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After rising back to 1.3375 during Asia-Pac hours as the greenback caught a bid on safe haven demand USD/SGD dropped back as low as 1.3338 before consolidating in a range, the pair last trades at 1.3347, just above the lowest level since March 3.

  • There is tight cluster of technical levels around the rate. The pair sits just above a 50% retracement level at 1.3344, below here brings into play the 100-day moving average at 1.3334, then a 61.8% retracement level at 1.3300. Bulls will look for a break of the 50-day moving average at 1.3369, and then a 38.2% retracement level at 1.3388 which offered significant support through March and April.
  • Fig.1: USD/SGD

Source: MNI/Bloomberg


  • Elsewhere, Singapore reported the first COVID-19 cluster since March 25, though with four confirmed cases the number is small in comparison to peers. Markets look ahead to export data at 0130BST/0830HKT.

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