Market Patrol 23rd December 2022

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Indicative Selling Rates
against MUR
USD

09 May 2024

AUD
31.05
0.6647

BWP
3.47
0.0744

CAD
34.33
1.3609

CNY
6.56
7.1247

DKK
6.83
6.8365

EUR
50.47
1.0803

HKD
6.07
7.6997

INR
0.57
82.1296

JPY
30.38
153.7973

KES
36.16
129.1888

NZD
28.32
0.6062

NOK
4.38
10.6720

SGD
34.84
1.3410

ZAR
2.60
17.9932

SEK
4.34
10.7544

CHF
51.77
1.1080

GBP
58.68
1.2560

USD
46.72
1.0000

AED
12.92
3.6159

The Greenback slightly recovered after U.S. data pointed to labor market strength

Fundamental News

EUR/USD
The Shared currency dropped to $1.0605 after U.S. data pointed to labor market strength that could keep the Federal Reserve hawkish for longer.

GBP/USD
The cable grinded lower to $1.2032 with a downward revision of the yearly growth rate to 1.9% from 2.4% adding to a bleak outlook for the UK economy.

USD/JPY
The Japanese yen lost some ground to 132.69 against the U.S. dollar after US figures came in above expectations and triggered a rally of the US Dollar and 10-year US bond yield.

AUD/USD
The Aussie dollar slipped to $0.6680 on downbeat Australian data earlier today.

USD/CAD
The Loonie pressured down to 1.3632 against the U.S. dollar but capped losses amid a bounce in the WTI crude oil.

USD/ZAR
South Africa's rand held on to gains at 17.16 per U.S. dollar, despite the dollar's recovery on the back of strong economic data that showed the U.S. economy rebounded faster than previously estimated in the third quarter.

USD/MUR
The dollar-ruppee idled at 44.10(Selling).

Fundamental & Technical Data

Economic Indicators-Local Time

Central Bank Interest Rates

Last Change

New Meeting

Federal Bank of U.S

4.50%

01-Jan-0001

01-Feb-2023

European Central Bank

2.50%

01-Jan-0001

02-Feb-2023

Bank of England

3.50%

01-Jan-0001

02-Feb-2023

Bank of Japan

-0.10%

01-Jan-0001

18-Jan-2023

Reserve Bank of Australia

3.10%

01-Jan-0001

07-Feb-2023

S.Africa Reserve Bank

01-Jan-0001

Reserve Bank of India

6.25%

01-Jan-0001

08-Dec-2022

Bank of Mauritius

4.00%

04-Nov-2022

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Bulls & Bears Levels

Resistance and Support

Levels

EUR/USD

GBP/USD

USD/JPY

USD/ZAR

1.0734

1.2284

133.92

18.60

1.0697

1.2216

133.31

17.95

1.0648

1.2129

132.85

17.64

1.0611

1.2061

132.24

17.19

1.0562

1.1974

131.78

17.09

1.0525

1.1906

131.17

16.10

1.0476

1.1819

130.71

15.12

Technical Analysis - Forex Charts

EUR/USD Outlook- looking bleak throughout Q3-Q4 2022

Chart updated on 05.07.2022

USD/MUR Outlook One more leg higher before paring some of its gains in Q3-Q4 2022

Chart posted on 05.07.2022

EUR/MUR- Bears in control in Q3-Q4 2022

Chart posted on 05.07.2022

The Canadian dollar swirled in a roller coaster move, falling to 1.3600 against the U.S. dollar as the Bank of Canada delivered a lower-than-projected rate hike of 50 basis points but later gained to 1.3530 on broad dollar weakness.

Chart posted on 27.10.2022

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