Market Patrol 7th April 2023

"You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water."

Rabindranath Tagore

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 Euro was little changed on Good Friday holiday.

Fundamental News

EUR/USD
The Single currency oscillated to $1.0915 on low liquidity as several markets, including Europe, are closed for Good Friday.

GBP/USD
The Cable crumbled to $1.2450 as Bank of England's policy makers expect inflation in the U.K to drop quickly.

USD/JPY
The Japanese Yen slipped further to 131.70 against the greenback as Bank of Japan, and the Japanese Finance Minister maintained a hawkish bias.

AUD/USD
The Aussie still under pressure at $0.6690 as China's Commerce Ministry urged Australia to treat all firms fairly.

USD/CAD
The Loonie continued it's slow descend to 1.3485 against the U.S. dollar while a poll of economists surveyed by Reuters unveiled that the Bank of Canada will maintain its key interest rate at 4.50%.

USD/ZAR
The South African Rand collapsed to 18.21 against the greenback ahead of Non-Farm Payroll due this afternoon.

USD/MUR
The dollar-rupee plummeted to 45.70(selling) following an intervention from the Bank of Mauritius this Friday.

Fundamental & Technical Data

Economic Indicators-Local Time

Central Bank Interest Rates

Last Change

New Meeting

Federal Bank of U.S

01-Jan-0001

European Central Bank

2.50%

02-Feb-2023

16-Mar-2023

Bank of England

4.0%

02-Feb-2023

23-Mar-2023

Bank of Japan

-0.10%

01-Jan-0001

18-Jan-2023

Reserve Bank of Australia

3.10%

01-Jan-0001

07-Feb-2023

S.Africa Reserve Bank

01-Jan-0001

Reserve Bank of India

6.25%

01-Jan-0001

08-Dec-2022

Bank of Mauritius

4.00%

04-Nov-2022

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Bulls & Bears Levels

Resistance and Support

Levels

EUR/USD

GBP/USD

USD/JPY

USD/ZAR

1.0997

1.2553

133.31

20.82

1.0968

1.2520

132.61

19.24

1.0944

1.2479

132.19

18.75

1.0915

1.2446

131.49

17.04

1.0891

1.2405

131.7

16.55

1.0862

1.2372

130.37

16.06

1.0838

1.2331

129.95

15.36

Technical Analysis - Forex Charts

EUR/USD Outlook- looking bleak throughout Q3-Q4 2022

Chart updated on 05.07.2022

USD/MUR Outlook One more leg higher before paring some of its gains in Q3-Q4 2022

Chart posted on 05.07.2022

EUR/MUR- Bears in control in Q3-Q4 2022

Chart posted on 05.07.2022

The Canadian dollar swirled in a roller coaster move, falling to 1.3600 against the U.S. dollar as the Bank of Canada delivered a lower-than-projected rate hike of 50 basis points but later gained to 1.3530 on broad dollar weakness.

Chart posted on 27.10.2022

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