Dollar's fortune reversed again last week as expectations of Fed July rate cut re-intensified. Such expectations also pushed US equities to new record highs. However, global equities lagged behind, with major FTSE, CAC and Nikkei closed inside prior week's range. DAX even dropped sharply. Also, 10-year and 30-year US treasury yields rebounded, together with German 10-year bund yields, despite expectations of monetary easing from Fed and ECB. Staying in the currency markets, Sterling followed Dollar as the second weakest for the week, and then Canadian. New Zealand Dollar ended as the strongest one, followed by Swiss Franc and then Australian. Overall developments in the forex markets were rather mixed. Though, technically, there are a couple of points to note. USD/CAD broke near term support at 1.3037 and resumed recent fall from 1.3564. The case for medium term bearish reversal in the pair is building up. AUD/USD's strong rebound argues that recent rise from 0.6831 is still in progress and break of 0.7047 resistance would likely be seen very soon. Selloff in USD/JPY and USD/CHF also suggest that recent correct rebounds from 106.78 and 0.9695 have completed. Both pairs could retest recent lows soon. EUR/AUD's fall from 1.6448 also looks set to resume as corrective recovery from 1.6025 has completed last week. |
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