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Travel Bubble Put On Ice

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As the number of cases in Singapore creeps higher the Hong Kong-Singapore travel bubble has been delayed, of particular concern is the increase of cases tied to the Indian variant. Of the 38 cases found on Sunday 6 tested positive for the Indian variant.

  • Singapore dollar has weakened recently, USD/SGD rose around 1% last week. The pair last trades down 6 pips on the session at 1.3350, just below a 38.2% retracement level at 1.3388 which denotes the May high so far. Support is seen at 1.3344, a 50.0 retracement level. The pair also continues to hover in a narrow band between its 50-day moving average at 1.3371 and 100-day moving average at 1.3326.
  • FIg.1: USD/SGD

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