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AUDUSD Continues Climb Higher But Underperforms G10

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AUDUSD cleared resistance at 0.6825 during Wednesday’s APAC trading and continued trending higher through the rest of the day to be up 0.3% to 0.6844. Although with the USD index down 0.5%, Aussie underperformed most of the G10 along with other commodity currencies.

  • The continued move higher in AUDUSD reinforced the bullish trend for the pair. It reached a high of 0.6852 yesterday. There is scope now for it to rise towards 0.6900, key resistance. Initial support is at 0.6726, December 21 low.
  • Aussie rose 0.2% against kiwi to break above 1.08. It is currently at 1.0805. AUDJPY is down 0.1% to 97.06. AUDEUR fell 0.3% to 0.6163 and AUDGBP -0.3% to 0.5348.
  • Equity markets rallied with the S&P up 0.1%, Euro stoxx +0.2% and FTSE +0.4%. Oil fell around 2% with Brent back below $80 at $79.44/bbl. Copper is 1.4% higher and iron ore is back below $140/t after reaching a high of $141.40.
  • There are no data or events in Australia today.

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