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AUDUSD Trades Around 0.6540, RBA Minutes Coming Up

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After peaking at 0.6552 early in APAC trading on Monday, AUDUSD eased back and with little to drive it, it moved around the 0.6540 level. It is currently 0.1% higher on the day at 0.6540. With the US on holiday, the USD index is flat.

  • The recent recovery in AUDUSD is still seen as corrective. Moving average studies are in a bear-mode structure. Initial support is at 0.6412, a Fibonacci retracement, and initial and key resistance at 0.6625, January 30 high.
  • AUDNZD continued trending lower with some nerves that the RBNZ may hike next week. The pair is down 0.3% to 1.0637. AUDJPY is 0.1% higher at 98.20. AUDEUR is 0.1% higher at 0.6068 and AUDGBP +0.2% to 0.5191.
  • European equity markets were mixed with the Euro stoxx down slightly but the FTSE up 0.2%. Oil is down moderately with Brent 0.1% lower at $83.36/bbl. Copper is down 0.7% and iron ore is around $126/t.
  • Today the RBA minutes are published with the attention on whether a 25bp hike was discussed.

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