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Market Patrol 21 April 2026

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Indicative Selling Rates
against MUR
USD

24 Apr 2026

AUD
35.20
0.7441

BWP
3.51
0.0741

CAD
36.17
1.3082

CNY
7.35
6.4362

DKK
7.74
6.1088

EUR
55.53
1.1738

HKD
6.26
7.5590

INR
0.53
89.2704

JPY
31.21
151.5796

KES
37.85
124.9819

NZD
28.97
0.6123

NOK
5.27
8.9837

SGD
38.41
1.2317

ZAR
3.01
15.7325

SEK
5.34
8.8536

CHF
62.38
1.3185

GBP
64.01
1.3531

USD
47.31
1.0000

AED
13.41
3.5268

The Pound Sterling hovers near 1.3520 after modest prior gains, with focus on today’s UK labor data and this week’s key CPI release.

Fundamental News

EUR/USD

The Euro trades around 1.1775 in early Asian trading on Tuesday, with markets awaiting the ZEW Survey releases from Germany and the Eurozone later in the day.

GBP/USD

The Pound Sterling hovers near 1.3520 after modest prior gains, with focus on today’s UK labor data and this week’s key CPI release.

USD/JPY

The Japanese Yen holds near 158.90 amid concerns that Japan’s economy could face pressure, as ongoing disruptions to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz continue to pose risks to energy supplies.

AUD/USD

The Australian Dollar strengthened to 0.7171 versus the greenback as anticipation of additional tightening by the RBA supports the Aussie Dollar.

USD/CAD

The Canadian Dollar improved to $1.3646 following the release of Canada’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) for March with its annual inflation rising to 2.4% with higher energy costs largely driving the increase.

USD/ZAR

The South African Rand recovers to $16.3717 as market await South Africa’s upcoming inflation report due tomorrow which is expected to shed further light on how the Iran war is affecting prices.

USD/MUR

The dollar–rupee traded 5 cents lower at 46.81 (selling) this morning.

Fundamental & Technical Data

Economic Indicators-Local Time

10:00 AM GBP Claimant Count Change (Mar)

10:00 AM GBP Employment Change (3M) (Feb)

10:00 AM GBP ILO Unemployment Rate (3M) (Feb)

11:00 AM EUR ECB's De Guindos speech

1:00 PM EUR ZEW Survey – Current Situation (Apr)

1:00 PM EUR ZEW Survey – Economic Sentiment (Apr)

4:15 PM USD ADP Employment Change 4-week average

4:30 PM USD Retail Sales (MoM) (Mar)

6:00 PM USD Fed Chair-designate Warsh testifies

6:00 PM USD Pending Home Sales (MoM) (Mar)

10:30 PM USD Fed's Waller speech

Central Bank Interest Rates

Last Change

New Meeting

Federal Bank of U.S

4.0%

28-Oct-2025

09-Dec-2025

European Central Bank

2.00%

24-Jun-2025

18-Dec-2025

Bank of England

4.00%

07-Aug-2025

18-Dec-2025

Bank of Japan

0.5%

30-Jul-2025

19-Dec-2025

Reserve Bank of Australia

3.6%

20-May-2025

09-Dec-2025

S.Africa Reserve Bank

6.75%

20-Nov-2025

29-Jan-2026

Reserve Bank of India

5.5%

06-Jun-2025

05-Dec-2025

Bank of Mauritius

4.50%

04-Feb-2025

18-Dec-2025

Looking for Markets correlation?

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

1.1872

1.3632

159.81

16.60

1.1831

1.3589

159.51

16.53

1.1809

1.3562

159.16

16.44

1.1768

1.3519

158.86

16.37

1.1746

1.3492

158.51

16.29

1.1705

1.3449

158.21

16.22

1.1683

1.3422

157.86

16.13

Technical Analysis - Forex Charts

EUR/USD Outlook- A setback is anticipated following the recent rally to $1.1566 in April 2025

Chart updated on 26.05.2023

USD/MUR Outlook Bearish turn ahead !

Chart posted on 08.05.2023

EUR/MUR- A continuation of the uptrend!

Chart posted on 08.05.2023

The Pound is expected to experience a short-term rally before trending lower in wave C of a Zig-Zag corrective pattern

Chart posted on 12.08.2024

The Rand, an emerging market’s hero.

Chart posted on 24.09.2024

Yen bull, taking a breather before resuming its rally! 137.00

Chart posted on 12.08.2024

USDCAD - Medium term view

Chart posted on 27.08.2024

USD/JPY – Taking a step back to take two steps forward

Chart posted on 26.09.2024

The Aussie dollar- Medium Term View

Chart posted on 21.01.2025

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