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EUR/USD
The Single Currency rocketed to $1.0991 on the hawkish bias from European Central Bank (ECB) policymakers for more rate hikes to curb the stubborn inflation rate in Eurozone.
GBP/USD
The Cable climbed to $1.2760 on the expectation that the Bank of England(BOE) would raise interest rates by 25 basis points to 4.75% today as risks of more persistent inflationary pressures are materializing.
USD/JPY
The Japanese Yen set back to 141.78 this morning after touching a daily low of 142.35 against the greenback on Wednesday as Federal Reserve Chair Powell's testimony failed to impress the market at the U.S. House Financial Services Committee.
AUD/USD
The Australian dollar extended its decline to $0.6758, dragged down by uncertainty over Chinese stimulus measures and weak commodity demand.
USD/CAD
The Loonie surged to 1.3165 against the U.S Counterparty after upbeat Canada Core Retail Sales data of 1.3% versus estimates of -0.4%.
USD/ZAR
The South African rand shrunk to 18.38 against the U.S Dollar following a drop in South Africa's Core Consumer Price Index (CPI) to 0.1% below anticipation of 0.2%.
USD/MUR
The dollar-rupee tumbled to 45.85(Selling) this morning, tracking a wounded U.S. dollar abroad.
15.00 GBP BOE Interest Rate Decision
16.30 USD Initial Jobless Claims
18.00 USD Existing Home Sales
18.00 USD Fed Chair Powell Speech
19.00 USD Crude Oil Inventories
As expected, the EUR/USD has been on a steep uptrend since September 2022 on hawkish ECB.
Elliott wave pattern
Daily Chart
A Clear impulsive 5-wave structure from a low of $0.9534 to a high of $ 1.1035 in February 2023
Possible Expanding Diagonal in wave c of wave b of a flat correction
Forecast
Short term
We expect a corrective setback in wave C in the coming month
1st target 1.1.0670 Wave a =Wave C of a flat correction
2nd Target 1.0530- Wave a =127.2% of wave C of a flat correction
Long term
Once the pullback is completed, we might see the EUR/USD jumping out of the block to $1.1560, followed by $1.2000 by year-end of 2023
News
The USD/MUR suddenly burst to a new high at 47.48 in March, driven by FX liquidity concerns, before BOM stepped in to smooth the excessive volatility and injected USD 30 mio on the domestic market.
The USD/MUR fell sharply to 45.40 in the wake of three interventions of the Bank of Mauritius from March 2023 to date.
Elliott wave pattern- Weekly Chart
Double zig-zag upward correction in wave W-X-Y, since 2000 completed!
Bearish turn ahead!
Clear 5-wave structure in wave 5 of wave C of wave (Y)
Over the last four years, the USD/MUR surged by 42% from a low of 32.90 in wave 4 to reach an all-time high of 47.47 on 16th of March 2023, before falling back to 45.40 in an impulsive decline from Mid-March to late April 2023
Forecast- USD/MUR on the brink of a downturn in Q2-Q4 of 2023
On the weekly USD/MUR chart, It seems that the pair may have completed a five-wave upward rally in sub-wave (v) of Wave 5 of Wave C of Wave Y with a peak of 47.47 on the 16th of March
Our Short term target is for a downward trend towards 44.00 followed by 43.00 in December 2023
Forecast
EUR/MUR- On the weekly chart, the EUR/MUR may extend its rally in the short term above the high of 51.05 printed in July 2021.
From a technical perspective, on a break of the previous high at 51.05, the pair may find resistance at 52.00, followed by 52.50 by June 2023.
However, we expected the pair to pare some of its gains to 48.50 by September 2023 before a resumption of the uptrend to 53.40-54.50 by December 2023
The Pound has bagged about 5.7% against the U.S. dollar this year to reach a 1-year high of $1.2682 on the 10th of May 2023 and is up some 17% from lows hit $1.0386 in the wake of September’s disastrous mini-budget.
From an Elliott Wave perspective, the GBP/USD remains in a long-term uptrend but could feel the pain of a corrective setback in the upcoming weeks. A break below the bullish trend channel at $1.2500 would open the door for further decline near $1.2345 (previous wave 4 of a lesser degree), followed by $1.2337 (61.8% Fibonacci retracement from a high of 1.2682), and lastly at $1.1900 (78.6% Fibonacci retracement). On the upside, stiff resistance has formed at 1.2645 and 1.2680 could be seen as the next bullish target.
