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LATAM FX: Mixed Performance for LatAm Currencies, USDMXN Rises 0.90%

LATAM FX
  • The renewed JPY strength to start the week is likely weighing on the Mexican peso, as MXNJPY extends its pullback from the previously touted Fibonacci level and psychological resistance at 8.00. As such, USDMXN stands higher on the session, rising 0.90% and testing above the prior breakdown level around 18.78/80.
    • While the pair did weaken below the 20-day EMA last week, USDMXN has risen back above this point, intersecting today around 18.74, keeping a bullish theme in tact for now.
  • In contrast, the likes of BRL and CLP opened modestly firmer and now rest closer to unchanged on the session, with the Real briefly benefitting from a hawkish adjustment to 2025 selic rate forecast in the latest BCB Focus survey. The Chilean peso may have benefitted from in line GDP data, that continued to show the economy growing at 1.6% Y/y in the second quarter, as well as rising copper prices to start the week. However, USDCLP losses to 935 have quickly been recovered.

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