19 Jun 2015
AUD/USD regains 0.7800 and beyond
FXStreet (Mumbai) - The Australian dollar rebounded sharply from 0.7780 support versus the US dollar in the early Asian hours, lifting AUD/USD to fresh session highs just ahead of 0.78 handle. The pair reversed losses as the US dollar gave back upbeat US data-backed gains and trades slightly lower against its major competitors.
AUD/USD extends towards one-month highs
Currently, the AUD/USD pair trades 0.12% higher at fresh session highs of 0.7809, retreating from 0.7781 lowest. The Aussie erased overnight losses and turned in the positive territory above 0.7800 levels as the US dollar took a breather from the US macro data led gains seen on Thursday. The US dollar managed to pare a portion of heavy losses yesterday amid some fairly upbeat US macro updates.
On Thursday, the greenback failed to find sufficient reason to halt the Aussie's march until the Bureau of Labor Statistics posted inflation data for May. Even the slightly worse than expected data proved enough to steal some momentum back. US inflation hit 0.0% y/y, missing the estimates of acceleration to 0.1%, from -0.2% in April, while m/m CPI reached 0.4%. Meanwhile, the number of US citizens claiming unemployment benefits stood again below 300,000 threshold in the week ending June 13.
Looking ahead, markets receive a break today after a heavy mid-week calendar, although the ongoing Greek negotiations might spur some volatility as talks remained deadlocked.
AUD/USD Technical Levels
The pair has an immediate resistance at 0.7851 (June 18 High) levels, above which gains could be extended to 0.7874 (April 27 High) levels. On the flip side, support is seen at 0.7781 (Today’s Low) levels from here it to 0.7708 (June 18 Low) levels.
AUD/USD extends towards one-month highs
Currently, the AUD/USD pair trades 0.12% higher at fresh session highs of 0.7809, retreating from 0.7781 lowest. The Aussie erased overnight losses and turned in the positive territory above 0.7800 levels as the US dollar took a breather from the US macro data led gains seen on Thursday. The US dollar managed to pare a portion of heavy losses yesterday amid some fairly upbeat US macro updates.
On Thursday, the greenback failed to find sufficient reason to halt the Aussie's march until the Bureau of Labor Statistics posted inflation data for May. Even the slightly worse than expected data proved enough to steal some momentum back. US inflation hit 0.0% y/y, missing the estimates of acceleration to 0.1%, from -0.2% in April, while m/m CPI reached 0.4%. Meanwhile, the number of US citizens claiming unemployment benefits stood again below 300,000 threshold in the week ending June 13.
Looking ahead, markets receive a break today after a heavy mid-week calendar, although the ongoing Greek negotiations might spur some volatility as talks remained deadlocked.
AUD/USD Technical Levels
The pair has an immediate resistance at 0.7851 (June 18 High) levels, above which gains could be extended to 0.7874 (April 27 High) levels. On the flip side, support is seen at 0.7781 (Today’s Low) levels from here it to 0.7708 (June 18 Low) levels.