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Market Patrol 17 December 2020

Opportunities come infrequently. When it rains gold, put out the bucket, not the thimble.

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Indicative Selling Rates
against MUR
USD
19 Apr 2024
  • AUD
  • 30.42
  • 0.6459
  • BWP
  • 3.47
  • 0.0737
  • CAD
  • 34.46
  • 1.3664
  • CNY
  • 6.60
  • 7.1402
  • DKK
  • 6.82
  • 6.9093
  • EUR
  • 50.34
  • 1.0691
  • HKD
  • 6.10
  • 7.7148
  • INR
  • 0.57
  • 82.1874
  • JPY
  • 30.85
  • 152.6385
  • KES
  • 35.97
  • 130.9049
  • NZD
  • 27.96
  • 0.5937
  • NOK
  • 4.35
  • 10.8251
  • SGD
  • 34.91
  • 1.3490
  • ZAR
  • 2.53
  • 18.6446
  • SEK
  • 4.35
  • 10.8361
  • CHF
  • 52.18
  • 1.1081
  • GBP
  • 58.79
  • 1.2484
  • USD
  • 47.09
  • 1.0000
  • AED
  • 13.02
  • 3.6162
USD/MUR sunk to 39.80(selling) crushed by the intervention of the Bank of Mauritius on the Foreign exchange market.
Fundamental News

EUR/USD
The single currency slammed to $1.2123 as the Federal Reserve on Wednesday vowed to keep funnelling cash into financial markets until the U.S. economic recovery is secure, but then recovered to $1.2228 on investor's pessimism.

 

GBP/USD
The cable bolstered to $1.3560 on comments from EU's chief executive on Wednesday that she could not say if there would be a trade deal with Britain, but there had been progressed and the next few days would be critical.

 

USD/JPY
The Japanese Yen popped to 103.30 against the greenback despite there have been progressed toward agreeing a U.S. stimulus package.

 

AUD/USD
The Aussie dollar rallied to $0.7595 following Australian employment blew past forecasts with a rise of 90,000 in November, driving the jobless rate down to 6.8% when analysts had looked for 7.0%.

 

USD/ZAR
The South African rand jostled to 14.78 per dollar on the back of broad dollar weakness amid Trump administration labelled various countries as currency manipulators, affecting his vow to close the U.S trade gap.

 

USD/MUR
The dollar-rupee sunk by 23 cents to 39.80(selling), crushed by the intervention of the central bank on the domestic market.

Fundamental & Technical Data
Economic Indicators-Local Time

14:00 - EUR - CPI (YoY)(Nov)

16:00 - GBP - BoE Interest Rate Decision(Dec)

17:30 - USD - Building Permits (Nov)

17:30 - USD - Initial Jobless Claims 

17:30 - USD - Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index(Dec)

 

 

 

Central Bank Interest Rates
Last Change
New Meeting
Federal Bank of U.S
0.00-0.25%
16-Mar-2020
16-Dec-2020
European Central Bank
0.00%
10-Mar-2016
10-Dec-2020
Bank of England
0.10%
19-May-2020
17-Dec-2020
Bank of Japan
-0.10%
28-Jan-2016
18-Dec-2020
Reserve Bank of Australia
0.10%
03-Nov-2020
01-Dec-2020
S.Africa Reserve Bank
3.50%
23-Jul-2020
-
Reserve Bank of India
4.00%
22-May-2020
04-Dec-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
1.2310
1.3680
104.51
15.50
R2
1.2261
1.3567
104.33
15.35
R1
1.2222
1.3508
103.98
15.26
PP
1.2174
1.3394
103.80
15.22
S1
1.2135
1.3336
103.45
15.12
S2
1.2086
1.3222
103.28
15.07
S3
1.2048
1.3164
102.93
14.97
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