The NZD/USD pair lacks any firm intraday direction on Monday and seesaws between tepid gains/minor losses through the first half of the European session. Spot prices currently trade below the 0.6000 psychological mark, though remain well within the striking distance of a nearly two-month high touched on Friday.
A generally positive tone around the equity markets is seen undermining the US Dollar's (USD) relative safe-haven status and benefitting the risk-sensitive Kiwi. The official Chinese PMIs released over the weekend showed that business activity in the manufacturing sector recorded growth for the first time in six months and the services sector remained in expansion territory during September. This, along with the passage of a stopgap funding bill to avert a US government shutdown, overshadows a slight disappointment from the private Chinese PMI prints and boosts investors' confidence.
That said, a fresh leg up in the US Treasury bond yields, bolstered by the prospects for further policy tightening by the Federal Reserve (Fed), acts as a tailwind for the Greenback and caps the upside for the NZD/USD pair. Investors seem convinced that the US central bank will stick to its hawkish stance and have been pricing in the possibility of one more lift-off by the year-end. Even the US PCE Price Index data released on Friday, which indicated that the underlying inflation moderated in August, did little to change the market view that the Fed will keep rates interest higher for longer.
The aforementioned mixed fundamental backdrops hold back traders from placing aggressive directional bets around the NZD/USD pair and leading to subdued ragen-bound price action on the first day of a new week/month/quarter. Market participants now look to the release of the US ISM Manufacturing PMI, which, along with the US bond yields and the broader risk sentiment, might drive the USD demand. Apart from this, scheduled speeches by influential FOMC members, including Fed Chair Jerome Powell, should produce short-term trading opportunities around the NZD/USD pair.
Overview | |
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Today last price | 0.5992 |
Today Daily Change | -0.0001 |
Today Daily Change % | -0.02 |
Today daily open | 0.5993 |
Trends | |
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Daily SMA20 | 0.5923 |
Daily SMA50 | 0.5988 |
Daily SMA100 | 0.6079 |
Daily SMA200 | 0.6179 |
Levels | |
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Previous Daily High | 0.605 |
Previous Daily Low | 0.5932 |
Previous Weekly High | 0.605 |
Previous Weekly Low | 0.5899 |
Previous Monthly High | 0.605 |
Previous Monthly Low | 0.5847 |
Daily Fibonacci 38.2% | 0.6005 |
Daily Fibonacci 61.8% | 0.5977 |
Daily Pivot Point S1 | 0.5933 |
Daily Pivot Point S2 | 0.5873 |
Daily Pivot Point S3 | 0.5815 |
Daily Pivot Point R1 | 0.6051 |
Daily Pivot Point R2 | 0.611 |
Daily Pivot Point R3 | 0.617 |
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