28-Jan-2016

27-Apr-2021

Reserve Bank of Australia

0.10%

03-Nov-2020

06-Apr-2021

S.Africa Reserve Bank

3.50%

23-Jul-2020

Reserve Bank of India

4.00%

22-May-2020

07-Apr-2021

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

1.2134

1.4043

108.61

15.09

1.2102

1.3996

108.42

14.78

1.2058

1.3918

108.20

14.60

1.2026

1.3871

108.00

14.22

1.1983

1.3792

107.78

13.80

1.1950

1.3745

107.59

13.2

1.1907

1.3667

107.36

13.03

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