Market Patrol 7 May 2021

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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

EUR/USD rocketed to $1.2063 after US and EU jointly waived COVID-19 vaccine patent protections.

Fundamental News

EUR/USD
The single currency rocketed to $1.2063 after the U.S. and E.U. jointly waived COVID-19 vaccine patent protections, speeding up jabbing.

GBP/USD
The cable oscillated at $1.3909 after considerable whipsaw following the Bank of England's decision to adjust its asset purchases, though not enough to signal imminent policy normalization.

USD/JPY
The Japanese yen clung to modest gains at 109.10 per dollar as traders looked forward to Friday's April U.S. jobs report for market direction.

AUD/USD
The Aussie shot up at $0.7775 despite RBA Monetary Policy Statement repeats “no rate hike until 2024” while expecting upbeat GDP and easing unemployment rate in the future, coupled with China Caixin Services PMI marks positive surprise.

USD/ZAR
Rand rallied to 14.21 against the dollar as the governing African National Congress stood by a decision to suspend its Secretary-General Magashule charged with corruption.

USD/MUR
The dollar-rupee stayed put at 40.85(selling) on the domestic market.

Fundamental & Technical Data

Economic Indicators-Local Time

14:00 - EUR - ECB President Lagarde Speaks

16:30 - USD - Nonfarm Payrolls (Apr)

16:30 - USD - Unemployment Rate (Apr)

Central Bank Interest Rates

Last Change

New Meeting

Federal Bank of U.S

0.00-0.25%

16-Mar-2020

16-Jun-2021

European Central Bank

0.00%

10-Mar-2016

12-May-2021

Bank of England

0.10%

19-May-2020

06-May-2021

Bank of Japan

-0.10%

28-Jan-2016

18-Jun-2021

Reserve Bank of Australia

0.10%

03-Nov-2020

04-May-2021

S.Africa Reserve Bank

3.50%

23-Jul-2020

20-May-2021

Reserve Bank of India

4.00%

22-May-2020

06-Aug-2021

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

1.2172

1.4019

109.77

15.09

1.2122

1.3980

109.60

14.78

1.2094

1.3935

109.34

14.60

1.2043

1.3896

109.17

14.22

1.2015

1.3852

108.92

13.80

1.1965

1.3813

108.75

13.2

1.1937

1.3768

108.50

13.03

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