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Market Patrol 21st April 2022

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Indicative Selling Rates
against MUR
USD
20 May 2024
  • AUD
  • 31.29
  • 0.6765
  • BWP
  • 3.48
  • 0.0752
  • CAD
  • 34.28
  • 1.3494
  • CNY
  • 6.49
  • 7.1298
  • DKK
  • 6.85
  • 6.7581
  • EUR
  • 50.57
  • 1.0931
  • HKD
  • 6.02
  • 7.6834
  • INR
  • 0.56
  • 81.9464
  • JPY
  • 30.06
  • 153.9165
  • KES
  • 35.81
  • 129.1711
  • NZD
  • 28.61
  • 0.6185
  • NOK
  • 4.43
  • 10.4478
  • SGD
  • 34.75
  • 1.3311
  • ZAR
  • 2.63
  • 17.5910
  • SEK
  • 4.38
  • 10.5588
  • CHF
  • 51.21
  • 1.1069
  • GBP
  • 59.06
  • 1.2766
  • USD
  • 46.26
  • 1.0000
  • AED
  • 12.80
  • 3.6152
Markets remains rattled ahead of BoE, Fed and ECB speeches later today.
Fundamental News

EUR/USD
The Shared currency bounced above $1.0840 on uncertainty of the greenback ahead of ECB's Lagarde and Fed's Powell speech later today.

 

GBP/USD
The Cable hovered around yesterday's high of $1.3060 as market eyes for BoE's Governor Bailey speech during the day.

 

USD/JPY
The Japanese yen lost ground to 128.20 amid a rebound in the US dollar alongside the Treasury yields.

 

AUD/USD
The Aussie dollar fell to $0.7440 as International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warned about the negative impact of a prolonged Chinese slowdown on the global economy weighing on the pair.

 

USD/CAD

The Canadian dollar boosted to 1.2478 as year on year price growth accelerate to 6.7% from 5.7% that fueled expectations that the Bank of Canada will follow up last week's 50bps rate hike with more hikes of similar margin at upcoming meetings

 

USD/ZAR
South Africa's rand  slipped to 15.04 against the greenback, extending losses from the previous session, as severe power cuts and floods highlighted economic constraints on South Africa despite inflation data rose to 5.9%.

 

USD/MUR
The dollar-rupee stayed put  at 43.50(Selling) on the local market.

Fundamental & Technical Data
Economic Indicators-Local Time

16:30 - USD - Initial Jobless Claims

20:30 - GBP - BoE's Governor Bailey speech

21:00 - USD - Fed's Chair Powell Speech

21:00 - EUR - ECB's President Lagarde speech

 

Central Bank Interest Rates
Last Change
New Meeting
Federal Bank of U.S
0.50%
17-Mar-2022
-
European Central Bank
0.00%
10-Mar-2016
-
Bank of England
0.75%
17-Mar-2022
-
Bank of Japan
-0.10%
28-Jan-2016
-
Reserve Bank of Australia
0.10%
03-Nov-2020
-
S.Africa Reserve Bank
4.25%
24-Mar-2022
19-May-2022
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
R3
1.1080
1.3253
129.00
16.38
R2
1.1002
1.3200
128.50
15.76
R1
1.0915
1.3140
127.94
15.59
PP
1.0837
1.3087
127.44
15.21
S1
1.0750
1.3027
126.90
14.84
S2
1.0672
1.2974
126.75
14.34
S3
1.0585
1.2914
126.00
14.02
Technical Analysis - Forex Charts
Technical Outlook of the week - NZDCHF Scenario 1:
Chart updated on 04.03.2022
Technical Outlook of the week - NZDCHF Scenario 2:
Chart posted on 04.03.2022
Markey update on Biz Week by Christie Ng
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