Market Patrol 9 April 2021

Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.

Marie Curie

Indicative Selling Rates
against MUR
USD

26 Apr 2024

AUD
30.81
0.6583

BWP
3.44
0.0736

CAD
34.56
1.3545

CNY
6.55
7.1468

DKK
6.83
6.8533

EUR
50.43
1.0774

HKD
6.07
7.7145

INR
0.57
82.0087

JPY
30.36
154.1916

KES
35.30
132.5951

NZD
28.14
0.6011

NOK
4.36
10.7396

SGD
34.76
1.3465

ZAR
2.54
18.4356

SEK
4.36
10.7346

CHF
51.60
1.1024

GBP
58.79
1.2560

USD
46.81
1.0000

AED
12.95
3.6161

U.S dollar pressured down by disappointing U.S jobless claims data.

Fundamental News

EUR/USD
The euro burst back above $1.1900 as the minutes from the latest ECB meeting were less dovish than expected, coupled with a disappointing report on U.S jobless claims dragged U.S. Treasury yields lower.

GBP/USD
The pound held down to $1.3735 amid growing concerns about Britain's reliance on AstraZeneca's vaccine. Safety concerns and supply problems have plagued the vaccine.

USD/JPY
Yen lifted to 109.30 per dollar after Fed Chair Jerome Powell reiterated the dovish outlook on the monetary policy at an IMF panel while downplaying the inflation risks.

AUD/USD
Aussie wobbled at $0.7640 on mixed Chinese inflation figures, and RBA warned of excessive lending risks amid a surge in house prices in its latest Financial Stability Review.

USD/ZAR
Rand eased to 14.54 versus the greenback on sluggish domestic manufacturing production data.

USD/MUR
Dollar-rupee traded with a firm bias at 40.85(selling) on continued demand for FCY on the domestic market.

Fundamental & Technical Data

Economic Indicators-Local Time

16:30 - USD - PPI (MoM)(Mar)

Central Bank Interest Rates

Last Change

New Meeting

Federal Bank of U.S

0.00-0.25%

16-Mar-2020

28-Apr-2021

European Central Bank

0.00%

10-Mar-2016

22-Apr-2021

Bank of England

0.10%

19-May-2020

06-May-2021

Bank of Japan

-0.10%

28-Jan-2016

27-Apr-2021

Reserve Bank of Australia

0.10%

03-Nov-2020

06-Apr-2021

S.Africa Reserve Bank

3.50%

23-Jul-2020

Reserve Bank of India

4.00%

22-May-2020

07-Apr-2021

Bank of Mauritius

1.85%

16-Apr-2020

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Market Correlation is a measure, statistical or observational, that gives a positive or negative link between the pricing of multiple currencies.

Bulls & Bears Levels

Resistance and Support

Levels

EUR/USD

GBP/USD

USD/JPY

USD/ZAR

1.2007

1.3834

110.69

15.09

1.1967

1.3808

110.30

14.78

1.1940

1.3770

109.79

14.60

1.1900

1.3745

109.39

14.54

1.1873

1.3707

108.88

14.47

1.1834

1.3681

108.49

14.39

1.1807

1.3643

107.98

14.24

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