Market Patrol 18 January 2021

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Indicative Selling Rates
against MUR
USD

25 Apr 2024

AUD
30.77
0.6565

BWP
3.43
0.0733

CAD
34.51
1.3581

CNY
6.56
7.1473

DKK
6.83
6.8649

EUR
50.42
1.0758

HKD
6.08
7.7125

INR
0.57
82.0612

JPY
30.50
153.6760

KES
35.48
132.1115

NZD
28.10
0.5994

NOK
4.36
10.7536

SGD
34.80
1.3468

ZAR
2.52
18.6007

SEK
4.37
10.7251

CHF
51.57
1.1003

GBP
58.71
1.2526

USD
46.87
1.0000

AED
12.96
3.6157

USD/MUR soared by 25 cents in the wake of Bank of Mauritius' intervention on the domestic market.

Fundamental News

EUR/USD
The fiber hammered to $1.2075 amid risk-off mood with surging covid cases in Italy, unabated by Friday data that showed U.S. retail sales fell for a third straight month in December.

GBP/USD
The cable crushed to $1.3568, soured by the fall in U.K GDP by 2.6% in November from October and on fears of virus variants and fresh lockdown restrictions.

USD/JPY
The Japanese Yen tread water around 103.75 per dollar, stretched by expectation Janet Yellen to take over the U.S. Treasury and market-set currency rates on Tuesday.

AUD/USD
The Aussie plunged to $0.7685, although China's Gross domestic product grew 2.3% and Industrial production printed 7.3% in 2020.

USD/ZAR
South Africa's rand weakened to 15.26 against the U.S. dollar, as currency markets turned risk-averse to the benefit of the greenback. Attention will turn to the South African Reserve Bank's (SARB) first monetary policy meeting of 2021 on Thursday.

USD/MUR
The dollar-rupee soared by 25 cents to 39.95(selling) in the wake of Bank of Mauritius' intervention on Friday.

Fundamental & Technical Data

Economic Indicators-Local Time

Central Bank Interest Rates

Last Change

New Meeting

Federal Bank of U.S

0.00-0.25%

16-Mar-2020

27-Jan-2021

European Central Bank

0.00%

10-Mar-2016

21-Jan-2021

Bank of England

0.10%

19-May-2020

04-Feb-2021

Bank of Japan

-0.10%

28-Jan-2016

21-Jan-2021

Reserve Bank of Australia

0.10%

03-Nov-2020

02-Feb-2021

S.Africa Reserve Bank

3.50%

23-Jul-2020

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

1.2225

1.3790

104.25

15.66

1.2195

1.3744

104.07

15.46

1.21

1.3664

103.97

15.25

1.2107

1.3618

103.79

15.13

1.2048

1.3538

103.51

15.07

1.2018

1.3492

103.51

14.93

1.1960

1.3412

103.41

14.61

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