Market Patrol 27th May 2022

Derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction

Warren Buffet

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

The U.S dollar faded across the board as Fed rate hike bets ease

Fundamental News

EUR/USD
The Shared currency pierced to $1.0747 as traders lowered Federal Reserve rate hike expectations amid signs the central bank might slow or even pause its tightening cycle in the second half of the year.

GBP/USD
The Cable popped to $1.2635 after UK’s Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced multiple measures to tame the cost of living on Thursday.

USD/JPY
The Japanese yen grinded higher to 126.81 against the U.S dollar after Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda has commented that price rise should be accompanied by wage hikes in order to sustain inflation at desired levels.

AUD/USD
The Aussie dollar shot up to $0.7137 after Australian Retail Sales match forecasts in the Asian session.

USD/CAD
The Loonie sailed higher to 1.2753 per U.S dollar as investors ignored the slippage in the Canadian Retail Sales.

USD/ZAR
The South African rand strengthened to 15.68 against the greenback following a better than estimated producer price index rose, statistics agency data showed on Thursday.

USD/MUR
The dollar-rupee rose by 10 cents to 43.80(Selling).

Fundamental & Technical Data

Economic Indicators-Local Time

15:35 - EUR - ECB's Lane Speaks

Central Bank Interest Rates

Last Change

New Meeting

Federal Bank of U.S

1.0%

04-May-2022

European Central Bank

0.00%

10-Mar-2016

Bank of England

1.00%

05-May-2022

Bank of Japan

-0.10%

28-Jan-2016

Reserve Bank of Australia

0.10%

03-Nov-2020

S.Africa Reserve Bank

4.75%

20-May-2022

21-Jul-2022

Reserve Bank of India

4.00%

22-May-2020

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

1.0825

1.2705

128.62

16.38

1.0779

1.2663

128.10

16.29

1.0755

1.2336

127.59

16.21

1.0709

1.2594

127.07

15.54

1.0685

1.2567

126.56

15.33

1.0639

1.2525

126.04

14.42

1.0615

1.2498

125.53

14.35

Technical Analysis - Forex Charts

Technical Outlook of the week - NZDCHF Scenario 1:

Chart updated on 04.03.2022

Technical Outlook of the week - NZDCHF Scenario 2:

Chart posted on 04.03.2022

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