13 Feb 2014
AUD/USD depressed around 0.8940
FXStreet (Edinburgh) - The Aussie dollar remains unable to gather any traction on Thursday, with the AUD/USD now sidelining around the 0.8940 area.
AUD/USD hurt by data
Disappointing labour data in Australia during January punished the AUD, dragging it one big-figure to intraday troughs around 0.8930. While the Unemployment Change dropped by 3.7K, the jobless rate ticked higher to 6.0% from 5.8% previous and expected. “AUD/USD has reversed just ahead of its initial upside target of .9079/86, the January high and 38.2% retracement of the move down from the end of October. We expected to see profit taking here but the sell off has been quite vicious and we suspect this may be the end of the move higher”, observed Karen Jones, Head of FICC Technical Analysis at Commerzbank.
AUD/USD key levels
The pair is now losing 0.96% at 0.8942 with the immediate support at 0.8907 (low Feb.10) followed by 0.8660 (low Jan.24). On the upside, the initial hurdle aligns at 0.9000 (psychological level) ahead of 0.9068 (high Feb.12) and finally 0.9087 (high Jan.13).
AUD/USD hurt by data
Disappointing labour data in Australia during January punished the AUD, dragging it one big-figure to intraday troughs around 0.8930. While the Unemployment Change dropped by 3.7K, the jobless rate ticked higher to 6.0% from 5.8% previous and expected. “AUD/USD has reversed just ahead of its initial upside target of .9079/86, the January high and 38.2% retracement of the move down from the end of October. We expected to see profit taking here but the sell off has been quite vicious and we suspect this may be the end of the move higher”, observed Karen Jones, Head of FICC Technical Analysis at Commerzbank.
AUD/USD key levels
The pair is now losing 0.96% at 0.8942 with the immediate support at 0.8907 (low Feb.10) followed by 0.8660 (low Jan.24). On the upside, the initial hurdle aligns at 0.9000 (psychological level) ahead of 0.9068 (high Feb.12) and finally 0.9087 (high Jan.13).